You laugh but that would make an excellent final exam question
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@AnnMLipton
Biz & securities prof at Colo Law. Blogging at businesslawprofessors.com Usually not here; find me @annmlipton.bsky and @[email protected]
Joined September 2017
- We're not locked in here with him. He's locked in here with us.
- he's threatening to dump the stock and tank twitter's price, which is actually great news for the board in the sense that it gives them 100% legal cover for refusing the offer, i.e., refusing coercion📰Billionaire Elon Musk offers to buy 100% of Twitter. "My offer is my best and final offer and if it is not accepted, I would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder," Musk said.
- James Carville ended LSU teaching gig after souring on campus culture, he tells New York Times nola.com/news/politics/…
- Replying to @lukewgoldsteini don't understand. zelle doesn't take deposits, does it? so to use zelle you have to have a deposit somewhere else, typically a real bank?
- I am so pleased to announce that my colleagues at @TulaneLaw have voted to grant me tenure. I love this school, and its students, faculty, and staff. It's a special place.
- Hey everyone. Some of you may have noticed that my paper, Capital Discrimination, has disappeared from SSRN. Well, funny story - lawprofessors.typepad.com/business_law/2…
- I tell my students, Nevada is where you incorporate if you want to do frauds.
- Tulane just announced all classes canceled until mid-September; online classes from mid-Sept until Oct; live classes resume in October. Students are being evacuated to Houston.
- I am pleased to announce that as of today, I have been promoted to full Professor of Law at Tulane Law School. I am so grateful to my colleagues for all of their support over the years. (And, umm, to clarify - this isn't tenure; got that in 2021. Just the title change!)
- "Mr. Musk has not helped the stock price by turning his bid to buy Twitter into a financial soap opera. His antics have reinforced the perception that Tesla lacks an independent board...that could stop him from doing things that might damage" Tesla's brand
- Replying to @AnnMLiptonTo spin this out more: shareholders asked to vote or tender on this offer would be doing so under threat. Which the Board is legally entitled to protect against.








