The trial starts Tuesday in San Francisco with jury selection. Here's what else you need to know.
The trial stems from a class-action lawsuit brought by investors who owned Tesla stock during a 10-day period that began the same day as Musk's tweets.knowingly false and misleading
Still, recent investors have also lost a lot more than the $14 billion at the heart of the case. After a meteoric rise, Tesla shares started to plummet last year.to a tough year for the overall automobile industry and partly because of widespread disapproval of Musk's Twitter takeover. The CEO could lose another chunk of change after this trial, depending on its outcome. The shareholders say Musk should pay damages for the financial risk he put them in.
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