Elon Musk standing and smiling
A San Francisco judge ruled in favor of X and Elon Musk.
  • Elon Musk's X avoids $500 million in severance after favorable court ruling.
  • The court found insufficient evidence of ERISA governance of benefits for employees.
  • X still faces multiple lawsuits over severance pay and unpaid bills from vendors.

Elon Musk and his company X, formerly Twitter, just got out of a $500 million in severance pay lawsuit for now, according to a Tuesday court ruling.