Sosyal medya devi Twitter, mahkemelik oldugu milyarder isadami Elon Musk'in nisan ayinda yaptigi 44 milyar dolarlik satin alma teklifini yerine getirmesini istiyor. Peki mahkeme sonucunda mahkeme Twitter'i hakli bulursa fakat Musk karara karsi çikar ve ödemeyi yapmazsa sonuç ne olabilir? Tesla ve SpaceX gibi sirketlerin sahibi olan Musk, geçmiste de otoritelerin verdigi kararlara uymadigi için karar aleyhte çikarsa ne yapacagi merak konusu. Bu nedenle Delaware eyaletinde görülen mahkeme sonucu ile ilgili de Musk'in bu karara karsi gelebilecegi düsünülüyor. Musk ise karsilikli açilan davalari kazanmayi umuyor. Fakat kaybetmesi halinde mahkeme Musk'in anlasmayi yerine getirmesine hükmedebilecek ya da Twitter'a yüklü bir tazminat ödemeye mahkum edebilecek. Ancak bu nasil uygulanacak? Temmuz ayinda CNBC kanalina bir demeç veren Emekli Delaware Yüksek Yargici Carolyn Berger "Burada sorun mahkemenin kararina uyulup uyulmayacagi. O yüzden Delaware'de ya da baska bir yerde mahkemeler genelde uyulmayacagini bildikleri bir karari vermekten imtina ederler," ifadelerini kullanmisti. Mahkemenin yaptirim uygulayarak Musk'i sirketi satin almaya zorlayabilecegini belirten Bergen, AP'ye yaptigi açiklamada "Ama ortadaki sorun para ile çözülebilecekse neden bu yola basvursunlar ki," sözlerini kullandi. Bergen davayi Twitter'in kazanacagini tahmin ettigini ama Twitter hissedarlarina ödenecek ve Musk'a finansal açidan zarar verecek bir tazminatla çözülmesini bekledigini vurguladi. Musk da agustos ayinda davayi kaybetmesi halinde ihtiyaç duyabilecegini belirterek 7 milyar dolarlik Tesla hissesi satmisti. Musk'in mahkeme kararina uymamasini ihtimal disi görenler de mevcut. Tulane Üniversitesi'nde hukuk doçenti olan Ann Lipton Twitter'i satin almak zorunda kalirsa birden büyük bir satis yapmak zorunda kalmamak için böyle bir adim attigini düsünüyor. Böyle bir satin alma durumunda Musk'in kendi cebinden 33,5 milyar dolara kadar ödemesi gerekebilecek. Geri kalani için ise Morgan Stanley gibi bankalar kredi açma sözü vermisti. Temple Üniversitesi Hukuk Profesörü Tom Lin'e göre Delaware mahkemesinin kararlarini uygulatmak için egemen yetkileri bulunuyor. Bu nedenle hükme uymamasi halinde satin almayi gerçeklestirmek için Musk'in varliklarinin bir kismina el koyabilir. Mahkeme daha önce benzer adimlar atmisti. Örnegin 2013 yilinda Çin menseli ZTS Digital Networks adli sirketin varliklarina el koyma yetkisiyle kayyim atamisti. Fakat bu önlemin ise yaramamasi nedeniyle 5 yil sonra sirketin iki üst yöneticisi hakkinda ABD topraklarina geldiklerinde tutuklanmasi karari çikarmisti. Berger Musk'i hapisle tehdit etmenin gerçekçi olmadigini belirtirken Lin, Musk gibi Delaware eyaletine kayitli sirketleri olan birinin hukuk danismanlarinin mutlaka mahkeme kararina uymasi yönünde tavsiye verecegini vurguladi. Hakkinda verilen kararlara uymamisti Tüm bu endiseler Musk'in geçmisteki tavirlarindan kaynaklaniyor. Uzun süredir sorunlar yasayan Amerikan sermaye piyasasi kurulusu SEC ile vardigi uzlasmaya göre Musk sosyal medya yorumlarinin paylasmadan önce bir Tesla avukatina onaylatmasi gerekiyordu fakat buna uymadi. Covid-19 salginin baslarinda Tesla fabrikasinin faaliyetlerine ara verip vermemesi konusunda Kaliforniya eyalet yetkilileri ile kamuya açik bir sekilde terslesmisti. Tesla'nin 2016 yilinda yaptigi SolarCity satin almasi sirasinda yine Delaware'de aleyhine açilan bir dava sirasinda karsi tarafin avukati hakkinda "kötü bir insan" yorumu yapmisti. Social media giant Twitter wants billionaire businessman Elon Musk to fulfill its $44 billion purchase offer made in April. So, if the court finds Twitter justified, but Musk opposes the decision and does not make the payment, what would be the result? Musk, the owner of companies such as Tesla and SpaceX, has a bad reputation for not following the decisions made by the authorities in the past. For this reason, it is thought that Musk may oppose this decision regarding the court result in the state of Delaware. Musk, on the other hand, hopes to win mutual lawsuits. However, if he loses, the court will be able to either order Musk to fulfill the deal or to pay Twitter a hefty compensation. But how will this be implemented? Retired Delaware Supreme Judge Carolyn Berger told CNBC in July, "The question