Two WeWork directors filed a lawsuit against SoftBank Group Corp. on behalf of the co-working company after the Japanese conglomerate backed away from a deal to buy up to $3 billion in WeWork’s shares.
The stock purchase would have been a major windfall for WeWork’s former chief executive, Adam Neumann, who had the right to sell up to $970 million in shares, as well as investors and numerous current and former employees.
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