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SpaceX's legal home moved from Delaware, says Musk


It comes after a judge in Delaware annulled his $55.8bn pay package from electric carmaker Tesla.

On 30 January, Judge Kathaleen McCormick found that Tesla directors, who negotiated Mr Musk's pay package in 2018, were "perhaps starry eyed" due to his "superstar appeal" and did not fully inform shareholders. The pay deal was the biggest to date in US corporate history, helping to make Mr Musk the richest person in the world. Tesla's pay package tied Mr Musk's compensation to performance targets, such as the firm's share price and profitability, but he does not receive a salary.

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