A Delaware judge on Tuesday set an October trial date for Twitter's lawsuit seeking to force Tesla CEO Elon Musk to go through with his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company, The Associated Press reports.
Twitter requested an expedited trial to start as early as September, while Musk's legal team said the case should wait until early 2023 because it is so complex.
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