Update: Rippling Goes Back To The Drawing Board In California In The Wake Of Deel's Counter-Offensive

As we reported here last month, Deel recently sued one of its competitors, Rippling, in Delaware for conducting a years-long smear against its larger and more successful competitor. Our lawsuit followed Rippling’s decision to sue Deel in California in an apparent effort to create a media circus over sensationalized allegations of misconduct.

As we said at the time, Rippling’s strategy of lawyering its way to victory isn’t working. Deel today has more than 35,000 customers in more than 150 countries and continues to grow, because we have better offerings for employers and because we are better at building a global business than Rippling. But we decided we couldn’t let Rippling’s attacks on our company stand any longer. That’s why we sued Rippling – because at some point, enough is enough.

Today, in the wake of our counter-offensive against Rippling in Delaware and the dispositive motions filed in California, which exposed the fatal flaws in Rippling’s claims, Rippling has elected to amend its complaint rather than face the prospect of a wholesale dismissal of its claims. The legal house of cards that Rippling has built is beginning to crumble.

The next milestone in the story of Rippling's embrace of litigation over innovation will come in a courtroom in Ireland on Monday. How Rippling’s Russia whistleblower became a paid “witness” against Deel is one of the many questions Rippling eventually will have to answer. We will continue to keep you updated.