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COURT OF CHANCERY
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE
KATHALEEN ST. JUDE MCCORMICK
CHANCELLOR
LEONARD L. WILLIAMS JUSTICE CENTER
500 N. KING STREET, SUITE 11400
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19801-3734
August 25, 2022
Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Esquire
Kevin R. Shannon, Esquire
Christopher N. Kelly, Esquire
Mathew A. Golden, Esquire
Callan R. Jackson, Esquire
Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
1313 N. Market Street
Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
Brad D. Sorrels, Esquire
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 800
Wilmington, DE 19801
Edward B. Micheletti, Esquire
Lauren N. Rosenello, Esquire
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
920 N. King Street, 7th Floor
P.O. Box 636
Wilmington, DE 19899-0636
Re: Twitter, Inc. v. Elon R. Musk et al.,
C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM
Dear Counsel:
This letter resolves issues raised in the August 15, 2022 letter from Defendants Elon
R. Musk, X Holdings I, Inc., and X Holdings II, Inc. (“Defendants”), which this decision
refers to as Defendants’ “Second Discovery Motion.” The motion seeks to compel Twitter,
Inc. (“Plaintiff”) to produce various documents, including information to verify Plaintiff’s
SEC disclosures regarding its estimates that less than 5% of mDAU are false or spam
accounts (the “5% Disclosure”).1
1
C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM, Docket (“Dkt.”) 163 (“Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot.”); see also
Dkt. 169 (“Pl.’s Response to Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot.”); Dkt. 201 (“Defs.’ Reply to Defs.’
Second Disc. Mot.”); Dkt. 231 (“Pl.’s Sur-Reply to Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot.”).
EFiled: Aug 25 2022 03:18PM EDT
Transaction ID 67974816
Case No. 2022-0613-KSJM
C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM
August 25, 2022
Page 2 of 4
To deliver a prompt ruling, I will forego recapping each of the arguments raised by
Defendants; I assume that readers of this letter are familiar with the parties’ dispute. My
overall impression is that Plaintiff has agreed to produce a tremendous amount of
information to Defendants, and that the information Plaintiff has agreed to produce is
sufficiently broad to satisfy most of Plaintiff’s obligations. This letter orders the
production of three additional categories of information.
First, as the primary target of their Second Discovery Motion, Defendants seek large
troves of Plaintiff’s data.2
In their Second Discovery Motion, Defendants argued that this
data was necessary to test the 5% Disclosure.3
In their reply in further support of their
Second Discovery Motion, Defendants argued that such documents were also relevant to
their counterclaim for fraud—i.e., the theory that Plaintiff misleadingly touted mDAU
without disclosing companion engagement data to present a complete picture.4
Defendants’ data requests are absurdly broad. Read literally, Defendants’
documents request would require Plaintiff to produce trillions upon trillions of data points
reflecting all of the data Twitter might possibly store for each of the approximately 200
million accounts included in its mDAU count every day for nearly three years.5
Plaintiff
has difficulty quantifying the burden of responding to that request because no one in their
2
See Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot. Ex. 6 (“RFPs”) 2, 3, 4, 18, 19.
3
Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot. at 19–21.
4
Defs.’ Reply to Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot. at 7–8.
5
See Pl.’s Response to Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot. Ex. 9 at 1–4; Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot.
Ex. 3 at 1–3.
C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM
August 25, 2022
Page 3 of 4
right mind has ever tried to undertake such an effort. It suffices to say, Plaintiff has
demonstrated that such a request is overly burdensome.6
That said, some additional data from Plaintiff seems warranted. Plaintiff is ordered
to produce a subset of what Defendants have requested: the 9,000 accounts reviewed in
connection with Plaintiff’s Q4 2021 audit, which the parties refer to as the “historical
snapshot.” I recognize that producing the historical snapshot is no small feat. Plaintiff
represented that, with considerable effort, these documents could be produced in under two
weeks, and Plaintiff shall strive to meet that timeline. In addition, Plaintiff must produce
documents sufficient to show how those 9,000 accounts were selected for review.
The historical-snapshot data that I have ordered produced is highly sensitive. To
their credit, Defendants have agreed to treat this data as highly confidential. The parties
should confer on a list of Defendants’ attorneys and data scientists who will be permitted
to access this data.
Second, as to Defendants’ mDAU fraud theory, Plaintiff has already agreed to
produce ten broad categories of documents addressing mDAU, including documents
reflecting Plaintiff’s reliance on mDAU relative to other metrics.7
Plaintiff is ordered
produce a small additional set of data from its review database—documents reflecting
discussion of any other key metric identified by Defendants, regardless of whether those
6
See Dkt. 169 (Edgett Aff.) ¶ 5 (averring that a less extensive collection effort would be
extraordinarily burdensome).
7
See Pl.’s Response to Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot. at 10; see generally id. Ex. 6.
C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM
August 25, 2022
Page 4 of 4
documents expressly address mDAU. Although Plaintiff may not withhold documents in
its existing review database concerning these other key metrics, Plaintiff need not engage
in further collection to satisfy this obligation.
Third and finally, Plaintiff is ordered to produce documents responsive to
Defendants’ RFP 49 at the board and management level from January 1, 2021 to the
present.
