Note: the purpose of this offer (to complete his original offer) is to stop the lawsuit, as it appears to be contingent on [edit] the court delaying or terminat

Note: the purpose of this offer (to complete his original offer) is to stop the lawsuit, as it appears to be contingent on [edit] the court delaying or terminating proceedings [/edit]. (https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/elon-musk-twitter-acquisition-deal-proposal-rcna50225 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/elon-musk-twi...) But a court will not terminate or delay legal proceedings due to one party unilaterally offering to settle on the eve of trial, especially not if the offer is contingent on such court action. For the court to even delay proceedings this close to trial, both parties must approach the court requesting such a delay. And while this happens the overwhelming majority of the time when a settlement is being worked out, Musk is not a trustworthy counterparty and his prior behavior in this specific case works against him here. Twitter might be willing to delay the start of trial by a few days, but that's the best Musk will get unless he actually goes through with the acqusition. There's no realistic possibility of the court terminating the proceedings before a deal closes unless Twitter withdraws its lawsuit. And they're not going to do that until the acquisition goes through, because if Musk pulls the rug out from under them again, they'd have to file a new lawsuit. That new lawsuit would be starting back at square one, and likely wouldn't be completed in time before the original offer expired.