Johnson v. Musk et al

  1. November 15, 2024

    Dogecoin Buyers Drop Bid To Revive Suit Against Musk

    Dogecoin cryptocurrency investors have agreed to drop their appellate bid to revive a two-year-old proposed securities class action accusing Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. of using the CEO's celebrity to target unsophisticated investors and gain a profit on the memecoin, according to a stipulation filed in New York federal court.

  2. October 11, 2024

    Quinn Emanuel Faces DQ Bid For Musk-Dogecoin Deal Leak

    Dogecoin investors want Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to be disqualified in their case against Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. because the law firm and its attorneys publicly disclosed a confidential settlement offer in the contentious lawsuit.

  3. August 29, 2024

    Tesla, Elon Musk Beat Dogecoin Buyers' Fraud Suit, For Good

    A New York federal judge on Thursday for the final time threw out a contentious lawsuit brought by Dogecoin investors accusing Elon Musk of manipulating the market so that he and Tesla could turn a profit on the meme-themed cryptocurrency.

  4. December 11, 2023

    Quinn Emanuel DQ, Dogecoin Sanctions Nixed In Musk Suit

    A New York federal judge has ordered a reset in a contentious lawsuit pitting Dogecoin investors against Elon Musk and Tesla Inc., dismissing the suit with instructions to refile it in a way that does not "mix the function of a complaint" and a "press release," and denying both sides' requests to disqualify one another's attorneys.

  5. September 07, 2023

    'You Can't Fake Funny': Brief Says Musk Skit Tanked Dogecoin

    Investors in the joke cryptocurrency Dogecoin have asked a Manhattan federal judge not to toss the latest version of their market manipulation suit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk, pushing back against his claim that they are suing him over "silly" tweets by panning his 2021 performance in a skit on the comedy sketch show "Saturday Night Live."

  6. August 08, 2023

    Musk Says Dogecoin Fraud Suit Rests On 'Silly Tweets'

    Tesla Inc. and CEO Elon Musk asked a New York federal judge Monday to throw out the latest iteration of a securities fraud lawsuit brought by aggrieved Dogecoin investors, saying they haven't shown that Musk's "innocuous and often silly tweets" about the meme-themed cryptocurrency were intended to manipulate the market.

  7. July 28, 2023

    Musk Attys 'Wasting' Court Time With Dogecoin Sanction Call

    Mudslinging between Elon Musk's legal team and an attorney for aggrieved Dogecoin investors continued Thursday, with the latter saying an "abusive charade" meant to get the insider trading case tossed — and him punished — must end.

  8. July 14, 2023

    Musk Calls For 'All Available' Atty Sanctions In Dogecoin Spat

    Lawyers representing Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. in a suit filed by Dogecoin investors told a New York federal judge Friday that the plaintiffs' counsel failed to conduct the "barest" inquiry into claims that Musk sold dog-themed cryptocurrency worth billions.

  9. July 07, 2023

    Quinn Emanuel Slams DQ Bid In Musk-Dogecoin Brawl

    A Quinn Emanuel team defending Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. in a fraud case filed by Dogecoin investors threw a counterpunch Thursday, saying an attempt by plaintiffs' counsel to remove Musk's lawyers justified punishment from the court.

  10. June 26, 2023

    Dogecoin Users Seek Quinn Emanuel DQ In Elon Musk Suit

    Dogecoin investors pursuing fraud claims against Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. asked a Manhattan federal judge to disqualify Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP from the proposed class action, accusing the law firm's attorneys of misconduct and arguing they have an "obvious" conflict in representing both the electric-car maker and its CEO.

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