Tesla CEO Elon Musk had a major victory in Twitter lawsuit
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, scored a huge win on Monday when Judge Kathleen St. Jude McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an order compelling Twitter to provide documents and information requested by Musk in a motion to compel. Elon Musk’s legal team had already filed a motion to compel Twitter to hand over relevant data from 22 workers about spam and bot accounts. The request to compel and the judge’s order are related to the lawsuit that Twitter filed because Elon Musk decided not to buy the social media platform.
Judge Kathleen St. Jude McCormick’s latest order to provide information from a former senior official gives Elon Musk a mental and legal advantage, as Twitter has been required to hand over necessary information regarding bots and spam accounts on the platform from 41 “custodians” of information in the company. Apparently, the data comes from a process of analyzing Twitter spam and bot accounts.
Apparently buoyed by this late but significant success, Elon Musk and his legal team want to press through with their demand for further information from the social media giant. The motion to compel was reportedly filed in secret last week. The court docket did not reflect the motion or proceedings because of their need for secrecy. Reports indicate that another confidential move of a similar nature was filed this week. On Twitter, Elon Musk intends to lawfully glean information from high-and mid-level executives.
Elon Musk has done the same thing by filing a counterclaim against Twitter, in which he accuses the company of engaging in fraudulent actions using its data and analytics. Twitter was ordered by Judge Kathleen St. Jude McCormick to “collect, examine, and submit documents” from Kayvon Beykpour, who was general manager of consumers at Twitter from November 2017 to May 2022. Elon Musk has done the same thing by filing a counterclaim against Twitter, in which he accuses the company of engaging in fraudulent actions using its data and analytics. Twitter was ordered by Judge Kathleen St. Jude McCormick to “collect, examine, and submit documents” from Kayvon Beykpour, who was general manager of consumers at Twitter from November 2017 to May 2022. Agrawal, the CEO of Twitter, sacked Kayvon Beykpour in May. Beykpour joined the firm in 2018, while Jack Dorsey was CEO.
Elon Musk’s legal team is trying to collect as much information as possible from Twitter employees and former employees like Kayvon Beykpour, who likely knew about Twitter’s method for analyzing spam and bots. Considering his proximity to the social media company’s end users, it’s also plausible that he had access to accurate data on the volume of bots and spam on the network. Elon’s lawyers asked the judge to add more Twitter employees to the list of witnesses, but the judge only let Kayvon Beykpour testify.