Court of Chancery of Delaware, 2022

Twitter, Inc. v. Elon R. Musk

Twitter, Inc. v. Elon R. Musk
Court of Chancery of Delaware · Decided September 26, 2022 · McCormick, C.
Twitter, Inc. v. Elon R. Musk

Opinion

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 26, 2022 Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Esquire Edward B. Micheletti, Esquire Kevin R. Shannon, Esquire Lauren N. Rosenello, Esquire Christopher N. Kelly, Esquire Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Mathew A. Golden, Esquire 920 N. King Street, 7th Floor Callan R. Jackson, Esquire P.O. Box 636 Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP Wilmington, DE 19899-0636 1313 N. Market Street Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor Brett M. McCartney, Esquire Wilmington, DE 19801 Elizabeth A. Powers, Esquire Sarah T. Andrade, Esquire Brad D. Sorrels, Esquire Ballard Spahr LLP Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. 919 N Market St., 11th Floor Delaware Avenue, Suite 800 Wilmington, DE 19801 Wilmington, DE 19801 Martin S. Lessner, Esquire Tammy L. Mercer, Esquire Lakshmi Muthu, Esquire M. Paige Valeski, Esquire Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP Rodney Square 1000 North King Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Re: Twitter, Inc. v. Elon R. Musk et al., C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM Dear Counsel: Oral argument on the parties’ pending motions will be held remotely tomorrow, Tuesday, September 27, 2022, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Two 90-minutes sessions will be allocated to this hearing, which will conclude no later than 4:45 p.m. We will take a fifteen- minute break around 3 p.m.

C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM September 26, 2022 Page 2 of 3 The 180 minutes will be allocated evenly between Defendants, on the one hand, and Plaintiff, on the other. The Morgan Stanley entities’ argument time will count against Defendants’ 90-minutes. We will begin with the Second Motion to Amend.1 We will then work through Defendants’ discovery motions in the order they were filed,2 before turning to Plaintiff’s discovery motions in the order they were filed.3 I will rely on the parties to keep track of time and report any issues that arise over the course of the hearing.

As you are aware, I have issued letters attempting to focus arguments concerning Defendants’ Second Motion to Amend4 and Defendants’ Fifth,5 Sixth,6 and Seventh7 Discovery Motions. I have not issued similar letters as to Plaintiff’s Fifth, Sixth, or Seventh Discovery Motions and do not anticipate doing so in advance of the September 27 hearing.

The parties should be prepared to address those motions in full.

Counsel to the parties and relevant non-parties will receive a Zoom link and further instructions from CourtScribes. By no later than 10:00 a.m. on September 27, the parties shall submit jointly to CourtScribes, with a copy to Chambers, a list of persons they expect to attend the hearing.

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

Dkt. 422, 468, and 524.

Dkt. 422, 531, and 532.

Dkt. 580, 601.

Dkt. 579.

Dkt. 593.

Dkt. 600.

C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM September 26, 2022 Page 3 of 3 An audio feed of this hearing, provided by CourtScribes, will be available through the following public access lines: (774) 267-2687 (617) 829-7274 (774) 267-7226 (774) 267-7876 (774) 267-7689 Each line allows up to 1,000 phones to connect; if one does not work, try another.

The standard instruction applies: Aside from our Court of Chancery Court Reporter, no one (i.e., no party, counsel, member of the press, or any other attendee) may record the hearing in any manner (i.e., video, audio, or otherwise).

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

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