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Class Action

Aug. 18, 2023

X seeks dismissal of age bias class action based on Musk quotes

"Plaintiff provides no nexus between Musk's human-longevity comments and the reduction in force selections that plaintiff challenges here," said Eric Meckley of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP on behalf of Elon Musk's company, formerly known as Twitter.

X Corp., formerly Twitter, asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss a proposed age discrimination class action filed on behalf of employees over the age of 50 who lost their jobs in the company's reduction of force following Elon Musk's acquisition.

Attorneys for X argued that the complaint is "devoid of basic facts needed to plausibly suggest" that the lead plaintiff was fired because he was 65 years old, and called the statistics cited in the complaint "insu...

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