Jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase

"The nine-person jury…said that…Musk was liable for misleading investors with two tweets—including one said the Twitter deal was "temporarily on hold"… [and] awarded shareholders between about $3 and $8 per stock per day as damages, which… amounts to about $2.1B."

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/20/g-s1-114660/elon-musk-misled-investors-twitter-purchase

Nice to see one of the last areas where plutocratic billionaires can't simply buy or bully their way to the outcome they want: jury trials