Humorous factor about being a lawyer and testifying in your consumer’s behalf — the zealous advocacy baked into your job makes individuals a little bit suspicious of no matter you say on the witness stand. Regardless of that, we might even see Alex Spiro stepping up as Elon Musk’s witness in opposition to the accusations that Musk manipulated Twitter’s inventory costs earlier than he was pressured to purchase the corporate. Reuters has protection:
Elon Musk has persuaded a decide that his longtime lawyer Alex Spiro can characterize him in a shareholder lawsuit over the billionaire’s 2022 Twitter acquisition despite the fact that he could also be a trial witness within the case.
San Francisco-based U.S. District Choose Charles Breyer in a ruling on Monday rejected the plaintiffs’ objections…Musk’s legal professionals referred to as the trouble to disqualify Spiro a “Hail Mary” earlier than a January 2026 trial, saying the buyers waited too lengthy to object to Spiro’s position.
Can Elon have a traditional trial for as soon as? If it isn’t him making it okay for his legal professionals to testify on his behalf, he’s got a judge with sizeable investments in Tesla or is trying to turn Texas into the new Delaware if it means he will get higher authorized outcomes. The quirk in norms will most likely a wash on the finish of the day — chances are high the man getting paid $3,000 an hour will discover a method to get no matter narrative he must on the witness stand with out setting foot on it, nevertheless it goes to indicate the wackiness that may come up when plaintiffs don’t object to lawyer-witnesses early on.
Musk Wins Fight To Keep Lawyer Alex Spiro In Twitter Trial [Reuters]
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