In re Tesla Inc. Securities Litigation

  1. January 04, 2023

    Tesla Atty Wary Of Judge's Proposal To Bar Unvaxxed Jurors

    Tesla's attorney Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel expressed reservations over a California federal judge's proposal Wednesday to exclude jurors who aren't COVID-vaccinated and boosted from the upcoming trial in consolidated securities litigation over CEO Elon Musk's tweets about taking Tesla private, saying he's concerned how it could impact the jury pool.

  2. January 02, 2023

    Trials To Watch In 2023

    The coming year is set to bring trials in high-profile corruption and kickback prosecutions, first bellwethers for two notable multidistrict cases, and an airing of securities fraud claims over Elon Musk's Tesla tweets, among others.

  3. December 21, 2022

    Tesla Slams Investors' 'Gamesmanship' In Lead-Up To Trial

    With trial a month away, attorneys for Tesla Inc. and CEO Elon Musk have accused suing shareholders of "gamesmanship" for allegedly refusing to provide expert calculations on the alleged damages to stockholders caused by Musk's infamous 2018 tweets about taking Tesla private.

  4. December 07, 2022

    Tesla Investors Can't Cite SEC Fine Over Musk Tweets At Trial

    A California federal judge on Wednesday barred any mention of Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk's 2018 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over his infamous tweets about taking the company private at $420 a share during an upcoming securities fraud trial over the same matter.

  5. October 25, 2022

    Tesla Says SEC Deal Too Prejudicial For Musk Tweets Trial

    Tesla Inc. urged a California federal judge overseeing investors' upcoming securities fraud trial over CEO Elon Musk's 2018 tweets about taking the company private at $420 a share to bar the plaintiffs from mentioning the automaker's 2018 deal with the SEC over the tweets, arguing the evidence is too prejudicial.

  6. June 16, 2022

    Tesla Can't Get Speedy Appeal Over Musk Take-Private Tweets

    A California federal judge ruled Thursday that Tesla can't immediately appeal a summary judgment decision in consolidated securities litigation that found Tesla CEO Elon Musk's 2018 take-private tweets were false and inaccurate, telling Tesla's counsel there was no basis for allowing the carmaker to appeal the decision before trial.

  7. May 11, 2022

    Musk Recklessly Tweeted About Privatizing Tesla, Judge Says

    Elon Musk's August 2018 tweets claiming he had secured funding to take Tesla Inc. private were inaccurate and reckless, a California federal judge has ruled, finding that "there was nothing concrete" about financing from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund at the time.

  8. May 09, 2022

    Tesla Investors Slam CEO's Bid To Appeal 'False' Tweet Ruling

    Tesla investors urged a California federal judge on Friday to reject the electric-auto maker's bid for speedy appellate review of their partial summary judgment victory in a consolidated securities class action finding that CEO Elon Musk's 2018 tweets about taking the company private were "false and misleading."

  9. April 25, 2022

    Tesla Wants Redo On Ruling Over Musk's Take-Private Tweet

    Tesla and Elon Musk asked a California federal judge for permission to combat an unfavorable summary judgment order that handed a partial win to investors in their consolidated securities class action alleging that the CEO misled investors in 2018 with tweets about taking the electric-auto maker private.

  10. April 20, 2022

    Tesla Investors Can't Silence Musk Over TED Talk

    A California federal judge denied a request to silence Elon Musk after he referred to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials as "bastards" at a recent TED Talk, finding Wednesday that Tesla investors had failed to show their case against the company's CEO would be compromised if he weren't muzzled.

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