Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2022
Abstract
The months-long saga over Elon Musk's on-again, off-again acquisition of Twitter provided considerable entertainment for lawyers and laypeople alike. But for those of us who teach business law, it also provided a unique (and in certain ways, vexing) opportunity to show real-time examples of the legal principles that are the grist for courses in contracts, corporations, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions.
Both of us found ourselves incorporating the saga into our classroom discussions, which in turn informed our own thinking about how the dynamic played out. Although we were both relatively active on social media (indeed on Twitter itself) as the saga unfolded, the final closing of the deal in late October has given us a chance to reflect on our own takeaways in hindsight.
Disciplines
Business Organizations Law | Contracts | Law
Recommended Citation
Ann M. Lipton & Eric L. Talley,
Twitter v. Musk: The "Trial of the Century" That Wasn't,
40(4)
Del. Law.
8
(2022).
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