On July 17, 2018, Judge Jon S. Tigar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted plaintiffs’ motion to certify a class in a securities class action against Twitter, Inc. (the “Company”) and two of its officers. In re Twitter Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 3:16-cv-05314 (N.D. Cal. July 17, 2018). Plaintiffs allege that defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) by making materially false and misleading statements regarding user growth and engagement, resulting in a 15 percent stock drop when the Company later disclosed that user engagement was “slowing quite dramatically.” The Court previously had granted in part and denied in part defendants’ motion to dismiss.