Elon Musk (yet another authoritarian)

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Farfromgeneva wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 5:33 pm Fact is he waived standard DD and he’s challenging their public filings and notes with no basis in fact and no right to their proprietary models. It’s like in markets: can the market be wrong longer than one can stay solvent?

Can Twitter afford a full on 2-4yr battle over this? Can Elon get away with stringing it out without causing him harm in his own pursuits and will markets accommodate given how levered his personal equity is (highly illiquid guy)? Will financiers trust him or will he start to be considered a “bad borrower” (fifth “C” of credit is character and has been for 50yrs) at a time when banks will be retrenching?

He created a sh*Tahoe for no reason other than ego and will have to pay the cost of doing so. Just how much can he minimize or reduce his exposure by fighting and creating a nuisance for Twitter?


Jeebus. The confirmation bias of you folks is really incredible.

Void ab inicio.

Rule 10-b-5.

You’re not obligated to consummate a transaction if the seller has made material or misleading statements to the SEC or to you, inducing you as the buyer to make a bid. I’m no contracts lawyer, but I’ve hired a few. I’m fairly sure they’d agree.

Musk is on solid ground. I’m not sure who wins, but your facile interpretation of the merger agreement leaves a lot to be desired. This is a complicated matter, and will be decided either via a compromise on negotiation or by trial. My money is on Mike Ringler, a total stud in law. Twitter has no equal to combat him.
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Peter Brown wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:13 pm Musk is on solid ground. I’m not sure who wins, but your facile interpretation of the merger agreement leaves a lot to be desired. This is a complicated matter, and will be decided either via a compromise on negotiation or by trial. My money is on Mike Ringler, a total stud in law. Twitter has no equal to combat him.
:lol: This "stud" of yours is bragging on his CV for his firm's page....about a make a deal that his client is trying to weasel out of this very day.



HIs recent representative transactions include:

- Elon Musk in his $44 Billion acquisition of Twitter.



:lol: No wonder you like him, Pete. Like you, he doesn't understand what BigBoy words like "transaction" or "acquisition" mean.

Let us know when he tucks his tail, and wipes this "representative transaction" from his CV, Pete.
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a fan wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:51 pm
Peter Brown wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:13 pm Musk is on solid ground. I’m not sure who wins, but your facile interpretation of the merger agreement leaves a lot to be desired. This is a complicated matter, and will be decided either via a compromise on negotiation or by trial. My money is on Mike Ringler, a total stud in law. Twitter has no equal to combat him.
:lol: This "stud" of yours is bragging on his CV for his firm's page....about a make a deal that his client is trying to weasel out of this very day.



HIs recent representative transactions include:

- Elon Musk in his $44 Billion acquisition of Twitter.



:lol: No wonder you like him, Pete. Like you, he doesn't understand what BigBoy words like "transaction" or "acquisition" mean.

Let us know when he tucks his tail, and wipes this "representative transaction" from his CV, Pete.
I wonder if Bandito has ever engaged Skadden or Simpson Thatcher or Kramer Levin…..Maybe Mayer Brown….
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Typical Lax Dad wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:11 pm
a fan wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:51 pm
Peter Brown wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:13 pm Musk is on solid ground. I’m not sure who wins, but your facile interpretation of the merger agreement leaves a lot to be desired. This is a complicated matter, and will be decided either via a compromise on negotiation or by trial. My money is on Mike Ringler, a total stud in law. Twitter has no equal to combat him.
:lol: This "stud" of yours is bragging on his CV for his firm's page....about a make a deal that his client is trying to weasel out of this very day.



HIs recent representative transactions include:

- Elon Musk in his $44 Billion acquisition of Twitter.



:lol: No wonder you like him, Pete. Like you, he doesn't understand what BigBoy words like "transaction" or "acquisition" mean.

Let us know when he tucks his tail, and wipes this "representative transaction" from his CV, Pete.
I wonder if Bandito has ever engaged Skadden or Simpson Thatcher or Kramer Levin…..Maybe Mayer Brown….



Funny you ask/surmise. I know Skadden very, very well. They are phenomenal. And expensive. Musk has top shelf representation.
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Peter Brown wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:21 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:11 pm
a fan wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:51 pm
Peter Brown wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:13 pm Musk is on solid ground. I’m not sure who wins, but your facile interpretation of the merger agreement leaves a lot to be desired. This is a complicated matter, and will be decided either via a compromise on negotiation or by trial. My money is on Mike Ringler, a total stud in law. Twitter has no equal to combat him.
:lol: This "stud" of yours is bragging on his CV for his firm's page....about a make a deal that his client is trying to weasel out of this very day.

HIs recent representative transactions include:

- Elon Musk in his $44 Billion acquisition of Twitter.


:lol: No wonder you like him, Pete. Like you, he doesn't understand what BigBoy words like "transaction" or "acquisition" mean.

Let us know when he tucks his tail, and wipes this "representative transaction" from his CV, Pete.
I wonder if Bandito has ever engaged Skadden or Simpson Thatcher or Kramer Levin…..Maybe Mayer Brown….
Funny you ask/surmise. I know Skadden very, very well. They are phenomenal. And expensive. Musk has top shelf representation.
Not possible. Skadden was educated by the left wing commie nutjobs at UMich, Pete.