Defendants’ other requests in their Second Discovery Motion are denied.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Sincerely,
/s/ Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick
Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick
Chancellor
cc: All counsel of record (by File & ServeXpress)

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Letter Decision Resolving Defendants' Second Discovery Motion.pdf

  • 1. COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE KATHALEEN ST. JUDE MCCORMICK CHANCELLOR LEONARD L. WILLIAMS JUSTICE CENTER 500 N. KING STREET, SUITE 11400 WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19801-3734 August 25, 2022 Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Esquire Kevin R. Shannon, Esquire Christopher N. Kelly, Esquire Mathew A. Golden, Esquire Callan R. Jackson, Esquire Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP 1313 N. Market Street Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 Brad D. Sorrels, Esquire Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 800 Wilmington, DE 19801 Edward B. Micheletti, Esquire Lauren N. Rosenello, Esquire Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 920 N. King Street, 7th Floor P.O. Box 636 Wilmington, DE 19899-0636 Re: Twitter, Inc. v. Elon R. Musk et al., C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM Dear Counsel: This letter resolves issues raised in the August 15, 2022 letter from Defendants Elon R. Musk, X Holdings I, Inc., and X Holdings II, Inc. (“Defendants”), which this decision refers to as Defendants’ “Second Discovery Motion.” The motion seeks to compel Twitter, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) to produce various documents, including information to verify Plaintiff’s SEC disclosures regarding its estimates that less than 5% of mDAU are false or spam accounts (the “5% Disclosure”).1 1 C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM, Docket (“Dkt.”) 163 (“Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot.”); see also Dkt. 169 (“Pl.’s Response to Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot.”); Dkt. 201 (“Defs.’ Reply to Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot.”); Dkt. 231 (“Pl.’s Sur-Reply to Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot.”). EFiled: Aug 25 2022 03:18PM EDT Transaction ID 67974816 Case No. 2022-0613-KSJM
  • 2. C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM August 25, 2022 Page 2 of 4 To deliver a prompt ruling, I will forego recapping each of the arguments raised by Defendants; I assume that readers of this letter are familiar with the parties’ dispute. My overall impression is that Plaintiff has agreed to produce a tremendous amount of information to Defendants, and that the information Plaintiff has agreed to produce is sufficiently broad to satisfy most of Plaintiff’s obligations. This letter orders the production of three additional categories of information. First, as the primary target of their Second Discovery Motion, Defendants seek large troves of Plaintiff’s data.2 In their Second Discovery Motion, Defendants argued that this data was necessary to test the 5% Disclosure.3 In their reply in further support of their Second Discovery Motion, Defendants argued that such documents were also relevant to their counterclaim for fraud—i.e., the theory that Plaintiff misleadingly touted mDAU without disclosing companion engagement data to present a complete picture.4 Defendants’ data requests are absurdly broad. Read literally, Defendants’ documents request would require Plaintiff to produce trillions upon trillions of data points reflecting all of the data Twitter might possibly store for each of the approximately 200 million accounts included in its mDAU count every day for nearly three years.5 Plaintiff has difficulty quantifying the burden of responding to that request because no one in their 2 See Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot. Ex. 6 (“RFPs”) 2, 3, 4, 18, 19. 3 Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot. at 19–21. 4 Defs.’ Reply to Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot. at 7–8. 5 See Pl.’s Response to Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot. Ex. 9 at 1–4; Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot. Ex. 3 at 1–3.
  • 3. C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM August 25, 2022 Page 3 of 4 right mind has ever tried to undertake such an effort. It suffices to say, Plaintiff has demonstrated that such a request is overly burdensome.6 That said, some additional data from Plaintiff seems warranted. Plaintiff is ordered to produce a subset of what Defendants have requested: the 9,000 accounts reviewed in connection with Plaintiff’s Q4 2021 audit, which the parties refer to as the “historical snapshot.” I recognize that producing the historical snapshot is no small feat. Plaintiff represented that, with considerable effort, these documents could be produced in under two weeks, and Plaintiff shall strive to meet that timeline. In addition, Plaintiff must produce documents sufficient to show how those 9,000 accounts were selected for review. The historical-snapshot data that I have ordered produced is highly sensitive. To their credit, Defendants have agreed to treat this data as highly confidential. The parties should confer on a list of Defendants’ attorneys and data scientists who will be permitted to access this data. Second, as to Defendants’ mDAU fraud theory, Plaintiff has already agreed to produce ten broad categories of documents addressing mDAU, including documents reflecting Plaintiff’s reliance on mDAU relative to other metrics.7 Plaintiff is ordered produce a small additional set of data from its review database—documents reflecting discussion of any other key metric identified by Defendants, regardless of whether those 6 See Dkt. 169 (Edgett Aff.) ¶ 5 (averring that a less extensive collection effort would be extraordinarily burdensome). 7 See Pl.’s Response to Defs.’ Second Disc. Mot. at 10; see generally id. Ex. 6.
  • 4. C.A. No. 2022-0613-KSJM August 25, 2022 Page 4 of 4 documents expressly address mDAU. Although Plaintiff may not withhold documents in its existing review database concerning these other key metrics, Plaintiff need not engage in further collection to satisfy this obligation. Third and finally, Plaintiff is ordered to produce documents responsive to Defendants’ RFP 49 at the board and management level from January 1, 2021 to the present. Defendants’ other requests in their Second Discovery Motion are denied. IT IS SO ORDERED. Sincerely, /s/ Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick Chancellor cc: All counsel of record (by File & ServeXpress)