A magistrate judge in Delaware on Monday put a derivative suit against Twitter Inc.’s board of directors on pause while the San Francisco-based social media giant defends a similar securities suit in a California federal court.

The ruling, from Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Pat Thynge of the District of Delaware, removes for the time being one legal obstacle for the company and its board, which have now been accused in three separate lawsuits of misleading investors about the growth of its daily user base in the run-up to a 40 percent drop in its stock price in 2015.

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