Everything Compliance: Episode 155, To Tesla and Beyond Edition
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants - Episode 155
FCPA Compliance Report - Karen Woody on Elon Musk Attack on SEC Consent Decree
Compliance Into The Weeds - Elon Musk and Tesla Redux
Top Five Corporate Scandals of 2018: Episode IV-Tesla and its Elon Problem
This Week in FCPA-Episode 129, week ending November 16, 2018 - the Farewell to Stan Lee edition
Every so often a case comes along that reads less like a business dispute and more like a cautionary tale about the perils arising out of unwritten deals among friends. As we’ve written about before, these cases can be brutal...more
On April 13, 2026, Vice Chancellor Bonnie David of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed three consolidated derivative actions against Tesla, Inc. and its directors, enforcing a Texas forum selection bylaw that was adopted...more
The Georgia Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutionality of Georgia’s direct sales ban under the Georgia’s Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act but clarified that the constitutional protection afforded under the Act...more
USPTO Director John Squires issued a decision on November 5, 2025, vacating a prior institution decision and denying institution in Tesla, Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures II LLC, IPR2025-00340, Paper 18. ...more
District court denies motion to dismiss copyright infringement claim against Tesla and owner Elon Musk based on their use of images from the movie Blade Runner 2049 to create an AI-generated image that was displayed at an...more
Just in time for the new year, Wise v. Tesla Motors, Inc. (2025) offers fresh guidance on how California courts should treat allegedly unconscionable terms in collateral employment agreements when deciding whether to enforce...more
Our Patent Case Summaries provide a weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial...more
For Delaware corporate governance litigators, 2025 ended where it began. In this second installment of Season's Readings, we look back at some significant decisions from Delaware courts. At the beginning of 2025, the singular...more
On December 19, 2025, the Delaware Supreme Court issued a significant decision in the long-running litigation over Tesla’s 2018 equity compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk, overturning the cancellation of his option grants....more
In January 2018, Tesla granted a “moonshot” award to Elon Musk, its founder, chair, and CEO. The award represented the largest equity award ever granted to a public company executive, anticipated to have an approximate value...more
For the first time, a federal court filing has thrust generative AI (GenAI) into the mainstream conversation for legal disclosure. In EEOC v. Tesla, Inc., the parties submitted a proposed discovery protocol that referenced...more
On August 1, 2025, a Florida jury returned a verdict totaling $243,000,000 against Tesla, Inc. in the consolidated cases Neima Benavides v. Tesla and Dillon Angulo v. Tesla. These cases caught public attention because of the...more
Plaintiffs’ attorneys often hope to put a famous face on the business end of lawsuits against corporate defendants. The sight of a celebrity from the business world answering uncomfortable questions creates courtroom drama...more
On June 12, 2025, in Watkins v. Musk, the District of Massachusetts granted Elon Musk’s motion to dismiss a putative class action and to refer the claim to arbitration. The court ruled Musk could enforce an arbitration...more
Tesla Inc., a leading innovator in electric vehicles, is under increasing legal scrutiny as two major product liability cases bring safety concerns about its cars into sharp focus. These lawsuits highlight alleged design...more
Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, we have the quartet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Marks, Jonathan Armstrong, and special guest panelist Hemma Lomax, all hosted by Tom Fox, the...more
Welcome to this Edition of Everything Compliance, Shout-Outs, and Rants. In this episode, we have the quintet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, Jonathan Marks, and Special Guest Panelist Hemma Lomax, all hosted by Tom Fox. ...more
AI, Sci-Fi, and Copyright Collide in Alcon Entertainment LLC v. Tesla Inc. et al., Case No. 2:24-cv-09033, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. In a fascinating twist of sci-fi meets reality,...more
While the current Trump administration has taken multiple actions to prioritize American manufacturers and products, it is important to remember that the requirements to make a “Made in the USA” claim in your advertising has...more
The settlement of a $2.8 billion federal class-action antitrust lawsuit filed by athletes against the NCAA and the largest conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC) was approved by the defendants and plaintiffs in...more
Editor’s Note - Welcome to the March 2025 edition of Plugged In! In this edition, we kick off with an article from Mark Heusel on the automotive industry’s most pressing issue right now – tariffs and their sweeping impact....more
Following the decision that validated The Trade Desk’s reincorporation from Delaware to Nevada back in November 2024, the judge overseeing the challenged reincorporation of Tesla from Delaware to Texas has ruled that Tesla’s...more
A recent New York Times article titled “Delaware Law Has Entered the Culture War“ has highlighted a surprising trend: companies like Tesla, Dropbox, and Meta are reconsidering their incorporation in Delaware, long considered...more
The latest controversy surrounding Tesla’s push into autonomous driving technology has sparked an investigation by U.S. safety regulators into its “Actually Smart Summon” feature. This feature, which allows drivers to summon...more
We ring in 2025 with a new edition of Plugged In. In this edition, Bob Weiss contemplates the critical challenges facing Volkswagen. From missteps in strategy to fierce competition in China and unprecedented restructuring...more