"Musk apparently believes that he - unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law - is free to change his mind, trash the company," Twitter said in the lawsuit
Twitter has sued Musk for violating his $44-bn deal and asked a Delaware court to order him to complete the merger at the agreed $54.20 per Twitter share
While Twitter plunged further below Musk's $54.20 bid this week, the shares are still pricing in the possibility that the two sides can agree on a transaction at a lower price
The platform has deployed several features to keep mentions civil, including an anti-harassment Safety Mode
The Twitter buyout agreement specifies all legal disputes over the deal must be heard in Delaware, corporate home to more than half of US public companies, including Twitter and Musk's Tesla Inc
Tesla CEO Elon Musk was quick enough to react to a lawsuit filed against him by Twitter for breaching the USD 44 billion contract.
Sold 9.6 mn Tesla shares at an average of $885 per share to finance Twitter deal
The IT ministry will review actions taken by significant social media intermediaries, both voluntarily and in response to official notices in India as well as other nations
Now, as Mr. Musk, a billionaire, tries to back out of the blockbuster deal, he is inexorably leaving Twitter worse off than it was when he said he would buy it
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter are bracing for a legal fight after the billionaire said Friday he was abandoning his $44 billion bid for the social media company.
Shares dropped 8.8% to $33.59 as of 12 p.m., on track to erase about $2.5 billion in market value
Twitter claimed that less than 5 per cent of its accounts are fake, but global research agencies say it is at least 3x the quoted number
Shares of Twitter slid more than 6% at the opening bell Monday after billionaire Elon Musk said that he was abandoning his $44 billion bid for the company
On Monday, Musk took a jab at Twitter's stance, tweeting that the legal battle would lead to the company disclosing information on bots and spam accounts in court
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken a swipe at Twitter who has threatened to sue the American billionaire over the termination of the USD 44 billion deal.
Twitter is contemplating legal action against Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk over his decision to terminate a USD 44 billion takeover deal.As per The Hill, the microblogging site has hired a large New York-based law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP as it prepares to sue Musk.Twitter will file its lawsuit in Delaware next week. Meanwhile, Musk is being represented by the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.On Saturday, Bret Taylor, Twitter's chairman said, "The Twitter Board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue legal action to enforce the merger agreement. We are confident we will prevail in the Delaware Court of Chancery."Musk announced the termination of a USD 44 billion Twitter purchase deal in a letter sent by Musk's team to Twitter earlier on Saturday.Musk decided to suspend the deal due to multiple breaches of the purchase agreement.The Tesla CEO's team strongly believes that the ...
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Musk's regulatory filing Friday announcing plans to walk away from his $44 billion purchase touched off a nightmare scenario for Twitter
Delaware courts, where the dispute between the two sides is set to be litigated, have set a high bar for acquirers being allowed to abandon their deals
While Musk has said he's walking away, Twitter has vowed to keep the deal alive and has threatened legal action