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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EMMANUEL CORNET, et al., Case No. 3:22-cv-06857-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE LITIGATION NOTICE

v.

TWITTER, INC., Defendant.

12 In early November 2022, after a buyout by Elon Musk, defendant Twitter, Inc., laid off a substantial portion of its workforce. Named plaintiffs sued Twitter on behalf of themselves and a putative class of other Twitter employees alleging that the layoffs violated federal and state laws. The second amended complaint (SAC), which is the operative complaint, contends that the layoffs did not comply with the federal and California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Acts, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq., Cal. Lab. Code § 1400 et seq. The SAC also alleges breach of contract claims against Twitter, and violations of California employment laws. See generally Dkt. No. 40. Twitter says that its employees typically agreed to arbitration clauses and class action waivers in their employment agreements. It has a pending motion to compel…