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Litigation

Mar. 8, 2013

Twitter's bid to remove state lawsuit against it to federal court is rejected

U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen has sent a lawsuit against Twitter Inc. back to state court and awarded costs to the plaintiff after concluding the social media company inappropriately removed the case to federal court.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen has sent a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Twitter Inc. back to state court and awarded costs to the plaintiff after concluding the social media company inappropriately removed the case to federal court.


Data analytics firm PeopleBrowsr Inc. filed a lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court in November after Twitter executives terminated a co...

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