here is whether the court's order will be followed. So courts in Delaware or elsewhere often refrain from making a decision that they know will not be followed." Stating that the court could force Musk to buy the company by imposing sanctions, Bergen said in a statement to the AP, "But why would they resort to this way if the problem can be solved with money?" Bergen emphasized that he expected Twitter to win the case, but that he expected it to be resolved with compensation to be paid to Twitter shareholders, which would hurt Musk financially. Musk also sold $ 7 billion of Tesla shares in August, stating that he might need it if he lost the case. There are also those who consider it unlikely that Musk will not comply with the court order. Ann Lipton, an associate professor of law at Tulane University, thinks she took such a step to avoid having to suddenly make a big sale if she had to buy Twitter. In the event of such a purchase, Musk may have to pay up to $33.5 billion from his own pocket. For the rest, banks like Morgan Stanley had promised to extend loans. According to Temple University Law Professor Tom Lin, the Delaware court has sovereign powers to enforce its decisions. Therefore, if he does not comply with the provision, he can confiscate some of Musk's assets to make the purchase. The court has taken similar steps before. For example, in 2013, he appointed a trustee with the authority to seize the assets of the Chinese company ZTS Digital Networks. However, due to the ineffectiveness of this measure, a decision was made to arrest the two top managers of the company when they came to the US after 5 years. While Berger stated that it was unrealistic to threaten Musk with imprisonment, Lin emphasized that the legal advisers of someone who has companies registered in the state of Delaware, like Musk, would advise to comply with the court order. He did not comply with the decisions made about him. All these concerns stem from Musk's past attitudes. According to the agreement he reached with the American capital markets institution SEC, which has been having problems for a long time, Musk had to get his social media comments approved by a Tesla lawyer before sharing, but he did not comply. He had publicly disagreed with California state officials over whether the Tesla factory should suspend operations early in the Covid-19 outbreak. During a lawsuit filed against him in Delaware during Tesla's purchase of SolarCity in 2016, he made a "bad person" comment about the other party's lawyer. Euronews
Tesla ve SpaceX gibi sirketlerin sahibi olan Musk, geçmiste de otoritelerin verdigi kararlara uymadigi için karar aleyhte çikarsa ne yapacagi merak konusu. Bu nedenle Delaware eyaletinde görülen mahkeme sonucu ile ilgili de Musk'in bu karara karsi gelebilecegi düsünülüyor.
Musk ise karsilikli açilan davalari kazanmayi umuyor. Fakat kaybetmesi halinde mahkeme Musk'in anlasmayi yerine getirmesine hükmedebilecek ya da Twitter'a yüklü bir tazminat ödemeye mahkum edebilecek. Ancak bu nasil uygulanacak?
Temmuz ayinda CNBC kanalina bir demeç veren Emekli Delaware Yüksek Yargici Carolyn Berger "Burada sorun mahkemenin kararina uyulup uyulmayacagi. O yüzden Delaware'de ya da baska bir yerde mahkemeler genelde uyulmayacagini bildikleri bir karari vermekten imtina ederler," ifadelerini kullanmisti.
Mahkemenin yaptirim uygulayarak Musk'i sirketi satin almaya zorlayabilecegini belirten Bergen, AP'ye yaptigi açiklamada "Ama ortadaki sorun para ile çözülebilecekse neden bu yola basvursunlar ki," sözlerini kullandi.
Bergen davayi Twitter'in kazanacagini tahmin ettigini ama Twitter hissedarlarina ödenecek ve Musk'a finansal açidan zarar verecek bir tazminatla çözülmesini bekledigini vurguladi.
Musk da agustos ayinda davayi kaybetmesi halinde ihtiyaç duyabilecegini belirterek 7 milyar dolarlik Tesla hissesi satmisti.
Musk'in mahkeme kararina uymamasini ihtimal disi görenler de mevcut.
Tulane Üniversitesi'nde hukuk doçenti olan Ann Lipton Twitter'i satin almak zorunda kalirsa birden büyük bir satis yapmak zorunda kalmamak için böyle bir adim attigini düsünüyor.
Böyle bir satin alma durumunda Musk'in kendi cebinden 33,5 milyar dolara kadar ödemesi gerekebilecek. Geri kalani için ise Morgan Stanley gibi bankalar kredi açma sözü vermisti.
