This is a partial list of lawsuits involving X Corp., an American technology company.
In June 2023, the National Music Publishers' Association, on behalf of Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group, Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, and other major publishers, sued X Corp. for about million in damages over alleged copyright infringement on about 1,7000 songs.[1]
In March 2024, a US district judge upheld parts of the lawsuit against X Corp.[2]
In June 2023, Australian management firm Facilitate Corp sued X Corp. for alleged unpaid bills related to work done in four countries. The firm seeks about A$1 million in damages.[1]
In October 2023, marketing agency X Social Media filed a lawsuit against X Corp. alleging a violation of its trademark of the letter X.[3]
In July 2024, PR Firm Multiply sued X Corp. for allegedly stealing their established identity, citing "consumer confusion by using the "X" trademark for social-media marketing services that compete with Multiply".[4]
Four former Twitter executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, head of legal Vijaya Gadde and General Counsel Sean Edgett sued Elon Musk and X Corp. for million in unpaid severance in March 2024. In the filing, the plaintiffs alleged that Musk had acted in revenge against them personally.[5] A district judge refused to dismiss the case on November 1, 2024.[6]
In August 2024, Omid Kordestani, former executive chairman of Twitter, filed a lawsuit against X Corp. in California Superior Court. Kordestani alleges that Elon Musk is refusing to cash out more than $20 million worth of shares owed to him as compensation for his service.[7]
In November 2024, the former Twitter chief marketing officer Leslie Berland joined the group of executives in their bid to claim unpaid severance. Berland claims that she was "wrongly denied about $20 million in severance after Musk fired her based on a disagreement connected to former president Donald Trump's Twitter account".[8]
In November 2023, X Corp. sued nonprofit watchdog journalism organization Media Matters for America for "allegedly disparaging the company and harming its relationships with advertisers".[9]
In August 2024, Algerian boxer and Olympian champion Imane Khelif sued X Corp., citing "cyberbullying". The lawsuit was filed in France.[10]
In August 2024, X Corp. sued the food giants Unilever and Mars Inc., private healthcare company CVS Health, and renewable energy firm Ørsted - along with trade association World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) for allegedly conspiring to withhold "billions of dollars" in advertising revenue.[11]
Days later, US district judge O'Connor recused himself from the case without providing an explanation. The case was reassigned to Judge Kinkeade. A NPR report drew scrutiny to the judge's investment in Tesla, Inc..[12]
In October 2024, X Corp. dismissed its claims against Unilever.[13]
In August 2024, Taiwanese tech firm Wiwynn sued X Corp. over million worth of alleged unpaid IT bills. The firm seeks damages worth million, "having been able to cancel or recoup about million worth of the components".[14] The firm added two new counts to the lawsuit in October 2024: intentional misrepresentation and negligent misrepresentation.[15]
In August 2024, Don Lemon sued Elon Musk and X Corp. over the cancellation of a million talk show deal. The ex-CNN talk show host was also promised a share of advertising revenue. The lawsuit alleges fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and misappropriation of name and likeness.[16]
In August 2024, nine EU countries (Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland) sued X Corp. for allegedly using user data without consent to train its generative AI, Grok. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) alleges X Corp. processed personal data from May 7 to Aug. 1, 2024, affecting around 60 million EU users. X Corp. risks fines of up to 4% of its global annual revenue.[17]
In September 2023, X Corp. sued the state of California over a content moderation law "requiring them to publish their policies for policing disinformation, harassment, hate speech and extremism."[18] In September 2024, X Corp. won its appeal to block a part of the law, but the case was remanded for further analysis by the district court.[19] [20]
In May 2024, a federal judge dismissed X Corp.'s lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, citing a California law against strategic lawsuits against public participation.[21]
In May 2024, a federal judge dismissed X Corp.'s million lawsuit against Israeli technology company Bright Data for alleged data scraping.[22]
In July 2024, a district judge dismissed a case brought by former Twitter staff, who accused Musk of "unlawfully denying roughly m in severance payments owed to workers fired after his takeover of the company."[23] At least one former employee was awarded unpaid severance in September in a closed-door arbitration.[6]