The landlord of the building that houses Twitter’s office, Columbia Reit – 650 California LLC, had alerted the social media giant that it would default on its rent if payment were not received by 21st Dec. Now, Twitter is being sued for nonpayment of $136,260 in rent on its San Francisco office; the reports from international media claimed that Twitter had not made a rent payment for its headquarters or any of its other global offices in weeks.
Twitter is Being Sued for Nonpayment of Rent
Twitter HQ, located on the 30th floor of the Hartford Building – a skyscraper located on the edge of San Francisco’s Financial District – is being sued for not complying with the orders issued by the landlord of the building. In a complaint filed this week with the San Francisco County Superior Court, California Property Trust said that Twitter failed to comply with the order. The company is also facing a lawsuit for failing to pay $197,725 for charter flights its owner took during his first week at Twitter.
Twitter Reportedly Dismissed Musk’s Personal Lawyer
After taking control of Twitter, Musk fired both Twitter’s chief legal officer and general counsel within hours of closing his acquisition and appointed his personal lawyer, Alex Spiro, to head the legal and policy matters at Twitter. As per sources, Mr Spiro – a noted criminal defence lawyer who successfully defended the billionaire in a high-profile defamation case – is not working with Twitter anymore as Musk was unhappy with most of his decisions; one of the decisions among these was his call to retain the Twitter deputy general counsel, James A. Baker. To fill the void, Musk has brought in more than half a dozen lawyers from his space exploration company.
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