Fired Twitter Manager Sues Over Stock-Option Cancellation
- John Barnett said pact barred move for his non-cause firing
- Some Twitter workers have sued over Elon Musk’s housecleaning
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An former Twitter Inc. manager fired as part of billionaire Elon Musk’s revamping of the social-media platform after he bought it earlier this year claims the company improperly canceled some stock options he had.
John Barnett, whose Chroma Labs start-up was bought by Twitter, argues the company violated a restricted-stock agreement he got in the Chroma buyout, according to a Delaware Chancery Court lawsuit unsealed Wednesday.