Elon Sues The Lawyers That Forced Him to Buy Twitter

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[sushijones]

I somehow didn't realize that since Twitter was the entity forcing Elon to buy the company, the legal fees would stick with the company, and not its prior owners. That's *extremely* funny.

[JoeAuerbach]

"The Twitter board was stupid to take my lawsuit tantrum seriously" is a hell of a take.

[jeffdonnelly]

When the very first Tesla was released, car critic Jeremy Clarkson was allowed to review it. Then, after letting him review their car, Tesla sued him for being critical.. Jeremy won. Then Tesla appealed and just kept going. Elon musk seems to have a pattern of using the legal system in very shady ways, this doesn’t surprise me at all.

[ColeYote]

I gotta say, filing this lawsuit *after* firing Twitter's three most-senior lawyers (at minimum) is an interesting strategy.

[Makowh]

I'm an artist, and Musk saying that the litigation shouldn't have cost so much because it didn't involve any actual special skill nor exceptionnal law knowledge, is so typical of clients who absolutely have the budget to pay you, but just won't. It's the "my cousin could have done that for free" argument.

[schaddalton]

I will never grow tired of watching Elon cry about effectively tricking himself into vastly overpaying for Twitter.

[TravJam]

Buying Twitter was the worst thing to happen to Elon Musk. But renaming one of the most popular brands in the world to just X afterward is even worse. What we've seen him do in the last month might be the fastest meltdown I can think of. This trainwreck is still going on and it's so interesting to watch it in real time.

[HeartlesSv]

Nothing says, "Twitter's better than ever!" quite like suing the ppl that made you go through with the offer that you yourself made. This is gonna be laughed out of court.

[Thereischeeseindeed]

watching Elon and Twitter decline is very fun in a 1789 French peasant kinda way

[Superdavo]

The fact he admits the initial lawsuit was nonsense while trying to justify his new lawsuit is just nuts

[MindinViolet]

I’m no lawyer, but it seems to me that buying Twitter is kind of Elon’s fault. I think Elon needs a bit more self-control, TBH.

[jamezday]

Elon Musk is that guy that tries to send his food back after eating 95% of it

[DanJuega]

Can you even scare a law firm with the threat of a law?

[LexiH]

So let me get this straight... He offered to overpay as a joke, signed a contract, got mad that they took him seriously and is now suing the law firm for...the results of his own

[MicrowavedAlastair]

All I know is that it's generally not a good idea to sue a law firm.

[silkroad]

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[AdamDayXCOM]

Any billionaire arguing that any other party didn't work "hard-enough" to earn what they've been paid, is painfully unaware of their hypocrisy.

[ArchibaldClumpy]

"It's so unfair!" - People who live their whole lives ripping off people who can't stand up to them, when they have to face any consequences at all ever

[thegomillionairemindset]

When capitalism works for him he's a ruthless, genius, business man, but when he feels like he loses he complains and says the deal was unfair how can anyone believe this man is a genius

[strawberrysangria]

Remember that day Elon brought a sink into Twitter with a big smile on his face? He may not be good at most things, but he's very good at foreshadowing.