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January 10, 2023
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January 10, 2023
Elon Musk leave the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023.
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Musk's Mysterious Ways on Display in Tesla Tweet Trial
Musk comes off as impetuous, brash, combative and contemptuous of anyone who questions his motives as a game-changing entrepreneur.
January 30, 2023
Elon Musk leave the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023.
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Musk's Tweeting Style Seizes Spotlight in Tesla Trial
His impulsive and sometimes inflammatory posts took center stage.
January 26, 2023
Elon Musk leaves the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Musk returned to federal court to defend himself against a class-action lawsuit that alleges he misled Tesla shareholders with a tweet about an aborted buyout that the billionaire defiantly insisted Tuesday he could have pulled off, had he wanted.
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Musk Defends Himself in Tesla Tweet Trial
He spent roughly three more hours on the stand during his third day of testimony.
January 25, 2023
In this courtroom sketch, Elon Musk appears in federal court in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023.
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Musk Takes Witness Stand to Defend Tesla Tweets
Musk defended his prolific tweeting as "the most democratic way" to distribute information.
January 23, 2023
A Tesla car is parked in a lot across the street from a federal courthouse in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.
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Elon Musk Depicted as Liar, Visionary in Tesla Tweet Trial
Lawyers depict him as a liar who callously jeopardized the savings of "regular people" and a well-intentioned visionary.
January 19, 2023
Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington.
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Musk Faces Trial Over Tesla Tweets
The trial is likely to provide insights into Musk's management style.
January 16, 2023
Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition on March 9, 2020, in Washington. Lawyers for Tesla shareholders suing 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.
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Investors Mock Musk's Bid to Move Tesla Buyout Trial
Musk thinks he will be treated unfairly by San Francisco jurors.
January 12, 2023
Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani, right, the former lover and business partner of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, walks into federal court in San Jose, Calif., on June 24, 2022.
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Holmes' Former Partner Gets Nearly 13 Years in Theranos Case
The sentence is slightly longer than that given to the CEO.
December 8, 2022
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.
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New Trial Bid Fails, Holmes Awaits Sentencing
She's facing up to 20 years prison.
November 8, 2022
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, her mother, Noel Holmes, left, and father, Christian Holmes IV, arrive at federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Sept. 1, 2022.
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Next step for Elizabeth Holmes
Her bid for a new trial.
October 17, 2022
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, her mother, Noel Holmes, left, and father, Christian Holmes IV, arrive at federal court in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022.
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Elizabeth Holmes Seeks New Trial
A key witness has regrets.
September 7, 2022
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, middle, and her mother, Noel Holmes, left, arrive at federal court in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022.
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Judge Declines to Overturn Elizabeth Holmes Guilty Verdict
The disgraced Theranos CEO was convicted on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy.
September 2, 2022
Julie Lee Choi waves off reporters outside Santa Clara Superior Court in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Choi, accused of harassing Apple CEO Tim Cook with pleas for sex and other crude suggestions before showing up at his Silicon Valley home last autumn and suggesting she could become violent agreed to stay way from him for the next three years under an agreement approved Tuesday.
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Accused Apple CEO Stalker Agrees to Stay Away
She made crude suggestions and even showed up at his house.
March 30, 2022
The nation's largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric is poised to emerge from five years of criminal probation amid worries that it remains too dangerous to be trusted.
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PG&E's Criminal Probation to End Amid Ongoing Safety Worries
Since 2017, the utility has been blamed for more than 30 wildfires.
January 24, 2022