In the latest developement, Toptal a marketplace for filling engineering and other tech roles with freelance, remote workers has filed a lawsuit against direct competitor Andela and several of its employees, alleging the theft of trade secrets in pursuit of "a perfect clone of its business", according to the complaint. All of the Andela employees previously worked at Toptal. Toptal's lawsuit, filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York and embedded below, alleges that the employees reneged on confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-compete agreements with Toptal.
The war for talent in the tech world can be brutal — and so, it turns out, can the war between platforms that help companies source it. In the latest developement, Toptal — a marketplace for filling engineering and other tech roles with freelance, remote workers — has filed a lawsuit against direct competitor Andela […]
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