掐架！ ADP周二向竞争对手Zenefits发起诽谤诉讼
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创业公司Zenefits目前获得巨大胜利，北加州地区的美国地方法院驳回了ADP的诉讼。根据和解条款，ADP 声明它相信 Zenefits 软件的安全性不存在问题，而Zenefits 则表明ADP 没有不道德的行为。
持续数月之久的官司最终以和解告一段落。这场争端始于 6月。有着50年历史的老牌公司ADP在6月份切断了Zenefits 小型企业客户使用ADP工资单系统，停止与Zenefits共享数据。ADP 指出它切断 Zenefits 是出于安全考虑：zenefits没有做好个人身份识别信息的保护工作，如社会保障号码。
作为反击，Zenefits 在其发布的一篇博客文章中指责 ADP 切断服务是因为他们推出了一款具有竞争性的产品。随后ADP 起诉 Zenefits 及其创始人康拉德 · 帕克，并在同一天推出一个名为 Opum 的服务和zenefits竞争。今年7月，Zenefits 称ADP 的诉讼无关紧要，并呼吁对方撤诉。曾经参与庭审的人员，如一个法官在 9月份说到 ADP 明显没有证据表明zenefits诽谤，以及唯一的问题是"诉讼将是缓慢的死亡还是快速的死亡"。
如今在法庭上，法官支持 Zenefits。
我们很高兴在法律上取得了胜利，不过相比之下，我们是更欣慰的是现在可以继续前进，专注于服务我们的小企业客户，"康拉德说在一次新闻发布会上说道，"有时，这可能意味着与 ADP竞争，而其他时候也可能意味着与 ADP 的合作。不管在什么情况下，我们（Zenefits）的目标始终致力于使HR管理这一辛苦的工作变得更轻松更少痛苦。
"双方争论的核心是指控质疑我们的道德和诚信，"ADP 在 给techcrunch 的一封电子邮件中如是说，"这些（诚信和道德）对ADP来说意义重大， 也是我们（企业）文化的核心。我们衷心希望 Zenefits能收回他们发表的毫无根据的公开声明。如果他们满足我们这一需求，我们会撤回诉讼。
ADP Drops Lawsuit Against Human Resources Startup Zenefits
The legacy payroll company ADP on Tuesday dropped its defamation lawsuit against its quickly growing competitor, Zenefits.
In a major victory for the startup, a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice. Per the terms of the settlement, ADP stated it has no reason to believe problems exist with the security of Zenefits software. Zenefits said on the record it had no reason to believe ADP is unethical.
The settlement brings a months-long legal battle to a close. The dispute began in June when ADP, a 50-year-old payroll company, cut off Zenefits small business clients who were sharing data with the cloud-based startup from ADP’s RUN payroll system. ADP stated that it blocked Zenefits due to security concerns because the company was not doing enough to protect personal identifying information, like Social Security Numbers.
Zenefits fired back with a blog post accusing ADP of cutting off the service because they were rolling out a competing product. ADP then sued Zenefits and its founder Parker Conrad, but on the same day launched a competing service called Opum. In July, Zenefits called ADP’s lawsuit frivolous and called for it to be dismissed. According to those in the courtroom, a judge in September said it was clear ADP had no defamation claim, and the only question was whether the “lawsuit will die a slow death or a fast death.”
Today in court, the judge sided with Zenefits.
“While we are gratified by this legal victory, we are more pleased that we now can move forward and focus on serving our small business customers,” Conrad said in a news release. “At times, this may mean competing with ADP, and at times, it may mean working with ADP. In either case, we at Zenefits are committed to making the hard work of administering HR as effortless and painless as possible.”
ADP said in a statement that the settlement would allow them to put the case with Zenefits behind them.
“At the core of our dispute were accusations that questioned our ethics and integrity,” ADP said in an email to TechCrunch. “These are meaningful values to ADP and core to our culture. All we have ever wanted was for Zenefits to retract the baseless public statements they made. We withdrew the lawsuit after Zenefits satisfied that demand.”
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