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Judge Rules That Twitter’s Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Can Proceed With Five-Day Trial Beginning In October

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">The ongoing saga that’s currently lighting up the tech world just took another interesting turn&comma; as an update has been provided regarding the legal battle between <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;twitter-files-formal-lawsuit-against-elon-musk-for-attempting-to-back-out-of-44-billion-buyout&sol;">Twitter<&sol;a> and Elon Musk&period; According to recent court documents&comma; a judge has officially ruled that Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk can move forward with a trial set to begin in October&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&commat;CNN reports&comma; earlier today a judge <u><a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;19&sol;tech&sol;twitter-elon-musk-lawsuit-first-hearing&sol;index&period;html&quest;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twcnnbrk&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;content&equals;2022-07-19T17&percnt;3A07&percnt;3A12&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;term&equals;link">formally decided<&sol;a><&sol;u> that Twitter can proceed with its lawsuit against Elon Musk&comma; after Musk changed his mind about buying the popular social media platform for a jaw-dropping &dollar;44 billion&period; In the judge’s ruling&comma; it was also confirmed that the lawsuit will involve a five-day trial set to start in October&period;  The decision was the final motion decided during the first hearing of the case&comma; about whether or not the lawsuit should be expedited&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Things reportedly got pretty heated during the initial hearing when Twitter&&num;8217&semi;s lead counsel William Savitt slammed Elon Musk&comma; stating that due to Musk’s change of heart&comma; there is an uncertainty hanging over Twitter from the outstanding deal and litigation that &&num;8220&semi;inflicts harm on Twitter every day&comma; every hour and every day&period;&&num;8221&semi; He continued&comma; noting Musk’s repeated disparagement of Twitter on his personal account&period; &&num;8220&semi;Musk has been and remains contractually obligated to use his best efforts to close this deal&period; What he&&num;8217&semi;s doing is the exact opposite&semi; it&&num;8217&semi;s sabotage&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Savitt said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; Elon Musk’s attorney Andrew Rossman fired back at the accusations&comma; defending his client saying that Musk &&num;8220&semi;doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have an incentive to keep this hanging for a long time&comma;&&num;8221&semi; reminding the judge that Musk is currently still one of the largest shareholders of Twitter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rossman further added that Twitter didn’t decide to sue Elon Musk until after he made steps to officially terminate the &dollar;44 billion-dollar buyout deal&comma; firmly suggesting that Twitter opting to wait invalidates its desire for an expedition&period; Rossman&comma; along with the rest of Musk’s legal team has proposed that the lawsuit should go to trial early next year&comma; however&comma; now that is not possible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; 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