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4 Severance Cases Stemming From Musk's X Corp. Takeover

Law 360 M&A

A recently filed suit from four executives alleging Elon Musk cheated them out of severance pay adds to the legal fallout that Musk and X Corp. are facing in the aftermath of the tech billionaire's $44 billion acquisition of the company formerly known as Twitter.

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Wachtell Says X Corp. Can't Duck Arbitration In $90M Fee Row

Law 360 M&A

Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz doubled down on its effort to move a dispute with X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, over $90 million in legal fees into arbitration in a new brief this week, taking aim at the Elon Musk-owned social media company's "often-tried, often-rejected" reading of the parties' arbitration clause.

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Why Steel Giant U. S. Steel Shares Are Soaring Today

Benzinga

United States Steel Corp (NYSE: X) shares are soaring higher by around 28% following the news of its acquisition by Nippon Steel Corp (OTC: NISTF ) for $14.1 per share represents a 40% premium to X's closing stock price on December 15, 2023. billion-plus debt, with a total enterprise value of $14.9

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2023 CPA-Zicklin Index Shows Strong Increase in Number of Trendsetter, Top-Scoring Companies

Harvard Corporate Governance

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA The number of public corporations in the S&P 500 Index getting scores of 90 percent or better, called Trendsetters, jumped from 89 last year to a record 100 now, according to data in the 2023 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability. .; Alliant Energy Corp.;

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Musk Fired Twitter Execs To Avoid $200M Bill, Suit Says

Law 360 M&A

Elon Musk fired four top Twitter executives just minutes after he closed on his deal to buy the company, now called X Corp., to avoid paying them $200 million in severance benefits, they told a California federal court Monday.

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Musk, Ex-Twitter Staff Fail To Reach Deal In Severance Dispute

Law 360 M&A

Settlement talks between X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, and a group of former employees have fallen apart, the parties told a Delaware federal judge on Wednesday, asking the judge to lift a stay in their dispute over severance compensation.

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Why Apartment Income REIT Shares Are Rocketing Today

Benzinga

Apartment Income REIT Corp. In particular, Blackstone Real Estate Partners X entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AIR Communities in an all-cash transaction valued at about $10 billion, including the assumption of debt. NYSE: AIRC ) shares are trading higher after it inked a deal with Blackstone Inc.

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