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Elon Musk walks to attend the trial in his lawsuit over OpenAI for-profit conversion at a federal courthouse, in Oakland, California, on April 29, 2026. (REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo/File Photo)
Jul 9, 2026

Judge approves Elon Musk settlement with SEC despite misgivings, ‘red flags’

A federal judge approved the SEC's settlement with Elon Musk over his purchase of Twitter shares, despite expressing "significant misgivings" about the "red flags" the accord raised.

Elon Musk attends the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington on Nov. 19, 2025. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
May 5, 2026

Elon Musk settles SEC lawsuit over Twitter disclosures; $1.5M fine imposed

Elon Musk settled the SEC's civil lawsuit accusing the world's richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of Twitter.

A 3D-printed miniature model of Elon Musk and xAI logo are seen in this illustration created on February 16, 2025. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)
Mar 25, 2026

Baltimore sues Elon Musk’s xAI over Grok sexual ‘deepfakes’

The city of Baltimore sued xAI, claiming its Grok chatbot illegally generates nonconsensual sexually explicit images.

A YouTube sign is shown near the company's headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP File Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Sep 30, 2025

YouTube to pay $24.5M to settle lawsuit over Trump’s account suspension after Jan. 6 attack

Google’s YouTube will pay $24.5M to settle a lawsuit President Donald Trump brought after his account was suspended after Jan. 6, 2021.

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Feb 9, 2023

Ex-Twitter execs deny pressure to block Hunter Biden story

Former Twitter executives conceded to Congress that they made a mistake by blocking a story about Hunter Biden in the run-up to the 2020 election.

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Nov 7, 2022

Disbarred lawyer faced more than 200 ethics complaints

Welcome to Monday, the 33rd anniversary of L. Douglas Wilder‘s victory in Virginia, which made him the first elected Black governor in the United States. Here are some other news […]

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Oct 7, 2022

To buy Twitter, Musk has to keep banks, investors on board

If the squabbling ever stops over Elon Musk's renewed bid to buy Twitter, experts say he still faces a huge obstacle to closing the $44 billion deal: Keeping his financing in place.

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Oct 4, 2022

Musk offers to end legal fight, pay $44B to buy Twitter

Elon Musk is abandoning his legal battle to back out of buying Twitter by offering to go through with his original $44 billion bid for the social media platform.

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Jul 19, 2022

Twitter-Musk takeover dispute heading for October trial in Delaware Chancery Court

Twitter’s lawsuit to force Elon Musk to make good on his promise to buy the social media giant will be resolved in a small but powerful Delaware court.

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Jul 12, 2022

Twitter sues to force Musk to complete his $44B acquisition

Twitter said it has sued Elon Musk to force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company.

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Jul 11, 2022

Musk abandons deal to buy Twitter; company says it will sue

Elon Musk said he will abandon his $44 billion offer to buy Twitter after it failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts.

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May 26, 2022

Twitter to pay $150M penalty over privacy of users’ data

Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data.