“Twitter is bringing this action to indemnify Musk from further infringement, to compel Musk to fulfill his legal obligations, and to compel the consummation of the merger as long as the few remaining conditions are satisfied,” Twitter wrote in the lawsuit, which was filed in the Court of Delaware. of the Chancellery where the company is established. Twitter spokeswoman Catherine Hill had no comment beyond the legal filing, while Twitter chairman Bret Taylor noted the filing in a brief tweet. Twitter has filed a lawsuit in Delaware District Court to hold Elon Musk liable for his contractual obligations. — Bret Taylor (@btaylor) July 12, 2022 The lawsuit paints the picture of Musk making an unexpected and unusually generous offer on Twitter, only to almost immediately turn around and start toying with the company and the idea of abandoning their deal. After the market turned and tech stocks began to sink, Twitter claims Musk was looking for an escape from the deal, which required a “material adverse effect” or breach of contract. “Musk had to try to imagine one of these,” the lawsuit states. That’s where Musk’s argument emerged that Twitter has a spam bot problem, according to the lawsuit. Despite his concerns, the lawsuit alleges that Musk did not ask Twitter about its spam estimates before entering into the deal. “They even sweetened his deal,” the suit says, removing a custody clause from the agreement that would have given him access to non-public information about the company. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has written questions about how the company calculates its estimates of daily active users, and Twitter recently told reporters that it blocks 1 million spam accounts every day. In its lawsuit, Twitter cited several of Musk’s tweets, including his public call for an SEC investigation. and the memes Musk wrote over the weekend. To fight Musk in court, Twitter has secured the legal services of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, a powerful firm with deep ties to the Delaware Court of First Instance and a history of litigating high-stakes corporate litigation. Development…