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U.S. Twitter, Mr. Musk appointed U.S. law firm Wactel in lawsuit = Reuters | Reuters

On July 10, Twitter, a U.S. short-text posting site, has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, a major U.S. electric vehicle company, who withdrew its acquisition plan.・ Lipton Rosen & Katz was appointed. Taken on April 28 (2022 Reuters / Dado Ruvic / Illustration)

[10日 ロイター] –Twitter, a US short-text posting site, is suing Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, Inc., which has withdrawn its acquisition plan, to file a contract with US law firm Wactel Lipton Rosen. & Katz was appointed. A person familiar with the situation revealed.

Musk announced on August 8 that he would withdraw plans to buy Twitter for a total of $ 44 billion. The company did not respond to the provision of information about fake accounts. In response, Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor said he would take legal action to enforce the deal.

Twitter will file a proceeding in Delaware earlier this week, according to people familiar with the matter.

Twitter declined to comment, and the law firm has so far not responded to requests for comment.