A Lawyer Explains the Elon Musk Demand Letter

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[cathywithac]

Love that the letter is addressed to 'Chief Twit'.

[theoldschoolstuff]

As someone that reviews demands for a living. This demand is a clownshow.

[m-]

This isn't a demand letter, it's a performance for retweets

[MajesticDemonLord]

Gandalf the Canuck is now Legolas the Beardless.

[DerykRobosson]

Footnote 1 shows that this is a sales pitch. Glad to hear Runkle also pick up on that.

Delaware was mentioned as that is where Twitter is incorporated according to a SEC search result.

[Spartan]

Sounds to me they deliberately tanked negotiations to make sure they get paid when it goes to arbitration.

[stereophonicsmom]

My grandfather was an arbitrator I wish he was still here to see what he had to say.

He would probably have an issue with Chief Twit, lol, and a lot of the language.

He was very serious and professional.

I agree Ian.

I’m not sure this was the most prudent way to go.

[chandrahvj]

I can imagine Mr Musk having a giggle 🤭. First time I read this I shook my head.

[InSearchofTruththruJesusChrist]

I won an arbitration once in a contested fee in which I was injured by a student physical therapist working under a licensed practitioner. The arbiters were going to make me pay until I pointed out that the statue of limitations had expired. It seems the physical therapist in charge left the practice and the partners decided to clean up the books. I was to say the least surprised when nearly a decade later the practice tried to make me pay. Fortunately, I had my records as I had to seek doctor care afterwards, never sued the therapist, and never used the practice again. The meeting lasted about 15 minutes after I made these points.

[jimmyzhao]

Dear Sirs: "I am sitting in the smallest room of my house, I have your demand letter in front of me, soon it will be behind me"

[wisenber]

If the law firm is taking this on a contingency basis, the law firm could very well go bankrupt having to conduct hearings in all of the different areas. The law firm has to win those arbitration cases to get paid. Twitter pays for the arbitration and Twitter's attorneys. The law firm would have to cover the rest. Is the law firm prepared to front that sort of expense, or did they just highlight their own weakness?

[exoticgirl]

Oh, this demand letter will go over well. To quote a bit of apperant legal jargon, "lol". Dear God, do they really think this will work??

[fornello]

Who starts a demand letter by saying I’m a partner at XYZ law? The only one who cares about that is his mama.

[SharonsKyKitchen]

Ugh I had hoped you would go live for this!! I'm selfish. Glad you're covering it tho.

[Enubatan]

I'm just throwing it out there that it's hilarious that youtube generated captions calls Runkle of the Bailey 'Uncle of the Bailey'

[jobr]

They are not trying to threaten Twitter, they are trying to impress the employees who have no idea about the law so they can gain more clients.

[GigAnonymous]

In France, there is something a bit similar called a "Mise en demeure". It's a prerequisite to many litigation, and it's amazing how scary it seems to be for people to receive one...
Formal letters are always fun to write, much moreso that the toxic dumpster fire the law firm wrote in this particular instance.

[shado]

Images of Saul Goodman come to mind, but even Saul wouldn't write this gibberish.

[Sentientdreamer]

Thanks for pointing out that potential conflict! Made things even more like a Hollywood drama.

[hikerlady]

Lol!…. deposing you will be a joy. Uh, yeah very spicy, indeed, Runkel!