Some new faces have entered the Elon Musk v. Twitter standoff. The social media firm simply subpoenaed a bunch of individuals in Musk’s orbit, bringing buyers like Chamath Palihapitiya and Marc Andreessen into its ongoing authorized battle towards the Tesla CEO.
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1. Twitter is dragging Elon Musk’s buddies into its authorized battle. The social media firm issued a slew of subpoenas to a few of Silicon Valley’s greatest names, together with billionaire buyers Chamath Palihapitiya and Marc Andreessen.
- The Washington Publish was the primary to report on the subpoenas, which might require the boys to testify in court docket when the five-day trial begins in October.
- Twitter’s in search of any communication between Musk and his associates associated to bots or spam, and something as regards to Musk’s look on the All-In Summit in Could, the place he appeared to backtrack on his plans to purchase Twitter.
- Different subpoenaed events embrace David Sacks, an entrepreneur that helped Musk discovered PayPal, and buyers Keith Rabois and Joe Lonsdale. Lonsdale known as the requests a “giant harassing fishing expedition.”
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