Overview

• Attorneys for both sides told the court on Wednesday they had a settlement in principle and asked for a delay, which the appeals court granted on Thursday.
• The deal would resolve a proposed class action led by Courtney McMillian and Ronald Cooper over alleged unpaid severance owed under Twitter’s 2019 plan.
• Financial terms and any distribution to former employees have not been disclosed in the filings.
• Roughly 6,000 employees were terminated after Elon Musk’s 2022 takeover, and plaintiffs say many received at most one month of pay or nothing.
• A federal judge dismissed the case in July 2024, the plaintiffs appealed, and separate lawsuits by former staff and executives, including Parag Agrawal, remain pending.