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United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Musk

  1. April 26, 2019

    SEC, Musk Revise Earlier Deal To End Twitter Use Dispute

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Tesla CEO Elon Musk resolved an argument over the agency's motion to hold Musk in contempt, agreeing Friday that a Tesla securities attorney must preapprove any of Musk's "written communication" about Tesla's business.

  2. April 25, 2019

    Musk, SEC Tell Court Talks Over Twitter Use Are 'Productive'

    Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk's ongoing discussions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about his free-wheeling use of Twitter "continue to be productive," Musk and the SEC have told a New York federal judge.

  3. April 18, 2019

    Elon Musk, SEC Given More Time To Hammer Out Twitter Deal

    A New York federal judge has given Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission until April 25 to work out an agreement on Musk's Twitter use, which has recently landed the billionaire entrepreneur in hot water with the Wall Street regulator.

  4. April 04, 2019

    Tweet-Happy Musk Should Face Fines That Hurt, SEC Says

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday that Tesla CEO Elon Musk should face punishing fines if he continues to tweet about his company in violation of a $20 million settlement over previous tweets — a payment the billionaire shrugged off as "worth it."

  5. March 26, 2019

    Musk, SEC Set To Duke It Out Over Tesla Tweets On April 4

    Billionaire Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are poised to clash next week in oral arguments over statements the Tesla CEO made on Twitter in February, which the SEC has said violate the terms of a 2018 settlement and warrant holding Musk in contempt.

  6. March 22, 2019

    SEC 'Wrong At Virtually Every Level' About Tweets, Musk Says

    Tesla Inc.'s Elon Musk threw the latest punch in his tussle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, saying the agency was "wrong at virtually every level" in its attempt to have him held in contempt over tweets that allegedly violated the terms of a 2018 settlement with the regulator.

  7. March 19, 2019

    SEC Targets More Musk Tweets In Ongoing Contempt Push

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk can't unilaterally decide his February tweet about production estimates wasn't material to investors, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said late Monday. The agency also claimed Musk sent a number of other tweets that violated a prior deal.

  8. March 12, 2019

    Musk Fires Back At 'Embarrassed' SEC Over Contempt Push

    Embattled Tesla CEO Elon Musk has told a Manhattan federal judge that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's efforts to have him held in contempt over a tweet that allegedly violated a court order "smacks of retaliation and censorship" from an agency "embarrassed" by his criticisms of it.

  9. February 25, 2019

    Musk In Contempt Over Unsanctioned Tesla Tweet, SEC Says

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission urged a Manhattan federal judge Monday to hold Tesla co-founder Elon Musk in contempt for inaccurately tweeting the electric car maker would make about 500,000 vehicles this year, which the agency says violates the settlement over last year's tweets claiming he might take the company private.

  10. October 16, 2018

    $20M SEC Settlements For Musk, Tesla Approved By Judge

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday signed off on a pair of settlements that will see Tesla Inc. and its embattled CEO Elon Musk pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission $20 million apiece to end claims that Musk misled investors in tweets about taking the Silicon Valley-based electric car maker private.