HR firm alleged ‘spy’ is now co-operating in information recovery, court told

An Irish payroll manager who is alleged to have passed trade secrets of his US-headquartered human resources company to a rival firm is cooperating with efforts to recover information sought as part of an investigation, the Commercial Court has heard.

Last week, Keith O’Brien told the court he had destroyed a phone a judge had ordered him to preserve.

On Monday, Mr Justice Mark Sanfey was told Mr O’Brien was now co-operating with efforts to recover the information on his devices and it may lead to the resolution of legal moves to force him to hand over the devices.

HR firm People Centre, trading as Rippling, has claimed that Mr O’Brien, with an address at Ringfort Avenue, Balrothery, Co Dublin, was placed in their company by rival firm Deel in order to unlawfully obtain its trade secrets.

Last Wednesday, Mr O’Brien came before the judge and said he destroyed a mobile phone sought by Rippling the previous week after interim court orders were granted requiring him to hand over…

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