SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lawyers for Tesla shareholders suing the electric vehicle maker’s CEO Elon Musk over a misleading tweet are urging a federal judge to reject the billionaire’s request to move an upcoming trial to Texas from California. If the trial isn’t transferred, Spiro is pushing for a delay of the start of jury selection, currently scheduled for Tuesday. What’s more, a list of witnesses includes several former Tesla executives living in California who would be improperly inconvenienced if the trial were moved to Texas. Chen has scheduled a hearing for Friday to hear further arguments about Musk’s effort to move or delay the trial. The shareholders’ attorneys cited the roughly 200 jury questionnaires that have been turned into Chen to rebut that argument.

Source: Huffington Post January 13, 2023 16:03 UTC