Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover and lessons for the law

One lesson from the Musk saga is that securities regulators need to be both equipped and willing to take decisive and meaningful steps to keep behaviour like his in check.
‘The law according to Elon Musk’ is not an appropriate model for the way forward for securities markets or online platforms, writes Martin Petrin.
Elon Musk has many talents, but it becomes increasingly clear that law is not one of them. Law is not rocket science, but while Musk seems proficient at the latter, the former is, if not a difficulty, at least a considerable nuisance, not worthy of his time and patience. During his many years as an...

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