{"id":447048,"date":"2026-05-13T17:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/447048\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:31:09","slug":"fairly-stupid-choice-by-musks-lawyers-to-go-after-microsofts-major-decision-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/447048\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairly stupid choice by Musk\u2019s lawyers to go after Microsoft\u2019s major decision rights."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted May 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Fairly stupid choice by Musk\u2019s lawyers to go after Microsoft\u2019s major decision rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft had an approval right on some transactions. It did not have the majority of the board. That\u2019s even though they contributed more than 90 percent of OpenAI\u2019s initial investments. Also, all LPs had major decision rights, Wetter testifies. So this is less control than Musk wanted for more money.<\/p>\n<p>Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Elizabeth LopattoClose<img alt=\"Elizabeth Lopatto\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1bw37385 x271pn0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur 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