contract-law discovery
Will Twitter&#39;s lawsuit against Elon Musk allow him to force disclosure of the bot data he was seeking from Twitter?
<p>Elon Musk made an offer to Twitter to buy the company. Twitter's board accepted. Apparently Twitter had some obligations in the fine print to disclose certain aspects of their userbase (there is a question about how many accounts are fake, aka robots or &quot;bots&quot;). Mr. Musk asserts Twitter won't provide the data and has walked away from the deal. Twitter is suing him to enforce the agreement.</p>
<p>Elon Musk responded with <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1546344529460174849" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a tweet of this image</a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/L0gRO.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/L0gRO.jpg" alt="Pictures of Elon Musk laughing harder and harder: They said I couldn't buy Twitter. Then they wouldn't disclose bot info. Now they want to force me to buy Twitter in
Court. Now they have to disclose bot info in court" /></a></p>
<p>What caught my eye is the last part. Mr. Musk is asserting that the data he was seeking will now come out as part of the discovery phase. Is there anything Twitter can do to avoid disclosing the data, or would it be considered too material to the case to avoid?</p>

<h2>If it’s relevant, yes</h2>
<p>However, Twitter’s position is that they have disclosed all the data that the contract requires them to disclose. It is likely that case will turn on whether they have or not. Data they haven’t disclosed is not relevant to answering that question.</p>
