- Musk’s lawyers last week demanded the surrender of documents from 22 Twitter employees.
- The judge overseeing the case ordered documents from just one employee, Kayvon Beykpour.
- Musk is now seeking more information about the data through additional allegations confidentially filed.
Elon Musk will receive some of the additional information he requested from Twitter in the lawsuit against him.
On Monday, Judge Kathleen St. Jude McCormick ordered Twitter to comply with some of the motions coerced by Mr. Musk’s lawyers. They requested documents from 22 additional Twitter employees who said they had information about the company’s process for analyzing spam or “bot” accounts. have already handed over information from the so-called “information managers” of
Musk’s motion for additional documents was filed confidentially last week and is not listed in court documents. Nor was his counterargument accusing Twitter of fraudulent “schemes” regarding user numbers and metrics. Justice McCormick’s order is now available on the docket.
Musk’s lawyers also filed another classified motion to force him this week, said a person familiar with the case. Musk is now trying to force Twitter to hand over more information about user data and how it is collected and analyzed. Musk has claimed for months that Twitter refused to hand over all the data information he requested. Judge McCormick is expected to decide on the new motion this week.
In the meantime, according to a judge’s brief order, Twitter now “must collect, review, and produce documents” from the platform’s former general manager of consumer affairs, Kayvon Beykpour. joined Twitter under then-CEO Jack Dorsey. Dorsey’s replacement, Parag Agrawal, fired Bakepool along with several other executives in May.bake pool wrote on twitter It was not his decision to leave the company.
Musk’s attorneys have asked a number of additional Twitter employees to submit documents, but Judge McCormick has only shown leniency to Beykpour. His Beykpour, who has been head of consumer products for Twitter for several years now and in a position to lead Twitter’s consumer products, may have the insights and documentation on bot analytics that Musk is seeking. Musk’s lawyers also sought information from other employees, ranging from mid-career to junior employees, according to people familiar with the matter.
Judge McCormick’s decision gave Musk a rare victory in a Twitter lawsuit filed last month to force the billionaire to carry out his agreement to buy the platform for $44 billion. At the first hearing between the parties, Judge McCormick sided with Twitter, agreeing that the case against Musk could go to trial by October.
Musk seems to be taking a less aggressive stance on Twitter these days. At least publicly. He hasn’t tweeted about the company or the incident in almost two weeks.Last week, he said it was an effort, selling about $7 billion worth of Tesla stock. prepare If he is finally ordered to buy Twitter.
Twitter’s stock has recently rebounded, rising 16% last month and edging closer to the $54.20 per share where Musk originally agreed to buy the company. Such backlash will likely make Musk’s attempts to argue that he wasn’t worth the money he agreed to pay the company. He said his sudden obsession with being a bankrupt was simply a move to get the company cheaper, as the stock market turned around and had a huge impact on his personal fortune.
Musk’s fortune is heavily dependent on Tesla stock, which has been on the rise in recent weeks. After hitting a yearly low in June, Tesla’s stock is now just below $928, down only 24% from its all-time high.
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