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Browse: Home / 2018 / August / 08 / Did Elon Musk Violate Securities Laws With Tweet About Taking Tesla Private? – The New York Times

Did Elon Musk Violate Securities Laws With Tweet About Taking Tesla Private? – The New York Times

By Securities Docket on August 8, 2018, 12:52 pm

But it was Mr. Musk’s “funding secured” statement on Twitter that may put the iconoclastic founder most at risk. He provided no details about how much funding had been secured, from whom or under what conditions. His email to employees did not mention anything about the funding.

“That’s a clear factual statement,” said John C. Coffee Jr., a professor at Columbia Law School who specializes in corporate law and securities fraud. “If it’s not fully secure, that’s potentially a very material misrepresentation, and a very straightforward violation of Rule 10b-5” of the securities law — in short, securities fraud.

via Did Elon Musk Violate Securities Laws With Tweet About Taking Tesla Private? – The New York Times.

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