Interesting situation. Musk must have known that losing would mean inheriting the legal bill for the case against him. But conversely they must have known that

Interesting situation. Musk must have known that losing would mean inheriting the legal bill for the case against him. But conversely they must have known that they would need to be paid before he took over. Clearly the outgoing execs sided with the law firm and made sure they got paid before the deal took effect. But the law firm took a big risk trusting them with that kind of money!