Elon Musk's attorneys argue his Twitter purchase has caused so much 'local negativity' that a class action trial should be moved from California to Texas

Jan 8 2023 by Business Insider

 
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Elon Musk faces a class action lawsuit over tweets saying he secured funding to take Tesla private. His attorneys say the trial should be held in Texas instead of California to ensure fairness. Since Musk's Twitter takeover, prospective jurors are biased against the billionaire, they argued.

Elon Musk's Twitter takeover has made him so unpopular in the state of California that it's unlikely he'd be able to get a fair trial,...

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