The judge in Twitter v. Musk has ruled on a set of discovery motions filed by the company, and largely handed a win to Twitter ( NYSE: TWTR ) in its efforts to compel discovery relief from Elon Musk and his team in the legal fight over Musk's $44B deal to acquire the company.
Twitter ( TWTR ) had alleged that Musk was obfuscating discovery requests, and pushed for rulings to force Musk and team to identify a wide number of source of relevant information, including on Musk's potential co-investors and communications with government authorities.
The company's requests were granted, as Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick concluded "Defendants' discovery conduct has been suboptimal ."
She allowed for requests from Twitter for Musk to identify "all persons with knowledge of or involvement in key issues and events, regardless of whether that knowledge is 'unique' or duplicative." She dismissed Musk's complaint that requests for communications with potential co-investors was overly broad.
McCormick also denied Twitter in part - where the company sought to compel Musk to produce communications concerning government investigations (denied as "premature"), and where Twitter looked to order Musk to produce documents on a "rolling" basis, saying she's taking Musk's promise of diligence at "face value."
Twitter stock ( TWTR ) is still 5.4% lower Tuesday afternoon in the wake of a whistleblower complaint against the company over its disclosures on fake/bot accounts .
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Judge hands Musk discovery setbacks in case against Twitter