Elon Musk’s $100 billion Tesla pay dispute has escalated beyond the courtroom, drawing Delaware lawmakers into a race to prevent corporate flight. As Tesla officially moved its incorporation to Texas following Musk’s legal defeat in the Delaware Court of Chancery,

With help from famed former judge Leo Strine, Delaware lawmakers have raced to propose a bill friendlier to controlling stockholders as the state scrambles to protect its $2 billion legal economy.