A Disney Legal War, Elon’s New Hell, & 50 Cent’s Penile Colony

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Happy Monday, I’m Eriq Gardner.

Welcome back to The Rainmaker! One of the top legal stories this year has been Elon Musk’s battle for Twitter. In this week’s edition, I discuss the developing aftermath. Plus, Ryan Kavanaugh, 50 Cent, Kanye West, the Bored Yacht Ape Club, and more.

But first…

Inspecting Disney’s Records

A few months ago, a friendly lawyer sent me a memo outlining how I might exploit Delaware law for some journalistic fun...

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Elon’s Legal Road to Perdition

The explosion of litigation stemming from Musk’s rampage at Twitter—mass firings, gag orders, jilted shareholders and vendors—threatens to expedite the company’s astounding downfall into the hands of its creditors. Too bad he’s fired so many lawyers.

ERIQ GARDNER

Elon Musk may be a free speech hypocrite, but he’s hardly the first. This is America, after all, where one day the nation’s forefathers are unfurling the First Amendment, and the next they’re literally making it a crime to say anything scandalous about the government. Sure, Elon promised to turn Twitter into a free-speech paradise, and now he’s banning users for tweeting the location of his Gulfstream G650. But that’s his right as the owner of a private company he wildly overpaid for. To quote...

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