Twitter wants court proceedings to be fully wrapped up by the end of September, but Elon Musk’s legal team wants to wait until next year.
Elon Musk‘s legal team wants to delay the start of a lawsuit with Twitter to allow time for more of a forensic audit of Twitter’s bot problem. For Twitter users, one of the biggest events of this year was the confirmation that Elon Musk was buying the platform. However, Musk’s eagerness to buy Twitter faded within months, leading to a situation where Twitter now wants the courts to decide what happens next.
It was only April when Twitter made a move to buy Twitter. The offer was initially unwelcomed, but Musk was able to push a deal through. At the time, it seemed almost certain that the SpaceX and Tesla CEO would eventually take control of Twitter. Within a month of the deal being agreed, Musk started questioning how many bots were active on Twitter. In early July, Musk pulled out of the deal.
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This all then led to Twitter filing a lawsuit earlier this week in an attempt to either force Musk to buy Twitter or to try and bound Musk into paying some sort of compensation for pulling out of the agreement. As to be expected, Musk’s legal team disagrees with the lawsuit, and if it is to happen, would prefer to have more time to prepare. According to Bloomberg, Musk’s team would like the trial to start no sooner than February of next year. The reason, it’s a complicated case, and once that requires extensive preparation of data.
Twitter Vs. Musk Will Happen Sooner Or Later
Twitter wants the trial to take place as soon as possible. According to a ‘motion to expedite proceedings’ filed earlier this week, Twitter is seeking a four-day trial to take place this September. Twitter specifically requested the completion of the trial to be in September due to an October 24th drop-dead date set out in the original agreement between Musk and Twitter. In other words, before the date where either side would be free to walk away from the deal if it hadn’t been completed by then. In spite of this drop-dead date, Musk’s team argues that a trial in September would be akin to a ‘warp speed’ trial, according to The Washington Post. The same filing contrasts the speed Twitter wants to go to court with the lack of speed Twitter showed in providing requested data on bots.
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Regardless of when it actually does take place, it does seem highly likely now that a day, or days, in court will eventually happen. Even then, however, the debates will still continue. While Twitter sees this as a clear-cut case of Musk backing out of the deal, Elon Musk’s legal team sees it as a matter that will be determined by the number of bots.
