Musk-Twitter Fight Set to Join Line of Delaware Chancery Wars

Elon Musk’s decision to walk away from his acquisition of Twitter Inc. has sparked a fight that is heading for the Delaware Chancery Court. The agreement over the Musk offer requires that any legal disputes be heard in Delaware, where many lawsuits over merger and acquisition agreements typically play out.

Musk has argued that Twitter has been misrepresenting user data and taking other actions that make the deal untenable. Both sides have enlisted high-powered legal talent ahead of litigation in the Delaware court.

Both Twitter and Musk are likely to look to earlier fights in the Delaware venue to build ...