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by KerrAvon 1266 days ago
They are if they have contracts specifying that the must do that. Or possibly can negotiate a payout, but I imagine it won’t be cheap.
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ffggffggj 1266 days ago
Musk is doing this now by holding up a refinancing of Twitter’s building by defaulting on the rent. Anyone with a big enough war chest can just stop paying, drag it out in court, and wait the owners out. And tech companies have some of the biggest war chests.
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kibwen 1266 days ago
> And tech companies have some of the biggest war chests.

Most tech companies do, but if reports of Twitter's finances are to be believed, they do not.

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