March 05, 2026
Elon Musk continued his testimony in California federal court Thursday in litigation over Twitter investors' claims he publicly trashed the company to get a better deal on his buyout, calling Twitter's claims about bots on the platform "utterly absurd" and contending "they lied in public SEC documents repeatedly."
March 04, 2026
Elon Musk testified Wednesday in a California federal trial over Twitter investors' claims that the billionaire tanked the company's stock to get a better deal and said he paid the full $44 billion offer price because the Delaware Chancery judge overseeing litigation over the sale was "extremely biased" against him.
March 03, 2026
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer blasted Elon Musk's counsel Tuesday in a trial over Twitter investors' allegations that Musk intentionally tanked its stock, telling the lawyer she'd created a "false impression" with the jury by questioning an ex-Twitter attorney about her right to speak with plaintiffs' counsel while under oath.
March 02, 2026
Musk "trashed" Twitter to tank the stock price and renegotiate his $44 billion deal to buy the company, Twitter investors' counsel told a California federal jury at the start of trial Monday, while Musk's lawyer said it wasn't securities fraud for Musk to air "legitimate" concerns about fake accounts on the platform.
February 27, 2026
With days before trial, a California federal judge denied a slew of motions filed by Elon Musk challenging investors' claim that the tech mogul ran a "scheme" to depress the price of Twitter securities during acquisition negotiations, saying Musk waited too long to try and toss the claim.
February 19, 2026
A California federal judge quickly narrowed a pool of 92 prospective jurors Thursday in a class action brought by former Twitter investors against Elon Musk, excusing 38 potential jurors who said they couldn't be fair and impartial as Musk's attorney lamented there are "so many people who hate him so much."
February 17, 2026
A certified class of former Twitter investors accusing Elon Musk of tanking the social media platform's stock during acquisition negotiations can't bring up the billionaire's political beliefs during the trial scheduled to start next month if it's outside the 2022 time period at issue, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday.
December 02, 2025
A California federal judge has denied an attempt by Twitter investors to have Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Alex Spiro disqualified from serving as both lead counsel for Elon Musk and a witness in a trial over claims that Musk tried to tank Twitter's stock.
October 20, 2025
Elon Musk's informed written consent does not mean that Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Alex Spiro can serve as both his lead counsel and witness in the trial over a class of investors' allegations that Musk tried to tank Twitter's stock, those investors told a California federal judge on Friday.
October 16, 2025
Elon Musk and investors of X, formerly known as Twitter, are headed toward trial in a class action suit accusing the billionaire of intentionally tanking the social media platform's stock price, after a California federal judge denied the parties' cross-motions for an early win in the case.