{"id":1153967,"date":"2022-07-20T10:13:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T10:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/20\/elon-musk-to-stand-trial-in-october-over-twitters-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T10:13:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T10:13:04","slug":"elon-musk-to-stand-trial-in-october-over-twitters-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/20\/elon-musk-to-stand-trial-in-october-over-twitters-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk to stand trial in october over Twitter&#8217;s lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Elon-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Elon Musk\/ Credit: GETTY IMAGES\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elon Musk\/ Credit: GETTY IMAGES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A US judge has ordered that Twitter\u2019s lawsuit against Elon Musk go to trial in October, a blow to the world\u2019s richest man who had asked for a delay.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Musk walked away from his $44bn (\u00a336bn) bid to buy Twitter earlier in July, prompting the company to sue him.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter hopes that the court will order Mr Musk to complete the takeover at the agreed price of $54.20 per share.<\/p>\n<p>The tech billionaire has accused Twitter of withholding information about fake accounts.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His legal team has called for the trial to be held early next year due to its complexities, but Twitter asked for a September date.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, a judge in the state of Delaware agreed with the company and said a delay to the trial would cast a \u201ccloud of uncertainty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelay threatens irreparable harm,\u201d Chancellor Kathaleen St Jude McCormick said. \u201cThe longer the delay, the greater the risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit accused Mr Musk of a \u201clong list\u201d of violations ahead of the potential merger and argued that he had \u201ccast a pall\u201d over the company.<\/p>\n<p>At the hearing on Tuesday, Twitter\u2019s lead counsel William Savitt said the ongoing uncertainty about whether the takeover would go forward or not \u201cinflicts harm on Twitter everyday\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"9dmvtw61w_o\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"she slapped me when I went to visit my children - Ex-Wife Laments\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9dmvtw61w_o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk\/ Credit: GETTY IMAGES A US judge has ordered that Twitter\u2019s lawsuit against Elon Musk go to trial in October, a blow to the world\u2019s richest man who had asked for a delay. 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