In re Tesla Inc. Securities Litigation

  1. April 18, 2022

    Tesla Investors Want Musk Muzzled Over SEC Comments

    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. 

  2. September 23, 2020

    Tesla Investors Seek Class Cert. In Take-Private Tweet Suit

    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.

  3. April 15, 2020

    Tesla Can't Shake Stock Suit Over Musk's Take-Private Tweets

    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.

  4. November 27, 2019

    Tesla Investor Can't Snag SEC Docs On Musk's Tweets Yet

    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.

  5. November 25, 2019

    Tesla Pushes Court To Dismiss Investor Suit Over Musk Tweet

    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."

  6. October 08, 2019

    Tesla Suit Lead Plaintiff Survives 9th Circ.'s Scrutiny

    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.

  7. April 16, 2019

    Tesla Tweet Suit Paused While 9th Circ. Reviews Lead Pick

    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.

  8. April 02, 2019

    Judge In Elon Musk Tweet Suit Defends Lead Plaintiff Pick

    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.

  9. January 04, 2019

    Musk Rips Subpoena Bid For Grimes, Banks Over Tesla Tweet

    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.

  10. November 27, 2018

    Tesla Tweet Suits Combined With Levi & Korsinsky At Helm

    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.