HR tech startup Rippling is making an attempt to serve Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz with papers as a part of a blockbuster lawsuit in opposition to its competitor. There’s only one downside: French bailiffs employed by Rippling can’t appear to search out Bouaziz, Irish newspaper Business Post reviews.
Rippling sued Deel earlier this 12 months in Ireland alleging the corporate paid one among its staff to spy on them, based on the lawsuit that features an affidavit from the alleged spy which reads like a film. Deel denies all wrongdoing.
Rippling must serve Bouaziz papers for the case. But French bailiffs employed by Rippling have been unable to search out Bouaziz, who’s French, at his listed handle in Paris. Rippling might have to use to serve him through e mail, the Business Post reviews.
Bouaziz is “extremely nomadic” however stays “very connected to France,” French journal Challenges reported. Bouaziz lists his location as Tel Aviv on LinkedIn, however New York on X.
Deel, Rippling, and Bouaziz didn’t reply to requests for remark.
