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Elon Musk Files Countersuit Under Seal Versus Twitter Over $44 Billion Deal
Aug 1 2022 // Elon Musk countersued Twitter Inc. on Friday, escalating his legal fight against the social media company over his bid to walk away from the $44 billion purchase, although the lawsuit was filed confidentially. While the...
Twitter’s Battle With Elon Musk Over $44 Billion Deal Heads to Oct. 17 Trial
Jul 29 2022 // Twitter’s bid to hold Elon Musk to his $44 billion deal for the social media platform will head to a five-day trial beginning Oct. 17, and Musk must reveal by the end of Friday any legal claims he has against the...
Twitter Sues to Force Musk to Consummate $44 Billion Buyout
Jul 13 2022 // Twitter Inc. sued Elon Musk over his abandoned $44 billion takeover bid, accusing the billionaire of having buyer’s remorse after his fortune declined. Lawyers for Twitter told a Delaware judge that the world’s...
Twitter Assembles Legal Team to Sue Musk Over Dropped Takeover
Jul 11 2022 // Twitter Inc. has hired merger law heavyweight Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as it races to sue Elon Musk for moving to dump his $44 billion takeover of the company, according to people familiar with the matter. The...
Musk Says He May Drop Twitter Deal if Fake-Account Data Not Provided
Jun 6 2022 // Elon Musk warned Twitter Inc. on Monday that he might walk away from his $44 billion deal to acquire the social media company if it fails to provide the data on spam and fake accounts that he seeks. This was not the first...
Musk Sued by Twitter Investors for Stock ‘Manipulation’ During Takeover Bid
May 27 2022 // Billionaire Elon Musk was sued by Twitter Inc .investors claiming he manipulated the company’s stock price downward, as the chief executive of electric carmaker Tesla Inc. mounts a $44 billion takeover bid for the...
Twitter Will Pay $150M to Settle With U.S. Over Data Privacy Violations
May 26 2022 // Twitter Inc. has agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations it misused private information, like phone numbers, to target advertising after telling users the information would be used for security reasons, according...
Do Claims Against Musk Raise a Legal Issue for His Companies and Twitter Deal?
May 24 2022 // A report saying Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk’s company SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle sexual harassment claims by a flight attendant on a private jet comes as he eyes a takeover of Twitter. Below is an overview of some of...
Musk-Owned Twitter Will Have to Follow EU’s Rules: Commissioner
May 2 2022 // A top EU official doesn’t expect to have a problem with Elon Musk, who is pursuing a free-speech agenda in his takeover of Twitter Inc., so long as the billionaire follows the region’s content rules. European...
Twitter Files Lawsuit Against German Rule for Online Reporting
Feb 1 2022 // Twitter has taken legal action against a rule, coming into force in Germany from Tuesday, that obliges social media firms to block or delete criminal content quickly and report particularly serious criminal offenses to the...
Twitter Agrees to Pay $810M to Settle Shareholder Lawsuit Over Growth Prospects
Sep 20 2021 // Twitter Inc. agreed to pay $809.5 million to settle a shareholder class action lawsuit that accused the social media company of painting an overly rosy picture of its future. The suit, originally filed by Twitter...
Twitter, Facebook, Alphabet Executives to Defend Liability Shield Before Senate
Oct 28 2020 // The chief executives of Twitter Inc., Facebook and Alphabet Inc. will tell U.S. lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday that a federal law protecting internet companies is crucial to free expression on the internet, according...
FCC Chief Vows to Advance New Social Media Company Liability Rules
Oct 16 2020 // Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said Thursday the agency will move forward to set new rules to clarify the meaning of a key legal protection for social media companies. The announcement came as...
Twitter Security Failure Prompts Call for Regulating Internet Giants as Systemic Risks
Oct 14 2020 // Twitter Inc. suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a “simple” hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the accounts of several of the world’s most famous people in July, according...
EU Wants Better Self-Regulation by Facebook, Google, Twitter; Plans Liability Changes
Sep 11 2020 // Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformation, Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, Twitter and other tech rivals must try harder to be more effective, the European Commission said...
4 Republican Attorneys General Back Trump Social Media Liability Move
Sep 8 2020 // Four Republican state attorneys general led by Texas backed President Donald Trump’s push to narrow the ability of social media companies to remove objectionable content and require new transparency rules. Texas,...
Dispute Among EU Regulators Delays Twitter Data Privacy Fine
Aug 20 2020 // Some European Union regulators objected to Ireland’s preliminary ruling in a landmark privacy investigation of Twitter, the lead regulator said on Thursday, triggering a process where a majority decision will be...
Trump Administration Wants FCC to Write Rules on Liability for Social Media Content
Jul 28 2020 // A U.S. Commerce Department agency on Monday petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to reinterpret a 1996 law to require transparency in how social media companies moderate content, after President Donald Trump...
Twitter Offers Some Details on How Hackers Accessed Data
Jul 20 2020 // Twitter Inc. said on Saturday that hackers were able to download account information for up to eight accounts involved in the hack of its systems this week, but said none of them were verified accounts. The company said...
Coordinated Twitter Hacking Raises Concerns About Platform’s Security
Jul 16 2020 // The extraordinary hacking spree that hit Twitter on Wednesday, leading it to briefly muzzle some of its most widely followed accounts, is drawing questions about the platform’s security and resilience in the run-up...
