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Forget the First State call it the Worst State.

One CEO launched a $2 million bid Monday to dirty up Delaware’s boring reputation and encourage America’s corporations to stop registering there despite its business-friendly taxes and court system.

Philip Shawe is spending big on a national attack ad after a bruising court battle which made him a sworn enemy of the state best known as the home of Joe Biden.

He is not its only enemy. Elon Musk has also lashed out at Delaware, specifically its courts, claiming they’re bad for the businesses which register there after he lost his own court battle over his planned $56 billion compensation package from Tesla.

“As Teslas CEO, Elon has created an unprecedented amount of value for his shareholders, and per the contract he signed with his board years he earned that compensation,” Shawe told The Post. “This is a terrible precedent for CEOs and companies across the country.”

Shawe, CEO of translation giant TransPerfect, is slamming what he calls Delaware’s “greedy” lawyers and singling out one of its most senior judges in ads aired nationally on CNBC and Bloomberg. The ads are running on local television stations and on Hulu accounts in Delaware.

Shawe’s campaign comes after his business was seized and then auctioned off by a Delaware court after his co-founder and now ex-wife filed a suit in the state, where they had incorporated it.

He was able to buy back the company as its sole owner for $385 million, at the cost of four years further legal battling and an estimated $260 million in legal fees. He is still tussling with the state over attorneys’ fees.

Shawe’s ad highlights Musk’s case, in which Delaware’s courts sided with a Tesla shareholder’s lawsuit which claimed the CEO’s cash-and-stock compensation package was not in the interest of all the company’s stockholders.

In Delaware, attorneys typically get 10% to 20% of a portion of what they recovered for shareholders, giving the lawyers who brought the Tesla suit an up to $6 billion payday which Shawe said worked out to $300,000 per hour for each of them.

The only thing I can think of that is more irrational and unpredictable for business law, than a court voiding an otherwise binding contract for executive compensation, that was ratified by both the board and shareholderswould be for that same court to turn around and reward the attorneys with a fee based on a percentage of value of the voided contract, Shawe told The Post.

His ad attacks the judge who handled both Musk’s case and parts of his, Kathaleen McCormick, claiming she is allowing “fat cat” lawyers to run rampant. McCormick is Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, making her the most senior judge in its commercial courts.

Delaware has historically been a state where businesses incorporate or legally register in part because of having a chancery court system dedicated solely to adjudicating corporate disputes. Companies registered there but not doing business in the state pay no corporate income tax, and officers and directors affiliated with a company are not required to disclose their names.

More than 1.4 million companies are registered in Delaware, including a majority of the Fortune 500. But the ruling against Musk led to calls for “Dexit” and claims the state is anti-business.

Earlier this year Musk posted to X, “Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware. He has said he plans to move X, Neuralink and SpaceX out of the state.

Shawe is helping organize the campaign via the Citizens for Judicial Fairness, a nonprofit previously known as Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware, that he founded in 2016 during his legal battle with Delaware.

The group says it is focused on transparency, equity, and accountability and has even brought in the Rev. Al Sharpton to slam the lack of diversity on the court.

The Post has reached out to McCormick for comment.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s received threats over Trump feud

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Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s facing threats following a barrage of personal criticism from US President Donald Trump on social media.

The former MAGA ally posted on X, saying she had been contacted by private security firms “with warnings for my safety as a hotbed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world”.

She went on: “As a woman, I take threats from men seriously.

“I now have a small understanding of the fear and pressure the women, who are victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his cabal, must feel.

“As a Republican, who overwhelmingly votes for President Trump’s bills and agenda, his aggression against me, which also fuels the venomous nature of his radical internet trolls (many of whom are paid), this is completely shocking to everyone.”

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‘MAGA meltdown going on because of Epstein’

Calling her “wacky,” a “RINO” (Republican In Name Only) and swapping her surname from Greene to “Brown” (“Green grass turns Brown when it begins to ROT!”), Donald Trump rescinded his support for the Georgia representative and suggested he could back a primary challenger against her.

Ms Greene claims the president’s “aggressive rhetoric” is in retaliation for her support for releasing files about disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

After the US government shutdown ended, a petition to vote on the full release of the files about Epstein received enough signatures – including that of Ms Greene – to bring it to a vote in the House of Representatives.

Ms Greene claimed text messages she sent to Mr Trump over the Epstein files “sent him over the edge,” writing on social media: “Of course he’s coming after me hard to make an example to scare all the other Republicans before next week’s vote to release the Epstein files.”

