A Delaware judge has granted Twitter's request for an expedited trial that will begin this fall.

Claman reported the trial would start in September, but The New York Times reported it would start in October:

"The longer the merger transaction remains in limbo, the larger a cloud of uncertainty is cast over the company," said Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, the judge overseeing the case in the Delaware Court of Chancery, in a nearly two-hour hearing.

The ruling was a win for Twitter, which said an extended timeline would give Mr. Musk more time to badger the company and find a way out of the deal. Judge McCormick ruled that the trial would last five days, with the exact date to be based on the schedules of the court and the lawyers in the case.

"We are pleased that the court agreed to expedite this trial," a Twitter spokesman said.

Alex Spiro, a lawyer representing Mr. Musk, said, "We'll be ready."

I hope you have your 4D chess gloves ready, Elon!

It'd still be nice if you broke our boy Adam Ford and our friends at The Bee out of Twitter jail. 😭

Elon hasn't replied yet to the story, but he did give some thoughts to the battle ahead with this tweet:

Stay tuned!

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