Elon Musk wins dismissal of $500M severance suit filed by fired Twitter workers

Billionaire Elon Musk won the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by former employees of Twitter who were seeking $500 million in severance payments that Musk allegedly declined to pay following his acquisition of the social media company now known as X.

U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco on Tuesday issued a ruling that the ex-Twitter employees’ claims weren’t covered by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), which governs benefit plans, so she lacked jurisdiction and dismissed their claims under