X (née Twitter) and owner Elon Musk asked a Delaware federal judge to dismiss one of several lawsuits claiming they failed to pay promised severance to laid-off employees. X, in a filing, said six former employees who sued the company in May were not parties to a 2022 merger agreement between Twitter and a Musk-owned holding company, so they cannot sue them for allegedly breaching it. Read more about the filing.
X on Monday also sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit that fights hate speech and disinformation, accusing it of asserting false claims and encouraging advertisers to pause investment on the platform. Read more about that lawsuit.
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It’s no secret that businesses large and small are terrified of Illinois’ biometric privacy law, which exposes them to potentially catastrophic damages for the unauthorized collection of data from employees or consumers. Dior’s lawyers came up with a plan to quell the proliferation of Illinois privacy class actions by saddling unsuccessful plaintiffs with defense fees and costs. But Dior’s fee-shifting idea hit a brick wall last week. Alison Frankel has the details.
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