In re Tesla Inc. Securities Litigation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN RE TESLA, INC. SECURITIES Case No. 18-cv-04865-EMC
LITIGATION
FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE
ORDER 10
12 13 I. BACKGROUND The lead plaintiff and class representative in this case is Glen Littleton. Mr. Littleton is an investor who formerly traded for the Kansas City Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Mr. Littleton has traded Tesla, Inc. securities since 2015. Mr. Littleton represents a certified class (the “Class”) of all individuals and entities who purchased or sold Tesla stock, options, and other securities from 12:48 p.m. EST on August 7, 2018 to August 17, 2018 (the “Class Period”), and allegedly were damaged thereby. The defendants in this case are Tesla, Inc., Elon Musk, Brad W. Buss, Robyn Denholm, Ira Ehrenpreis, Antonio J. Gracias, James Murdoch, Kimbal Musk, and Linda Johnson Rice (collectively, “Defendants”). Elon Musk (“Musk”) was Tesla’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of…