US EditionMusk's X Reaches Tentative Settlement with Former Twitter Workers in $500 Million Lawsuit
- On August 19, 2025, Elon Musk's company X reached a provisional settlement with former Twitter employees who had filed a lawsuit seeking $500 million related to unpaid severance benefits.
- The lawsuit stemmed from Musk's 2022 acquisition of Twitter and subsequent firing of about 6,000 employees, which eliminated entire trust and safety and accessibility teams.
- Both sides revealed the settlement in a court document and jointly requested that the September 17 hearing to finalize the agreement be delayed; the details of the settlement have not been made public.
- A class action lawsuit was initiated by former Twitter staff members Courtney McMillan and Ronald Cooper, alleging that the company did not fulfill its 2019 severance plan by withholding severance payments owed to them and other dismissed workers.
- If the settlement receives court approval, it will resolve litigation related to severance pay for more than 6,000 former Twitter workers dismissed without severance after Musk's takeover.
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Elon Musk’s X strikes tentative agreement to settle $500 million lawsuit over Twitter firings
Elon Musk’s social media company X Corp has reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by former Twitter employees who said they were owed $500 million in severance pay.
Musk's X reaches tentative settlement in $500 million lawsuit over firings of platform's former workers
Elon Musk's social media company X Corp has reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by former employees of the company that was then known as Twitter, who argued they were owed $500 million in severance pay.Both sides disclosed the deal on Wednesday in a court filing, with both asking a U.S. appeals court to delay an upcoming hearing to allow them to finalize a deal to pay the terminated workers and bring the case to a close. The…
Musk’s X Reaches Settlement With Former Twitter Staff
Elon Musk's X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees who sued the company, then known as Twitter, for $500 million in unpaid severance, pausing one of the largest legal battles stemming from Musk's 2022 takeover, according to the Boston Herald. The deal was disclosed in a Wednesday court filing, and a federal appeals court in San Francisco agreed the following day to postpone a Sept. 17 hearing while both sides complete the agr…
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Musk's X reaches tentative settlement with former Twitter workers in $500 million lawsuit
Elon Musk’s X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees of the company then known as Twitter who’d sued for $500 million in severance pay.
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