Tom Hals

Reuters legal reporter

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As I note in this piece by @tomhals @Reuters, docs released in litigation show that troop deployment in LA and other cities is highly risky: it puts the military “on a knife's edge” & “potentially damages the U.S. military's reputation and broad support across the U.S. population.” https://t.co/N5qbenDEFQ

[Tom Hals @tomhals]

@ProfRobAnderson @TeslaBoomerMama Doesn’t the family also control Sphere Entertainment, which wants to leave DE as well?

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In the next edition of "historic criminal trials," crack addiction and a Colt .38 revolver take center stage, replacing porn star hush-money payments https://t.co/zy9rqHVvcL

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Tesla shareholder seeks to bar Musk from dodging from Delaware pay ruling https://t.co/bCIuM3LTo1

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Trump to be deposed in dispute with media company co-founders https://t.co/rArE1bupoZ

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Can the US ban TikTok? Not easily, if enforcement means infringing free speech of the company and its users https://t.co/OdTm1cUo3J

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The judge wants answers why $500 million was sent to a 20-something with no qualifications who was running a hedge fund with "its primary business location turned out an International House of Pancakes in Miami."

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I covered bankruptcy courts for years and this is a new one -- a bankruptcy judge ordering the arrest of a hedge fund manager https://t.co/i2Lx2Wpeub

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The legal team that voided Musk's $56 bln pay package from Tesla are now asking for their own huge payday that works out to $288,000 an hour -- but by some measures, that's a bargain. https://t.co/ry2jrmiBjh

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Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want a $6 bln fee https://t.co/P4iuwEG5jD

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A former executive of the blank-check acquisition vehicle that plans to take Donald Trump's social media company public sued to block the deal until he obtained a larger payout, according to a lawsuit docketed Feb. 29 in Delaware https://t.co/hLOGVYu8Mh

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In Alabama a frozen embryo is a person in a wrongful death lawsuit. In Texas, a brand-new old PO Box is a "principal place of business" if a company wants a favored bankruptcy judge. https://t.co/Ydv09uhuwU

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TripAdvisor can ditch Delaware in case Elon Musk highlighted https://t.co/dFX6UdtNdg

[Tom Hals @tomhals]

@anthonyrickey Yes, plaintiffs can be paid awards. It’s not automatic or even standard from my experience covering the court. The plaintiff may or may not get an award for a successful case. But they will benefit as other shareholders do.

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Hunter Biden not protected from gun charges by Second Amendment, DOJ argues @tomhals https://t.co/tAq5sDBAaY

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Court cancels Warren Buffett, Jimmy Haslam trial over Pilot https://t.co/WbMkYlWpSH

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Are corporate boards violating their duty to investors by adopting DEI policies? Some conservative groups think so, and some companies are modifying their diversity programs https://t.co/eZ4nNLgjQA

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Hunter Biden urges judge to dismiss gun charges @tomhals https://t.co/52LFGfIDH4

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Catholic nuns sue Smith & Wesson to halt its assault-style weapons sales https://t.co/NFanIgLJwb

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After losing a shareholder trial Dole Foods owner David Murdock moved to a Nevada charter. Elon Musk did the same with Twitter/X after a Delaware judge basically forced him to buy the company. But those are still outliers.

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Interesting ESG spat between former AG Bill Barr and Travis Laster, elder statesman on Delaware's Court of Chancery. Barr warns Corporate America will flee DE over the court's supposed love affair with ESG.

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Barr warns companies might start to reincorporate their businesses outside Delaware. The same threat was made after the financial crisis, when the idea of a national charter briefly emerged, then faded.