September 11, 2026
A former Twitter employee must arbitrate a suit seeking more than $500 million in severance the company promised after Elon Musk's takeover, a Delaware federal court ruled Friday, rejecting the worker's argument that the company had already refused arbitration.
May 01, 2025
As former workers pursue severance pay claims against the social media platform X in Delaware federal court, presiding over the matters is a circuit judge with a record of digging into challenging legal questions and delivering blunt appraisals of attorneys' arguments.
March 25, 2024
A former employee told a Delaware federal court that X Corp. can't derail a suit alleging it owes $500 million for skimping on severance pay after Elon Musk took over and fired thousands of workers, saying X breached the pact it's trying to use to force arbitration.
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.
September 07, 2023
Elon Musk has asked a Delaware federal court to free him from another suit claiming he and X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, misled terminated workers and refused to pay them at least $500 million in severance, again arguing that workers can't hold him personally liable for their claims.
August 28, 2023
X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, said Monday that a former employee must arbitrate his allegations that the company has refused to pay him and other terminated workers at least $500 million in severance following Elon Musk's acquisition of the company and subsequent layoffs, according to a motion filed in Delaware federal court.
July 18, 2023
Twitter owes at least $500 million for refusing to pay out severance after Elon Musk took over the social media company and fired thousands of workers, according to a proposed class action filed Tuesday in Delaware federal court.