Mar. 17, 2026
Jury instructions clash centers on Musk tweet's impact on Twitter stock
Lawyers sparred over jury instructions in the securities trial over Elon Musk's 2022 Twitter acquisition tweets, focusing on how jurors should measure whether his post caused investors' losses.
What would have happened to Twitter's stock price if Elon Musk's May 13, 2022, social media post had stated that his deal to buy the company hit a roadblock instead of saying the acquisition was "temporarily on hold?"
The question might seem like a matter of semantics or a pointless hypothetical, but it could swing the outcome of the securities lawsuit against the Tesla CEO over his handling of the 2022 acquisition by millions of dollars. Giuseppe Pampena v. Elo...
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