Elon Musk’s lawyers try to slow down the progress of Twitter’s lawsuit - The Verge
Elon Musk and Twitter can’t agree on whether or not he’s buying the company, and now they have different opinions on trial dates. Musk’s lawyers want to wait until at least February 2023, Twitter is asking to start in September.
Elon Musk’s legal team has responded to Twitter’s lawsuit against him, saying that the company is demanding an unreasonably fast trial. In response, Musk’s team asks that the case not be heard until next year, as reported earlier by Bloomberg.
Twitter has pushed for the trial to take place in mid-September, justifying the request to expedite things given that Musk and Twitter’s merger agreement has an October 24th “presumptive drop-dead date.” However, Musk’s team is asking that the trial not be held until February 13th, 2023 trial at the earliest, the filing notes.
Twitter declined to comment on the matter, and pointed to its initial complaint filed Tuesday.
Twitter sued Musk earlier this week after he officially tried to bail on his $44 billion agreement to buy the company. Nearly immediately after he said he intended to pull the plug, Twitter board chairman Bret Taylor said the company would be taking Musk to court, and the company filed its lawsuit on Tuesday. Musk hadn’t responded via the court until Friday, though on Tuesday, he did tweet.
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