Elon Musk says he is "very happy" after the judge has ordered decision negotiations with the SEC
Tesla CEO Elon Musk waves as he leaves the Manhattan Federal Court in New York, Thursday, April 4, 2019. Musk and his lawyers appeared to a federal judge in New York who decides on Tesla executive the director should be disdained by the court to break an agreement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. (AP Photo / Richard Drew)
"I'm very pleased with the results and very impressed with Judge Nathan's analysis," Musk told reporters after an almost two-hour hearing where Musks and SEC lawyers argued about Musk's held contempt.
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"There should have been a knock on the door."
The lawyers spent the majority of their assigned 45 minutes answering Natson's questions about language of it.
Musk's lawyer, John Hueston argued that Musk could not have violated the order because, before sending the tweet, he decided that the content was negligible and therefore outside the order of the order.
"It should have been a Judge Nathan suggests that the SEC should attempt to settle its dispute with Musk before submitting a motion to bring the case to court.
Tesla's CEO Elon Musk leaves Manhattan's federal court after a hearing on his scam with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in New York. City, USA April 4, 2019. REUTERS / Brendan McDermid
The case "scream of working it out", Judge Nathan replied.
Musk seemed serious and engaged in most of the hearing, and laughed with the judge and others in the courtroom under a hypothetical question from Nathan, asking if a tweet could be edited.
Although the SEC's movement was silent on how the court should punish Musk if he was held contempt, the SEC's lawyer said that wool was the right to reject Musk's argument that he had authority as arbitrator of any communication containing material information, and that Musk should regularly report to the court on his authorized and unapproved communications.
If Musk and SEC fail to reach an agreement, and Nathan keeps him despised, the court has the opportunity to impose additional civil fines, further restrict Musk's social media, remove Musk as CEO, and remove him from the company's board. However, Nathan acknowledged that failure was "serious business" that the court should be cautious about imposing.
"The court is a bit hamstrung, because when they want a strong deterrent, they should serve shareholders," John Coffee, Jr., professor of law at Columbia University, previously told Yahoo Finance. "I don't think any judge will eliminate him from Tesla because many think Tesla can't survive without him."
"The SEC has the power to ban people from serving as an officer or director of a publicly-held company, but it usually requires evidence of fraud," coffee says. imprisonment for contempt, but it looks like it was a negligent mistake, or at least it was his typical ruthless mistake, not an intention to deceive investors. "
Tesla reported a 31% fall in quarter over quarter deliveries Wednesday In a note, JPMorgan analyst Ryan Brinkman said the downturn undermined Musk's legal defense against the SEC, while the judge's questions did not focus on Tesla's quarterly performance, Musk's lawyer argued that Tesla's trading volume, stock price and analysts did not respond to the 19-inch tweet.
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