Consumer Law
Jan. 16, 2026
Judge orders Tesla, plaintiffs to show cause in $500M false advertising case
Judge Eumi K. Lee criticized both sides for missing multiple deadlines, including Tesla's months-late answer to an amended complaint, and set a January deadline for the parties to explain why sanctions shouldn't apply.
A federal judge said attorneys for Tesla missed a deadline by months to answer an amended complaint after its motion to dismiss was denied in a $500 million false advertising lawsuit against the company.
Judge Eumi K. Lee ordered Thursday that attorneys for Tesla and the plaintiffs show cause for missing several deadlines, including failing to file a joint case management statement by Jan. 14. It's the third deadline missed in the case, Lee said.
Tesla filed its respo...
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