Corporate Espionage: Rippling Sues Deel

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The lawsuit alleges Deel cultivated a Rippling employee to conduct thousands of suspicious searches and funnel stolen confidential business intelligence directly back to Deel.

Workday, announced more than 350 product features and updates across the Workday platform, now available to customers worldwide. As part of its spring release

https://hrtechfeed.com/workday-2025-spring-release-350-new-features/

Staffing software provider Avionté launched Avionté SmartFund, powered by Kanmon, a fully integrated lending solution that puts staffing agencies in control of their financing by enabling fast, customizable access to capital.

https://hrtechfeed.com/avionte-now-delivers-on-demand-capital-to-staffing-agencies/

RICHMOND, Va. — Daxtra, a provider of AI-enriched software for the talent acquisition ecosystem, today announced the availability of its newest offering, TalentFlow. Despite advancements in recent years, recruiters still spend much of their time looking for and vetting qualified candidates.

https://hrtechfeed.com/daxtra-launches-talentflow/

NEW YORK — Datapeople, a leading AI-powered talent productivity platform, announces the availability of Datapeople Insights as a standalone product experience, empowering Talent Acquisition Leaders, Talent Operations, and Recruiters to embrace powerful, real-time hiring data without the complexity of a full platform overhaul.

https://hrtechfeed.com/datapeople-launches-new-insights-tool/

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Corporate Espionage: Rippling Sues Deel

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published 5 days ago

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Sponsored by Jobcase.com/hire and Dalia.co/rectech

The lawsuit alleges Deel cultivated a Rippling employee to conduct thousands of suspicious searches and funnel stolen confidential business intelligence directly back to Deel.

https://hrtechfeed.com/rippling-suing-deel-in-corporate-espionage-shocker/

Workday, announced more than 350 product features and updates across the Workday platform, now available to customers worldwide. As part of its spring release

https://hrtechfeed.com/workday-2025-spring-release-350-new-features/

https://hrtechfeed.com/avionte-now-delivers-on-demand-capital-to-staffing-agencies/

https://hrtechfeed.com/daxtra-launches-talentflow/

https://hrtechfeed.com/datapeople-launches-new-insights-tool/

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#Marketing #Chris Russell #RecTech Media #Human Resources #Business #Business Disciplines #Technology #Recruiting #Hiring #ATS #HRTech #RecTech

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