Stanford Pulled Into Dropout Musk’s Legal Fight With Twitter

Musk started Stanford Ph.D. program but left after two days
Both sides issue spate of subpoenas ahead of Oct. 17 trial

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Musk Finds New Reasons to End Twitter Takeover

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By Jef Feeley

August 31, 2022 at 6:11 PM UTC

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August 31, 2022 at 8:25 PM UTC

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Stanford University was subpoenaed by famous dropout Elon Musk as part of his legal fight with Twitter Inc. over his plan to walk away from a $44 billion takeover offer.

Lawyers for Musk want all records of all “conversations, conferences, discussions, interviews, meetings, negotiations and agreements” between Twitter and Stanford as well as anyone related to the university about the proposed deal, according to a subpoena issued Wednesday in Delaware.

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