Why would Musk settle for a second rate lawyer who was educated by left wing, government professors from the State of Michigan?
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a fan wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:30 pm
Peter Brown wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:21 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:11 pm
a fan wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:51 pm
Peter Brown wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:13 pm Musk is on solid ground. I’m not sure who wins, but your facile interpretation of the merger agreement leaves a lot to be desired. This is a complicated matter, and will be decided either via a compromise on negotiation or by trial. My money is on Mike Ringler, a total stud in law. Twitter has no equal to combat him.
:lol: This "stud" of yours is bragging on his CV for his firm's page....about a make a deal that his client is trying to weasel out of this very day.

HIs recent representative transactions include:

- Elon Musk in his $44 Billion acquisition of Twitter.


:lol: No wonder you like him, Pete. Like you, he doesn't understand what BigBoy words like "transaction" or "acquisition" mean.

Let us know when he tucks his tail, and wipes this "representative transaction" from his CV, Pete.
I wonder if Bandito has ever engaged Skadden or Simpson Thatcher or Kramer Levin…..Maybe Mayer Brown….
Funny you ask/surmise. I know Skadden very, very well. They are phenomenal. And expensive. Musk has top shelf representation.
Not possible. Skadden was educated by the left wing commie nutjobs at UMich, Pete.

Why would Musk settle for a second rate lawyer who was educated by left wing, government professors from the State of Michigan?
You mean between the two of them neither stayed at a Holiday Inn last night either? :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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a fan wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:30 pm
Peter Brown wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:21 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:11 pm
a fan wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:51 pm
Peter Brown wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:13 pm Musk is on solid ground. I’m not sure who wins, but your facile interpretation of the merger agreement leaves a lot to be desired. This is a complicated matter, and will be decided either via a compromise on negotiation or by trial. My money is on Mike Ringler, a total stud in law. Twitter has no equal to combat him.
:lol: This "stud" of yours is bragging on his CV for his firm's page....about a make a deal that his client is trying to weasel out of this very day.

HIs recent representative transactions include:

- Elon Musk in his $44 Billion acquisition of Twitter.


:lol: No wonder you like him, Pete. Like you, he doesn't understand what BigBoy words like "transaction" or "acquisition" mean.

Let us know when he tucks his tail, and wipes this "representative transaction" from his CV, Pete.
I wonder if Bandito has ever engaged Skadden or Simpson Thatcher or Kramer Levin…..Maybe Mayer Brown….
Funny you ask/surmise. I know Skadden very, very well. They are phenomenal. And expensive. Musk has top shelf representation.
Not possible. Skadden was educated by the left wing commie nutjobs at UMich, Pete.

Why would Musk settle for a second rate lawyer who was educated by left wing, government professors from the State of Michigan?


Your attempted humor falls flat because you don’t know Skadden. Today some might think of Skadden as white shoe, but Skadden ain’t Cravath. The guys and gals there are stone-cold killers at $2,000/hour. No one there gives af where you went to college; they only want to know you’ve got skills and aren’t afraid of any competitor. The only firm that can compete with them is Weil.

Ringler is sleeping well tonight.
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Peter Brown wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:59 pm No one there gives af where anyone went to college.
Au contraire, mon ami!

YOU have told us that socialism is bad, and that the government sux, can't do anything right, and is CLEARLY worse that a free market choice.

YOU have told us that that government can't possibly perform better than a free market private University, Pete !!

Do you bother reading ANY of your own posts?

Because you're touting a lawyer who was educated by third-rate, leftist, commie government professors, Pete.

Have you forgotten all the glorious things you've taught us about the perils of BigGovernment?
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It’s a idiotic comment because Skadden recruits form like 6 colleges exclusively. So dumb.
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Farfromgeneva wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 8:48 pm It’s a idiotic comment because Skansen recruits form like 6 colleges exclusively. So dumb.
Bandito’s firm…..

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Peter Bandito’s attorney in action!

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You sir are suspect
Same sword they knight you they gon' good night you with
Thats' only half if they like you
That ain't even the half what they might do
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Farfromgeneva wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:00 am You sir are suspect
Retaaiineeeer!!
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In cash
Same sword they knight you they gon' good night you with
Thats' only half if they like you
That ain't even the half what they might do
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Farfromgeneva wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:53 amIn cash
Just a classic scene.
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I've worked with all the firms involved before. Know several of the lawyers involved personally. Actually worked for one of these firms for a while.

Twitter is extremely well represesented by Simpson Tacher and Wilson Sonsini. Petey's uber- stud is very good too. But he's only been at Skadden for a couple years. Before hopping, 20+ years at Wilson. So you could not have a more level legal playing field.

So end of day, this is a negotiation. Seems to me like musk’s reasons for terminating are weak. So he owes 1B minimum. He’s starting the haggling at $0. Twitter is starting at $42B.

The winner will be determined by how far above/below $1B the final settlement is.

If I’m twitter, no way do I want to deal with this untrustworthy poser any more. They were correct initially in telling him to pound sand.

Recall when the musk poser said he was going take Tesla private? Just another pretend deal that never happened.
Boycott stupid. If you ignore the gator troll, eventually he'll just go back under his bridge.
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From Elon's perspective....

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Not how it works. He flat out waived due diligence. Twitter board doesn’t enter into agreement without that. He can’t avoid that.
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Apparently... "Elon doesn't listen well to his lawyers"

coming from inside Elon's legal team...

one can only imagine trying to tell Elon that he shouldn't waive due diligence and then later having to explain to him that he'd done so...

He owes at least $1B...but he has endless deep pockets to pay his lawyers...
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