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101 Lawyers: Attorney Appearances In Twitter V. Musk, Andrew K. Jennings
101 Lawyers: Attorney Appearances In Twitter V. Musk, Andrew K. Jennings
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In summer 2022, Twitter sued Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, in Delaware’s Court of Chancery over his refusal to close his agreed-to $44 billion acquisition of the social-media company. Twitter v. Musk had the makings of corporate law’s trial of the century. Leading law firms represented Twitter, Musk, and third parties in a dispute with enormous financial, social, and political implications. In the lead up to trial, however, Musk relented and closed the deal. The corporate trial of the century was a bust, over almost as soon as it began.
But in the meantime, in Twitter’s eighty-six days …
Bad Faith Prosecution, Ann Woolhandler, Jonathan R. Nash, Michael G. Collins
Bad Faith Prosecution, Ann Woolhandler, Jonathan R. Nash, Michael G. Collins
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There is no shortage of claims by parties that their prosecutions are politically motivated, racially motivated, or just plain arbitrary. In our increasingly polarized society, such claims are more common than ever. Donald Trump campaigned on promises to lock up Hillary Clinton for her handling of State Department-related emails, but he subsequently complained that the special counsel's investigation of his campaign's alleged contacts with Russian operatives was a politically motivated witch hunt. Kenneth Starr's pursuit of investigations of Bill Clinton evoked similar arguments of political motivation.
The advent of "progressive" prosecutors will no doubt increase claims of bad faith prosecution, …