This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Labor/Employment,
Corporate,
Civil Litigation

Jun. 17, 2024

Judge postpones discovery in lawsuit against Elon Musk and former Twitter executives

U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney said she wanted to wait until she decides on Musk's bid to toss the plaintiffs' equitable relief claim under ERISA.

New York Times News Service

A federal judge in San Francisco met with attorneys for Elon Musk and former Twitter executives suing the billionaire for $128 million in backpay, telling them on Friday that she would stay discovery until deciding on Musk's bid to toss the plaintiffs' equitable relief claim under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

On behalf of former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and other high-level executives, Sidley Austin LLP partner David L. Anderson filed a lawsuit in March

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Sign up for Daily Journal emails