OA590: Musk Buys Twitter. The Deal Is Done. Or Is It?

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>The answer may surprise you! When it was announced that Elon Musk bought Twitter, I had a billion and one questions for Andrew about it. Andrew being Andrew, he commenced deep-diving and turned up a ton of interesting info about this deal and the legality around deals like this. And to his surprise... it's FAR from a done deal! Listen in for the dive so deep that it actually will require a surprise bonus episode! This is part 1, part 2 will be out as soon as thomasly possible to edit and release it!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Links: <a href= "https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/04/surely-we-can-do-better-than-elon-musk"> Surely We Can Do Better Than Elon Musk</a>, <a href= "https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/26/elon-you-have-no-idea-what-the-hell-youre-talking-about/amp/"> Elon, you have no idea what the hell you're talking about</a>, <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/chapter-2B">15 US Code Chapter 2B - SECURITIES EXCHANGES</a>, <a href= "https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/17/part-240">17 CFR Part 240</a>, <a href= "https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/17/243.100">17 CFR § 243.100 - General rule regarding selective disclosure</a>, <a href= "https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/17/243.101">17 CFR § 243.101 - Definitions</a>, <a href= "https://www.sec.gov/about/forms/form8-k.pdf">Form 8-K</a>, <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/17/240.10b-5">17 CFR § 240.10b-5 - Employment of manipulative and deceptive devices</a>, <a href= "https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5589356734421689123">Basic, Inc. v. Levinson, 485 U.S. 224 (1988)</a>, <a href= "https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001418091/000119312522120461/d310843d8k.htm"> Twitter's 8k</a>, <a href= "https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001418091/000119312522120461/d310843d8k.htm"> material agreement with Musk</a></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:block {"ref":1378} /--></p>