We all know that Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has been anything but smooth — unless you’re a fan of the dramatic rise in hate speech on the app. One of the quickest changes Musk implemented was massive layoffs — 50 percent of the workers were let go — and that’s the origin story of this latest issue.

Attorney Akiva Cohen, partner at Kamerman, Uncyk, Soniker & Klein, sent a demand letter to “Chief Twit” Musk and Acting General Counsel Alex Spiro. And wooboy, is it a doozy. Cohen is acting on behalf of fired Twitter employees who he alleges are not being paid the full severance promised. As Cohen writes, “you’ve been attempting to tap-dance your way out of Twitter’s binding obligations to its employees.”

Cohen requests confirmation Twitter will fulfill its obligations to its employees by December 7th, and if not, a cavalcade of arbitrations across the country will commence. And the cost of those actions will be on Twitter. “Not only will you lose on the merits, but even if you somehow won the victory would be pyrrhic: Twitter will pay far more in attorneys’ fees and arbitration costs than it could possibly ‘save’ in severance due our clients.”

And then he rubs it in, “And to be clear Elon, you will lose, and you know it.” He noted that the severance detailed in the merger agreement under which Musk took over the company is far less than what had been offered since the actual layoffs took place.

Cohen further points to Musk’s likely argument that the severance...

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