Twitter beats two lawsuits stemming from mass layoffs, for now

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A California federal judge dismissed a proposed class action accusing Twitter of targeting female employees for layoffs after Elon Musk acquired the company last year, but said plaintiffs would be allowed to amend the lawsuit to add more details

U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in Oakland said the lawsuit filed in December was "devoid of basic information," such as the plaintiffs' positions with Twitter and the identity of managers who decided which workers would be laid off.

Tigar also said that allegedly sexist remarks made by Musk and cited by the plaintiffs were irrelevant because they came long beforeThe decision came after a different judge in the same court on Friday dismissed a separate lawsuit accusing Twitter of discriminating against workers with disabilities by requiring employees to report to the office and put in long hours working at high intensity after the layoffs in November.

The disability bias case was filed in November by a former engineering manager and cancer survivor who

 

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