Judge Allows Elon Musk To Modify Twitter Claims But Disallows Delay Case

In New York Elon Musk was given permission to revise his complaint against Twitter on Wednesday by a US judge, but the lawsuit against Twitter over the collapse of the businessman's acquisition proposal was not postponed.

In a split decision, Kathaleen McCormick, the chancellor of the Delaware court, decided Musk could add indiscretions made in August by a former security officer for Twitter.

She rejected his plea to delay the lawsuit, claiming that doing so "would risk more harm to Twitter that is too great to justify."

Since declaring in July that he was cancelling his $44 billion purchase of the firm after a complicated, tumultuous, months-long courtship, Musk has been embroiled in a nasty legal battle with Twitter.

Twitter has denied Musk's claims that it misled him about the amount of bot accounts using its platform and that this is why he cancelled the arrangement.

Peiter Zatko, who served as Twitter's former security chief, made revelations that were initially made public in August as a result of a Washington Post article.

Musk's counsel requested an amendment to his appeal and further time for document discovery to look into Zatko's claims during a hearing on Tuesday.

Attorneys for Twitter contended that Musk's plea was just another attempt to delay the acquisition.

The legal hurdle to amending Musk's case against Twitter was quite low, according to McCormick, who added that she was "reticent" to comment on the arguments' merits "until they have been properly litigated."

However, she stated that due to the urgency of the matter, "only incremental discovery" would be allowed for Musk's side to pursue the new charges.

The potential of irreparable injury to Twitter increases with each day that passes until trial, according to McCormick, who also noted that the firm had lost staff due to having to "run for months under the limitations of a repudiated merger deal."

The Delaware court is scheduled to hold the five-day trial starting on October 17.

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