Elon Musk set to depose before Twitter lawyers ahead of Oct trial

The deposition is slated for September 26-27 and will run into September 28 if wanted, in accordance with court docket filings, experiences Benzinga.

The deposition, forward of the full-blown October 17 authorized trial within the Delaware Court docket of Chancery within the US, is not going to be a public one.

Earlier, in a minor win for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a US court docket allowed his authorized group to make a case {that a} $7.75 million severance cost to Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko, Twitter’s former head of safety, permits him to terminate the $44 billion takeover deal.

Choose Kathleen McCormick dominated final week that Musk can amend his counterclaims to incorporate the cost to Zatko.

The ruling signifies that Musk can use the Zatko cost for his argument concerning terminating the deal. Twitter didn’t oppose the movement, Barron’s had reported.

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Twitter can be looking for if there’s a connection between its former head of safety and Musk.

Musk has stated that the testimony of Twitter whistleblower justifies his termination of the $44 billion deal to purchase the micro-blogging platform.

Twitter shareholders had voted to approve the buyout by Musk amid the authorized battle.