Twitter hires law firm slammed by Musk multiple times: reports
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said in December that no company should use Perkins Coie.
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Social media giant Twitter has hired a law firm that was previously bashed by its current owner and CEO Elon Musk on the platform, as it prepares to take on a new lawsuit seeking $10 billion, according to reports.
Reuters reported that on Wednesday, lawyers from Perkins Coie told a San Francisco judge they would be defending Twitter and former CEO Jack Dorsey in a lawsuit file by Laura Loomer, a far-right activist.
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Looner filed the civil lawsuit against Twitter and other defendants and is seeking $10 billion in damages, claiming social media giants, the federal government and corporations are "unlawfully" censoring conservative voices and interfering with elections in the U.S.
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The law firm Jenner & Block was representing the company in the lawsuit, but they have since been replaced by Perkins Coie.
Musk has criticized the law firm at least twice on social media.
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In a tweet on Dec. 8. he criticized Perkins Coie lawyer Michael Sussman, who was an advisor for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016.
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Sussman was accused of lying to FBI general counsel James Baker when asked if he was working on Clinton’s behalf when he presented the FBI alleged evidence of links between a Russian bank and the Trump Organization.
"There’s a lot more to full transparency just re Russiagate than getting rid of Baker but it’s a big step," Former State Department adviser Amanda Milius tweeted on Dec. 6, 2022. "If Perkins Coie is @elonmusk Twitter’s outside counsel this isn’t remotely enough."
In a reply to Milius, Musk said Twitter was not using Perkins Coie.
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"No company should use them until they make amends for Sussman’s attempt to corrupt a Presidential election," he said.
Musk also slammed the law firm on May 20, 2022, when it came to litigation Tesla was involved in.
"Looking for hardcore streetfighters, not white-shoe lawyers like Perkins or Cooley who thrive on corruption," he said. "There will be blood."
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According to Reuters, Perkins Coie is representing Twitter in at least six other lawsuits filed before Musk took over the social media platform in October.
Reuters contributed to this report.