April 06, 2026
Elon Musk objected Friday to a California federal judge entering judgment against him following a securities fraud verdict over tweets about his $44 billion Twitter acquisition, arguing there are still numerous unresolved issues and entering a final judgment on a classwide basis at this stage is "premature and improper."
March 26, 2026
Elon Musk did not get a fair trial over claims he defrauded Twitter investors before acquiring the social media platform, the tech billionaire's lawyer told a California federal judge Thursday, saying the jury rolled a marijuana "joke" into the verdict form to mock Musk and the trial process.
March 20, 2026
A California federal jury found on Friday that Elon Musk committed securities fraud in a civil trial over claims the tech billionaire made false or misleading statements about Twitter's fake "bot" accounts problem in a bid to ditch or renegotiate his $44 billion deal to acquire the social media platform.
March 17, 2026
Elon Musk made "deliberate and carefully devised" statements to drive down Twitter's stock price after offering $44 billion for the company, Twitter investors' counsel told a California federal jury during closing arguments Tuesday, while Musk's lawyer insisted that there's no evidence of securities fraud and that it's not a crime to "tweet stupid things."
March 16, 2026
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer scolded Elon Musk's Quinn Emanuel counsel during a hearing Monday ahead of closing arguments in California litigation alleging that Musk tanked Twitter's stock to get out of his $44 billion acquisition deal, saying he wouldn't "sit here and watch lawyers grimace, nod, laugh in court."
March 13, 2026
Ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stood by 2022 company statements that bots made up less than 5% of accounts on the platform during video depositions shown Friday in a California federal trial over investor claims that Elon Musk deliberately tanked the company's stock with misstatements about fake accounts to renegotiate the $44 billion deal.
March 13, 2026
An ex-Morgan Stanley banker who advised Elon Musk on his $44 billion Twitter acquisition testified Thursday in a trial seeking billions for investors claiming Musk tanked the social media company's stock to disrupt the takeover, saying Twitter was the one that obstructed the deal.
March 10, 2026
Elon Musk attorney Alex Spiro testified before a California federal jury Tuesday that a lead Twitter lawyer who said Spiro tried to renegotiate Musk's $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform was "misremembering," saying Twitter's counsel offered the discount and asked for legal waivers over the company's bot claims.
March 10, 2026
After Twitter sued Elon Musk for terminating his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform, Musk's legal team said their client would launch "World War III" against the company's board if forced to go through with the transaction, a Wilson Sonsini lawyer who led the deal for Twitter told a California federal jury Monday.
March 06, 2026
The judge overseeing a California federal trial over Twitter investors' allegations that Elon Musk intentionally tanked the company's stock urged lawyers to cool down over the weekend and "gain composure," after a heated fight in which a lawyer for the investors called a Musk attorney's conduct disgraceful.