Temple Üniversitesi Hukuk Profesörü Tom Lin'e göre Delaware mahkemesinin kararlarini uygulatmak için egemen yetkileri bulunuyor. Bu nedenle hükme uymamasi halinde satin almayi gerçeklestirmek için Musk'in varliklarinin bir kismina el koyabilir.
Mahkeme daha önce benzer adimlar atmisti. Örnegin 2013 yilinda Çin menseli ZTS Digital Networks adli sirketin varliklarina el koyma yetkisiyle kayyim atamisti.
Fakat bu önlemin ise yaramamasi nedeniyle 5 yil sonra sirketin iki üst yöneticisi hakkinda ABD topraklarina geldiklerinde tutuklanmasi karari çikarmisti.
Berger Musk'i hapisle tehdit etmenin gerçekçi olmadigini belirtirken Lin, Musk gibi Delaware eyaletine kayitli sirketleri olan birinin hukuk danismanlarinin mutlaka mahkeme kararina uymasi yönünde tavsiye verecegini vurguladi.
Tüm bu endiseler Musk'in geçmisteki tavirlarindan kaynaklaniyor. Uzun süredir sorunlar yasayan Amerikan sermaye piyasasi kurulusu SEC ile vardigi uzlasmaya göre Musk sosyal medya yorumlarinin paylasmadan önce bir Tesla avukatina onaylatmasi gerekiyordu fakat buna uymadi.
Covid-19 salginin baslarinda Tesla fabrikasinin faaliyetlerine ara verip vermemesi konusunda Kaliforniya eyalet yetkilileri ile kamuya açik bir sekilde terslesmisti.
Tesla'nin 2016 yilinda yaptigi SolarCity satin almasi sirasinda yine Delaware'de aleyhine açilan bir dava sirasinda karsi tarafin avukati hakkinda "kötü bir insan" yorumu yapmisti.
Social media giant Twitter wants billionaire businessman Elon Musk to fulfill its $44 billion purchase offer made in April. So, if the court finds Twitter justified, but Musk opposes the decision and does not make the payment, what would be the result? Musk, the owner of companies such as Tesla and SpaceX, has a bad reputation for not following the decisions made by the authorities in the past. For this reason, it is thought that Musk may oppose this decision regarding the court result in the state of Delaware.
Musk, on the other hand, hopes to win mutual lawsuits. However, if he loses, the court will be able to either order Musk to fulfill the deal or to pay Twitter a hefty compensation. But how will this be implemented?
Retired Delaware Supreme Judge Carolyn Berger told CNBC in July, "The question here is whether the court's order will be followed. So courts in Delaware or elsewhere often refrain from making a decision that they know will not be followed."
Stating that the court could force Musk to buy the company by imposing sanctions, Bergen said in a statement to the AP, "But why would they resort to this way if the problem can be solved with money?"
Bergen emphasized that he expected Twitter to win the case, but that he expected it to be resolved with compensation to be paid to Twitter shareholders, which would hurt Musk financially.
Musk also sold $ 7 billion of Tesla shares in August, stating that he might need it if he lost the case.
There are also those who consider it unlikely that Musk will not comply with the court order.
Ann Lipton, an associate professor of law at Tulane University, thinks she took such a step to avoid having to suddenly make a big sale if she had to buy Twitter.
In the event of such a purchase, Musk may have to pay up to $33.5 billion from his own pocket. For the rest, banks like Morgan Stanley had promised to extend loans.
According to Temple University Law Professor Tom Lin, the Delaware court has sovereign powers to enforce its decisions. Therefore, if he does not comply with the provision, he can confiscate some of Musk's assets to make the purchase.
The court has taken similar steps before. For example, in 2013, he appointed a trustee with the authority to seize the assets of the Chinese company ZTS Digital Networks.
However, due to the ineffectiveness of this measure, a decision was made to arrest the two top managers of the company when they came to the US after 5 years.
While Berger stated that it was unrealistic to threaten Musk with imprisonment, Lin emphasized that the legal advisers of someone who has companies registered in the state of Delaware, like Musk, would advise to comply with the court order.
He did not comply with the decisions made about him.
All these concerns stem from Musk's past attitudes. According to the agreement he reached with the American capital markets institution SEC, which has been having problems for a long time, Musk had to get his social media comments approved by a Tesla lawyer before sharing, but he did not comply.
He had publicly disagreed with California state officials over whether the Tesla factory should suspend operations early in the Covid-19 outbreak.
During a lawsuit filed against him in Delaware during Tesla's purchase of SolarCity in 2016, he made a "bad person" comment about the other party's lawyer.
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