Twitter Trial Paused Amid Efforts To Close 44B Deal With Elon Musk
For example, the court's conservative majority powered rulings on back-to-back days in June overturning its 1973 precedent that had legalized abortion nationwide and expanding gun rights by declaring that the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense.
Twitter alleges in a lawsuit against Musk that the reason why the Tesla and SpaceX leader didn't want to buy the social network anymore is because his personal wealth has fallen. Musk, on the other hand, accused Twitter of misrepresenting or omitting information, including about the number of fake and spam accounts on its platform.
Bloomberg, which first reported that Musk had offered to buy Twitter again at the original offer price, reported that Musk's legal team got the sense from the pretrial rulings that the case was not going well.
Aside from Pratt, the all-star cast includes Charlie Day as Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach, Jack Black as Bowser, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong and Keegan-Michael Key as Toad. Martinet will also have a surprise role.
Sony is producing a growing number of game adaptations, with this year's "Uncharted" movie grossing more than $400 million globally and a TV series based on "The Last of Us" franchise from its Naughty Dog studio launching on HBO next year.
But Twitter employees and advocacy groups have raised concerns that changes he'll make will harm users who are dealing with harassment and hate speech on the platform. Musk has also said publicly he would reverse former US President Donald Trump's ban from the platform. Twitter and other social networks barred Trump from their services because of the risk of inciting violence after the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot.
He added: 'Private equity may struggle to raise finance. This is why we believe we will also see a potential wave of corporate mergers and acquisitions. UK valuations were very attractive even before the dramatic fall in sterling.'
Black also made a surprise in-person appearance at the New York Comic Con panel on Thursday, where he threw a cool spiky shell backpack to a lucky member of the crowd. He recalled playing the original 1981 Donkey Kong at the Mini Mart in Culver City, California, and called Bowser one of the greatest video game villains of all time.
Twitter sued Musk in July after he tried to back out of buying the company for $54.20 per share. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick, the Delaware judge overseeing the case, on Thursday granted Musk's request to halt legal proceedings in the high-stakes battle. Twitter and Musk were scheduled to square off on Oct. 17 during a five-day trial in the Delaware Chancery Court. The trial is now on pause to give Twitter and Musk time to complete the deal by Oct. 28.
Twitter's battle with Musk has been filled with unexpected twists. Twitter's former head of security Peiter "Mudge" Zatko filed a whistleblower complaint against the social media company, alleging that the platform prioritized making more money over user security. As part of the whistleblower complaint, Zatko also accused Twitter of lying to Musk about the number of spam bots on its platform. Twitter pushed back against the allegations, saying they were "riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and [lack] important context."
It's-a here! The first trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie dropped during a Nintendo Direct presentation on Thursday. The trailer had its simultaneous premiere at New York Comic Con, which runs Thursday to Sunday.
Hulst, who is based in the Netherlands and took up his post in 2019, has overseen the growth of PlayStation Studios to 19 studios, with additions including Nixxes, which ports console Pkv Games to PC, and mobile developer Savage Game Studios.
Twitter's lawyers said in a letter that it opposes the motion."The obstacle to terminating this litigation is not, as Defendants say, that Twitter is unwilling to take yes for an answer," Twitter's lawyer Kevin Shannon wrote in the letter. "The obstacle is that Defendants still refuse to accept their contractual obligations."
Blue chip firms including gambling group Entain, packaging company DS Smith and telecoms behemoths BT and Vodafone are all now vulnerable to foreign corporate raiders, according to experts at broker Canaccord Genuity.
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"Yet, Twitter will not take yes for an answer," Musk's lawyers said in the filing. "Astonishingly, they have insisted on proceeding with this litigation, recklessly putting the deal at risk and gambling with their stockholders' interests."
It's unclear what Musk means by an "everything app." In August, a Twitter user also asked if Musk thought about creating his own social media platform if the Twitter deal didn't go through. "X.com," Musk responded in a tweet.
