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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by epgui on Saturday July 09, 2022 @02:41AM (#32032501)
It's not about being scared so much as it is about professionalism.

Accusing someone of lying is in effect an accusation of bad faith. An accusation of bad faith is a serious matter, and if you play too freely with it, then you're engaging in bad faith yourself. [1]

The concept of misrepresentation is in a grey area that may or may not have a component of bad faith (see for example the concept of "fraudulent concealment" in courts of equity,[2] the test for which includes a finding of misrepresentation, and note that "fraud" in equity is, confusingly, not at all the same concept as common law fraud), so it's a much more intelligent accusation to make in court unless you have highly probative evidence. [3]

[1] Clean hands doctrine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_hands

[2] Equity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_(law)

[3] IANAL

Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by encryptluks2 on Saturday July 09, 2022 @04:42AM (#32033148)
There is nothing professional about what Musk has done. That is like saying Bernie Madoff was just being professional.
Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by epgui on Saturday July 09, 2022 @04:59AM (#32033225)
I'm talking about the lawyers, not Musk.