July 10, 2024
X Corp. and Elon Musk can escape claims they owe former employees $500 million in severance following the business mogul's purchase of the social platform formerly known as Twitter, a California federal judge ruled, saying the facts don't show that federal benefits law governed the payments workers received.
April 17, 2024
A California federal judge paused discovery in a suit claiming X, formerly Twitter, owes $500 million in severance to the workers the company laid off after Elon Musk's takeover, saying the court should wait to sort out the company's dismissal bid.
April 08, 2024
Two workers asked a California federal court to deny a request from X, formerly Twitter, to pause discovery in their suit alleging it stiffed employees on $500 million in severance pay when it conducted mass layoffs following Elon Musk's takeover, saying the move will create unnecessary delay.
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 13, 2024
The company formerly known as Twitter had a severance plan, workers laid off in the wake of ex-CEO Elon Musk's takeover told a California federal judge, fighting Musk and X's argument that the $500 million lawsuit should be tossed because no such plan existed.
January 10, 2024
X and its billionaire ex-CEO Elon Musk asked a California federal court Tuesday to toss a proposed class action by laid-off workers seeking $500 million in severance, arguing the allegations are "fantastical" because there's never been a severance plan, and even if there were, Musk isn't a fiduciary.
October 16, 2023
Former Twitter employees amended their proposed class action alleging Elon Musk and X Corp., formerly Twitter, owe at least $500 million in severance to those terminated after Musk purchased the company, adding details to claims that Musk is personally liable for denying these benefits.
July 12, 2023
Twitter's former CEO Elon Musk, its successor company, and other individuals and entities owe at least $500 million in unpaid severance to workers who were laid off after Musk acquired the company in October, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in California federal court.