April 18, 2022
Tesla investors have asked a California federal judge for a temporary restraining order against CEO Elon Musk after he called U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials "bastards" last week, which they claim was part of a broader effort from the billionaire magnate to deny accountability for his 2018 tweets about taking the automaker private.
September 23, 2020
Tesla Inc. investors asked a California federal judge on Tuesday to certify a consolidated securities class action alleging co-founder and CEO Elon Musk misled investors in 2018 with tweets about taking the electric-auto maker private.
April 15, 2020
A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that Tesla cannot snuff out nine consolidated securities fraud suits alleging co-founder and CEO Elon Musk misled investors in 2018 with tweets about taking the automaker private.
November 27, 2019
A California federal judge has said it's too early for a Tesla investor to subpoena the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for information related to its investigation of CEO Elon Musk's tweets about taking the automaker private.
November 25, 2019
Tesla has urged a California federal judge to throw out a shareholder suit over a tweet from CEO Elon Musk that said he was prepared to take the company private, arguing Friday that the securities fraud claims defy "common sense."
October 08, 2019
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of California didn't "clearly err" when he appointed an investor as lead plaintiff in a lawsuit over a tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk that said he was prepared to take the company private, the Ninth Circuit decided Tuesday.
April 16, 2019
Bridgestone Investment Corp. Ltd. on Monday won its bid in California federal court to pause a securities class action over Tesla CEO Elon Musk's notorious going-private tweet last fall, pending the Ninth Circuit's review of the lower court's contested pick for lead plaintiff.
April 02, 2019
A California federal judge on Tuesday defended his choice of lead plaintiff in an investor's suit over Tesla CEO Elon Musk's infamous going-private tweet last fall, saying he was concerned the plaintiff challenging the appointment had overstated its financial loss.
January 04, 2019
Singers Azealia Banks and Claire Boucher, also known as Grimes, should not be subpoenaed to give evidence they likely do not have in the securities class action over a stock drop allegedly stemming from Tesla CEO Elon Musk's misleading tweet, Musk told a California federal court Thursday.
November 27, 2018
A California federal judge on Tuesday chose a Levi & Korsinsky LLP-represented trader as lead plaintiff in a slew of class actions seeking to hold Tesla and Elon Musk accountable for two August tweets that roiled the company's stock price.