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Feb. 24, 2026

Musk asks judge to delay Twitter securities trial, certify appeal issues

Elon Musk's attorneys asked Judge Charles R. Breyer to postpone next week's securities trial over his Twitter acquisition, arguing plaintiffs' revived scheme theory expands the case and warrants additional discovery and potential interlocutory appeal.

Lawyers for Elon Musk asked Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer to postpone trial, slated for next week, by four months in the securities lawsuit over the Tesla billionaire's acquisition of Twitter, to give them time to prepare for plaintiffs' second theory of harm.

"To date--with trial to begin in seven days--Mr. Musk does not know the scope of Plaintiffs' scheme theory. Plaintiffs proceeded only under a misstatement theory of fraud," stated the mot...

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