A group of vendors has filed a lawsuit against Twitter, led by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, alleging that the social media platform has not paid them tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills, according to media reports.
The vendors, including White Coat Captioning, YES Consulting, Cancomm, and Dialogue Mexico, have claimed in a proposed class-action lawsuit that Twitter owes them outstanding bills ranging from approximately $40,000 to $140,000 for the services they provided, as reported by CNN.
The lawsuit has been filed in the California Northern District Court.
Shannon Liss-Riordan, who has previously filed multiple class-action lawsuits and arbitration demands on behalf of laid-off Twitter workers, stated that "Musk told Twitter vendors that, if they want to get paid, then sue," adding that "he is now getting his wish." Liss-Riordan emphasized that businesses, like employees, should not have to resort to legal action to receive the compensation they are owed, as per the report on Tuesday.
In addition to the vendors' lawsuit, Twitter is also facing legal action from laid-off contract workers who claim that they should be treated equally to regular employees.
The proposed class-action lawsuit alleges that Twitter laid off numerous workers without providing any advance notice in November. Furthermore, Twitter is facing a lawsuit from a landlord in San Francisco who claims that the company has missed rent payments, along with several other lawsuits since Musk took over.
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Meanwhile, the microblogging platform on Monday changed its blue-bird logo to the 'Doge' meme, resulting in a mega rally in Dogecoin prices.
The change in the logo comes just days after Musk petitioned a court in the US to dismiss a lawsuit against him by Dogecoin investors for $258 billion over an alleged pyramid scheme. Last year in June, the plaintiffs in their complaint claimed that Musk had known since 2019 that the cryptocurrency had no value but he still promoted Dogecoin to profit from its trading, as reported by the news agency Reuters.