Twitter’s Poison Pill Began With Marty Lipton’s Valuable Memo

April 21, 2022, 9:30 AM UTC

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It’s rare that a 90-year-old corporate lawyer captures the attention of Twitter users, but Marty Lipton did this week.

He’s a founding partner of the most profitable major law firm today—Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. His career is so remarkable there is an archive of his work.

And within that Lipton Archive is one of the most ...

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