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> Musk appears to care less and less about the law or his word. True, but that is because nobody tries to go after his stupid moves. Even the SEC seems to have
by bambax 4y ago
> Musk appears to care less and less about the law or his word.
True, but that is because nobody tries to go after his stupid moves. Even the SEC seems to have given up. Twitter can absolutely force him to honor the contract he signed; but it's true it's unlikely they will do it, but they may. Why write up a big contract like this if there was no intention to enforce it in the first place?
> The best leverage Twitter has is to threaten to take away his twitter account - hit him where it hurts.
Yes, that would be extremely funny, and a big relief for everyone.
- hollander 4y agoTwitter didn't want him to buy Twitter, so they should be happy to accept the $1B fine. Whether Musk follows the law or not, I think that anybody except maybe DT will be happy to see this deal fail.
- helsinkiandrew 4y agoThe $1B fine is if Musk can't raise the capital - he's already submitted to the SEC how he has raised it - the contract gives Twitter the right to force him to close. Only a massive Tesla stock collapse would perhaps result in him being able to walk away with the $1B fine.
- bambax 4y agoAs per the contract, he can't walk out and pay $1B. He absolutely has to buy. Of course, everything can be negotiated. But should the other party not want to negotiate, they have the legal means to force him to buy.