Twitter, Inc. v. Elon R. Musk

COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE KATHALEEN ST. JUDE MCCORMICK LEONARD L. WILLIAMS JUSTICE CENTER CHANCELLOR 500 N. KING STREET, SUITE 11400 WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19801-3734

September 22, 2022 Peter J. Walsh, Jr. Edward B. Micheletti Kevin R. Shannon Lauren N. Rosenello Christopher N. Kelly Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Mathew A. Golden 920 North King Street, 7th Floor Callan R. Jackson Wilmington, DE 19899 Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP 1313 North Market Street Jacob R. Kirkham Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor Kobre & Kim LLP Wilmington, DE 19801 600 North King Street, Suite 501 Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Brad D. Sorrels Daniyal M. Iqbal Martin S. Lessner Leah E. León Tammy L. Mercer Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. M. Paige Valeski Delaware Avenue, Suite 800 Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP Wilmington, DE 19801 1000 North King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Re: Twitter, Inc. v. Elon R. Musk et al., C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM Dear Counsel: The following motions are pending: Defendants’ Second Motion to Amend; 1 Defendants’ Fifth, 2 Sixth, 3 and Seventh 4 Discovery Motions; Defendants’ Rule 5.1

C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM Docket (“Dkt.”) 440.

Dkt. 422 (9/7/2022, seeking several categories of outstanding discovery).

Dkt. 468 (9/13/2022, seeking documents withheld on privilege grounds).

Dkt. 524 (9/16/2022, seeking to depose Mr. Falck, lift allegedly improper redactions from Slack threads, and cure alleged deficiencies in Plaintiff’s production of account data).

C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM September 22, 2022 Page 2 of 3 Challenge; 5 and Plaintiff’s Fifth, 6 Sixth, 7 and Seventh 8 Discovery Motions. Of these pending motions, I believe that Defendants’ Fifth and Sixth Discovery Motions and Rule 5.1 Challenge and Plaintiff’s Fifth Discovery Motion are fully submitted.

With the exception of the Second Motion to Amend, no additional replies or sur- replies (beyond what I have already granted) will be permitted in connection with any of the pending motions. The following additional submissions shall be filed no later than the earlier of (i) the deadlines, if any, to which the parties have already committed, or (ii) 4:30 p.m. on Friday, September 23: Defendants’ submissions in further support of the Second Motion to Amend; the parties’ respective oppositions to Defendants’ Seventh Discovery Motion; and the parties’ respective oppositions in Twitter’s Sixth and Seventh Discovery Motions. Please deliver one hard copy of each of these filings to my home and one to Chambers.

I may resolve some of the issues presented by the pending motions on the papers or give guidance as to others. Oral argument on everything else shall be held next Tuesday, September 27, 2022, beginning at 1:30 p.m. The court will circulate a public access line at a later time. Given the burden of ongoing discovery, if appearing remotely would be

Dkt. 495 (9/14/2022).

Dkt. 442 (9/10/2022, seeking documents withheld on privilege ground from Morgan Stanley and a privilege log).

Dkt. 531 (9/17/2022, seeking compliance with this court’s earlier order to produce analyses performed by data science analysts).

Dkt. 532 (9/17/2022, seeking sanctions for an allegedly deficient production of text and electronic messages).

C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM September 22, 2022 Page 3 of 3 easier on the parties than appearing in person, then, at the election of either Defendants or Plaintiff, the parties may present argument by Zoom.

Sincerely, /s/ Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick Chancellor cc: All counsel of record (by File & ServeXpress)