How the Tables Have Turned: Could Elon Musk Be ‘Forced’ to Buy Twitter?

How the Tables Have Turned: Could Elon Musk Be ‘Forced’ to Buy Twitter?
Elon Musk's Twitter account with a Twitter logo in the background in Los Angeles on May 13, 2022. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images
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The uncertainty around the Twitter Inc. deal has intensified ever since Elon Musk announced on the company’s namesake platform that the deal had been put on hold.

A Wall Street Journal report, quoting lawyers, suggests it might be difficult for the Tesla Inc. CEO to backtrack at this juncture.

What Happened

Musk negotiated the agreement with several seller-friendly features and the most notable is one legally called “special performance,” the Journal noted. This vests Twitter with the right to ask a court to “force” Musk into honoring his commitment to buy the company.