January 10, 2025
X Corp. and Elon Musk squared off with ex-Twitter workers in Delaware federal court, filing dueling briefs that took opposing stances over whether a district judge should adopt a recommendation to keep alive some breach-of-contract allegations in the workers' proposed class action claiming they were cheated out of severance benefits.
January 09, 2025
Six former Twitter employees who alleged they weren't paid severance benefits after Elon Musk took over the company shouldn't be able to proceed with their claims under Texas law, a Delaware federal magistrate judge said, but he recommended that claims under California and New York law be given a second chance.
December 19, 2024
Former X employees urged a Delaware federal court to set aside portions of a magistrate judge's recommendation that the court partially toss their unpaid severance benefits lawsuit, saying the judge incorrectly found that a merger agreement stripped them of standing.
December 05, 2024
A Delaware federal judge on Thursday recommended pruning of a 14-count suit filed by six former Twitter employees accusing the company now known as X and Elon Musk of contract breaches and other claims in connection with Musk's takeover of the social media giant in 2022.
March 08, 2024
A recently filed suit from four executives alleging Elon Musk cheated them out of severance pay adds to the legal fallout that Musk and X Corp. are facing in the aftermath of the tech billionaire's $44 billion acquisition of the company formerly known as Twitter.
February 28, 2024
Settlement talks between X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, and a group of former employees have fallen apart, the parties told a Delaware federal judge on Wednesday, asking the judge to lift a stay in their dispute over severance compensation.
February 21, 2024
X Corp., the social media entity formerly known as Twitter, and a group of ex-employees have paused their dispute over severance compensation, as a Delaware federal court signed off Wednesday on a proposal to stay litigation deadlines pending settlement talks.
February 14, 2024
A proposed class action claiming workers didn't receive their severance or were fired after Elon Musk acquired Twitter is back on track after a Delaware federal judge lifted a temporary stay Wednesday.
July 31, 2023
Elon Musk urged a Delaware federal judge on Monday to cut him from a lawsuit by ex-Twitter employees alleging the company reneged on promised severances after the billionaire bought it, arguing that he is not a party to certain provisions of the 2022 deal and had no control until the "post-takeover period."
May 17, 2023
Six former Twitter employees have sued the company and CEO Elon Musk in Delaware federal court, alleging they did not receive severance that was promised to them after they resigned or were fired following his acquisition of the company last year.