Twitter playing 'stupid game' to stall ex-workers' legal claims: lawyer


FILE PHOTO The logo for Twitter is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in New York City U.S. June 1 2022.  REUTERSBrendan McDermidFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The logo for Twitter is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid//File Photo

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc is refusing to arbitrate legal claims by hundreds of ex-employees who cannot produce copies of employment contracts they signed, after the company successfully moved to have their class action claims sent to arbitration, according to a court filing.

Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer for more than 1,000 people who were laid off or fired by Twitter last year, said she could be forced to bring hundreds of claims into court just to have Twitter produce copies of the agreements when it moves to send them to arbitration.

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