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Re:Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data by cmdli on Friday June 10, 2022 @12:39AM (#31690107)
Material adverse effects have to be rather large; for instance, the company is actually worth 50% less than it was represented as. Even if the bot count is significantly higher (say, 20%) that wouldn't have an easily provable massive effect on revenue. Twitter still makes what it makes, and it still would be roughly the same in terms of profitability.

Keep in mind that the onus is on Elon to prove to a court that the higher bot count has a large, material impact (on the order of 50% of Twitter's revenue). It's not something that is a matter of opinion, but rather based on his ability to argue his position to the court, for which he needs strong evidence.

Re:Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data by tptacek on Friday June 10, 2022 @01:11AM (#31690299)
Via Levine, more on the insanely high standard Delaware sets for MAEs (the rule of thumb Levine gives is "a 40% decrease in long-term profitability"):

https://www.jonesday.com/en/insights/2018/10/delaware-chance...

This is about Delaware finding that an MAE occurred, for the first time ever, like literally ever, in 2018.

What we have here is a case where Twitter's performance isn't even faltering (it's stock price is, but its 2022 revenues are actually up). There's not a chance in hell for the MAE argument.

Re:Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data by nomel on Friday June 10, 2022 @05:36PM (#31699612)
Thanks, I appreciate it! I didn't realize the bar was so high. With the bar being so high, does it create an incentive to intentionally overstate value, before a sale/acquisition? I would assume that everyone would safely coast around +30%.
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Re:Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data by hhmc on Friday June 10, 2022 @04:11AM (#31691376)
> The radical left is very predictable. They don't fool anyone anymore though.

What a strange and unnecessary point.