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Law.com

Inside Track: Elon Musk's Latest Tesla GC Showing Staying Power in Tricky Role

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery wrote in January that Tesla CEO Elon Musk "wields unusually expansive managerial authority, equaling or even exceeding the imperial CEOs of the 1960s."
3 minute read

The Recorder

'Deeply Troubling': Tesla Sued Over 'Racially Hostile Work Environment' Amid Surge of Racial Discrimination Litigation

Current and former Tesla employees who worked at Tesla's EV manufacturing facilities in Fremont and Lathrop, California, allege that supervisors and colleagues at these factories created a "racially hostile work environment" by routinely harassing African American, Hispanic and Latinx Tesla employees.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Tesla Sues Ex-Supplier, Alleging It Stole EV Battery Trade Secrets

The electric carmaker's complaint, filed by its in-house counsel and Fish & Richardson on June 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses Matthews of flouting several nondisclosure agreements, filing patents that co-opt Tesla's trade secrets and leaking confidential information to Tesla's rivals.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Court Battle Over Musk's Compensation Is Far From Over, Even After Ratification Vote, Experts Say

The vote doesn't negate the Delaware Chancery Court's decision faulting the process by which Tesla's board originally approved the CEO's pay package.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

A 'Death Penalty'? Ford Set to Ask Appeals Court to Reject $1.7B Verdict, Order New Trial

Appeal of the record verdict has drawn amicus briefs from the American Tort Reform Association, the Georgia and United States Chambers of Commerce, Georgians for Lawsuit Reform and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

'The Preposterous Has Become Reality': Chancery Filings Continue to Target Musk, Tesla Board

Complaints in Delaware court allege that Elon Musk sought to take AI-related projects elsewhere if he could not maintain a 25% equity stake in the electric car manufacturer.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Biopharma Company Sued Over Car Crash

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In $1B Suit, Nikola Founder Says Legal Chief, Other Execs Fed DOJ False Narrative to Save Themselves

"Never has there been such an egregious case of corporate scapegoating at the expense of shareholders," former Executive Chair Trevor Milton alleges in the complaint.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

$47M Catastrophic Trucking Verdict Is a Sign of Changing Times in Growing Metro Atlanta County

"I think jurors in places like Cherokee County don't have a problem rendering a fair verdict if that means its going to be a big number for nice, deserving plaintiffs," said plaintiff's counsel Mike Moran.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Musk's Focus on X Has Come at Tesla's Expense, Shareholder Lawsuit Claims

"Neither Musk's past success nor his importance to Tesla's business gives him carte blanche to treat his fiduciary duties to Tesla as optional," the complaint states.
4 minute read

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