When Pieter "Mudge" Zatko decided to file a whistleblower complaint on Twitter's operations, it wasn't just the SEC, FTC, and DOJ who were listening. Now, Elon Musk has attempted to use that complaint as another line of attack to exit his proposed $44B deal for the company.

Will he succeed?

It may be that Elon just has to play out the clock...in Virtual Legality.

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#elonmusk #twitter #deal

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

1:42 Twitter and Material Adverse Effects

5:18 Enter the Whistleblower

15:20 Musk Makes His Move

25:01 Waiting Out the Clock?

30:53 Conclusion

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Discussed in this episode:

YOUTUBE VIDEOS/PLAYLIST

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy_O52bErVCYZfVYMgVgu3nX

ARTICLES

https://web.archive.org/web/20220823100344/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2022/twitter-whistleblower-sec-spam/

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-purchase-whistleblower-85634c5906d489d34143a6d83b4f4038

TWEETS

https://twitter.com/donie/status/1562069281545900033

https://twitter.com/HoegLaw/status/1562210129445113856

WHISTLEBLOWER LETTERS (MUSK AND TWITTER)

https://sec.report/Document/0001104659-22-095765/

https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001418091/3fe413e6-d931-4a33-98e9-2937a13b9f29.pdf

MERGER AGREEMENT

https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001418091/67572c16-711a-43fd-9488-b75e3f6bc469.pdf

TWITTER SUIT/ANSWERS

https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A0ef7d871-947c-3ed5-8b88-b3b582ee8d08

https://s22.q4cdn.com/826641620/files/doc_news/2022/08/Twitters-Reply-to-Verified-Counterclaims.pdf

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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

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