March 24, 2025

We React to Corporate Espionage: Rippling v Deel

We React to Corporate Espionage: Rippling v Deel

In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dig into the details of the Rippling v Deel corporate espionage lawsuit, and why—even if you aren’t a corporate spy yourself—it should matter to you.


00:00 Intro

00:51 Background

07:26 Our reaction to the Rippling v Deel case

12:36 Remembering what Slack really is

18:08 What kind of information is okay to take with you from a job, and what is not

20:11 Noncompete clauses

21:59 “garden leave”

22:41 Why a work nemesis is good


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