In addition to paying $810 million settlement to resolve a shareholder class action against Twitter Inc., it will have to pay an additional $182 million in attorneys fees, according to Reuters.
The lawsuit, filed in 2016, well before Musk brough up the issue, accused the social media company of deceiving investors about the platform’s user metrics.
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