She went on: “It’s astonishing really, how hard he’s fighting to stop the Epstein files from coming out that he actually goes to this level.”

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High-profile figures, including Mr Trump, have been referenced in some of the documents.

The White House has said the “selectively leaked emails” were an attempt to “create a fake narrative to smear President Trump”, who has consistently denied any involvement or knowledge about Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.

Mr Trump has called the Epstein files a “hoax” created by the Democrats to “deflect” from the shutdown.

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In another post on X, Ms Greene wrote: “I never thought that fighting to release the Epstein files, defending women who were victims of rape, and fighting to expose the web of rich powerful elites would have caused this, but here we are.

“And it truly speaks for itself. There needs to be a new way forward.”

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Epstein took his own life in prison in 2019 while awaiting a trial for sex trafficking charges and was accused of running a “vast network” of underage girls for sex. He pleaded not guilty.

Following a conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008, he was registered as a sex offender.

Mr Trump has consistently denied knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.

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Interpath-owner to kick off £900m sale of Claire’s administrator

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Interpath-owner to kick off £900m sale of Claire's administrator

The restructuring firm drafted in to advise Sir Jim Ratcliffe on a radical cost-cutting programme at Manchester United Football Club will this week be put up for sale with a £900m price tag.

Sky News has learnt that advisers to HIG Europe, the majority shareholder in Interpath Advisory, will on Monday begin circulating information about the business to potential buyers.

City insiders said on Sunday that HIG had received a large volume of inbound enquiries from prospective suitors since it emerged that it was in the process of appointing bankers at Moelis to handle an auction.

Blackstone, Bridgepoint, Onex, PAI Partners and Permira are among the buyout firms expected to show an interest in buying Interpath, according to banking sources.

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Interpath was spun out of KPMG UK in 2021 in a deal triggered by the changing regulatory climate in the audit profession.

Growing concerns over conflicts of interest between accountancy giants’ audit and consulting arms had been exacerbated by the collapse of companies such as BHS and Carillion, prompting a number of disposals by ‘big four’ firms.

Interpath has advised on a string of prominent restructuring and cost-saving mandates for clients, including acting as administrator to the UK and Ireland subsidiaries of Claire’s, the accessories retailer which collapsed during the summer.

Sources said that Interpath had doubled its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation since HIG Europe acquired the business four-and-a-half years ago.

It is also said to be on track to record a 20% increase in annual revenues in the current financial year.

A sale of Interpath is expected to be agreed during the first quarter of 2026.

HIG declined to comment.

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Three men and two women in their 20s have died in car crash in Co Louth, Irish police say

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Three men and two women in their 20s have died in car crash in Co Louth, Irish police say

Three men and two women died in a road crash involving two cars in Co Louth on Saturday night, Irish police said.

The collision happened on the L3168 in Gibstown, Dundalk, shortly after 9pm.

Police said the five victims were all aged in their 20s and had been in the same vehicle, a Volkswagen Golf.

They were pronounced dead at the scene.

Another man, also in his 20s, was “removed” from the car and taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, where he was treated for “serious non-life-threatening injuries”, said Superintendent Charlie Armstrong.

The Golf was in a collision with a Toyota Land Cruiser.

A man and a woman in the second vehicle were also taken to the same hospital.

Their injuries are described as “non-life-threatening”.

‘A shocking, devastating event’

Superintendent Armstrong said an investigation into the road crash was under way, as he praised the emergency services.

He said: “The scene was very difficult, in adverse weather conditions, and the professionalism shown by all first responders and the care and respect shown to the five deceased was exemplary.

“This tragedy, with the loss of five young adults, will have a deep impact on families and local communities in Carrickmacross, Dromconrath and in Scotland.

“This is a shocking, devastating event for these families, their communities and the community here in Dundalk.”

He said family liaison officers have been appointed to each of the families and police will keep them updated.

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Superintendent Armstrong urged anyone with information about the collision to contact the investigation team.

He said: “I am appealing to any person who was on the L3168 between 8.30pm and 9.15pm, last night Saturday November 15 2025, to contact the Garda investigation team.

“I am appealing to any person who might have any camera footage or images from the L3168, Gibstown area, between 8.30pm and 9.15pm last night, to give that footage or images to the investigation team at Dundalk Garda Station.”

The L3168 was closed between the N52 and the R171 as forensic experts investigated, and traffic diversions were in place.

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