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On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a big victory in court against social media giant Twitter.
Judge Kathleen St. Jude McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an order compelling Twitter to provide documents and information requested by Musk in a motion to compel.
The request to compel and the judge’s order are related to the lawsuit that Twitter filed because Elon Musk decided not to buy the social media platform.
In the lawsuit, Twitter accused Musk of breaching his fiduciary duty as a member of Twitter’s board of directors by making false and misleading statements about a potential buyout offer.
Musk’s legal team had already filed a motion to compel Twitter to hand over relevant data from 22 workers about spam and bot accounts.
The victory is a major win for Musk, who has been locked in a legal battle with Twitter for months.
This is not the first time that Musk has come out victorious against Twitter. In December, a judge ruled that Musk could keep his Twitter account after the social media company tried to remove him from its platform.
The latest victory is sure to add more fuel to the fire in the ongoing legal battle between Musk and Twitter.
The ruling comes as part of a legal battle over whether Musk must complete his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
Twitter has been ordered to collect, review and produce documents from former General Manager of Consumer Product Kayvon Beykpour, according to the order from Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Twitter and lawyers for Musk, the world’s richest person, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The ruling is a significant victory for Musk, who has been trying to get his hands on Twitter’s internal correspondence about bots and spam accounts for months.
The documents could help Musk prove that Twitter knew about the problem of bots and spam accounts long before he made his offer to buy the company and that the issue is not as serious as Twitter has claimed.
In May, Musk made an offer to buy Twitter for $44 billion, but the social media company rejected the bid.
Musk has since been locked in a legal battle with Twitter, with each side accusing the other of lying about the extent of the problem of the bot and spam accounts on the platform.
The Delaware court’s ruling is the latest development in this ongoing legal battle.
Twitter has until September 30th to comply with the order.
It is not clear how much information Twitter will be required to turn over, but the ruling could give Musk a significant advantage in his fight to buy the social media company.
This article was originally published on Business Insider.
Twitter has until September 30th to comply with the order. It is not clear how much information Twitter will be required to turn over, but the ruling could give Musk a significant advantage in his fight to buy the social media company.
