{"id":14453,"date":"2024-05-14T16:37:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T14:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/law-professor-says-tesla-threatened-to-fire-law-firm-over-musks-huge-payout\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T16:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T14:37:40","slug":"law-professor-says-tesla-threatened-to-fire-law-firm-over-musks-huge-payout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/law-professor-says-tesla-threatened-to-fire-law-firm-over-musks-huge-payout\/","title":{"rendered":"Law professor says Tesla threatened to fire law firm over Musk\u2019s huge payout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Elson accused EV company of strong-arming law firm where he consulted over his legal brief opposing Musk\u2019s pay<\/p>\n<p>A leading professor of corporate governance has accused Tesla of threatening to fire one of its law firms over his objections to Elon Musk\u2019s claim to a massive $56bn compensation package.<\/p>\n<p>Retired professor Charles Elson of the University of Delaware alleged in a legal filing on Monday that Holland &amp; Knight, a law firm that he has worked for over close to three decades, told him that Tesla threatened to end its relationship with the firm unless he dropped plans to submit a legal brief to a shareholder lawsuit opposing the controversial payout, the largest in US history.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/may\/14\/elon-musk-payout-threaten-law-firm\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/bd8360c30b7f18b9bdfb00034e08d2b5b86ea930\/0_34_5500_3300\/master\/5500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=588c64f43c1b77659e586783829d2005\" title=\"Law professor says Tesla threatened to fire law firm over Musk\u2019s huge payout\" \/>Charles Elson accused EV company of strong-arming law firm where he consulted over his legal brief opposing Musk\u2019s pay<br \/>\nA leading professor of corporate governance has accused Tesla of threatening to fire one of its law firms over his objections to Elon Musk\u2019s claim to a massive $56bn compensation package.<br \/>\nRetired professor Charles Elson of the University of Delaware alleged in a legal filing on Monday that Holland &amp; Knight, a law firm that he has worked for over close to three decades, told him that Tesla threatened to end its relationship with the firm unless he dropped plans to submit a legal brief to a shareholder lawsuit opposing the controversial payout, the largest in US history. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Elson accused EV company of strong-arming law firm where he consulted over his legal brief opposing Musk\u2019s pay A leading professor of corporate governance has accused Tesla of threatening to fire one of its law firms over his objections to Elon Musk\u2019s claim to a massive $56bn compensation package. Retired professor Charles Elson of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/law-professor-says-tesla-threatened-to-fire-law-firm-over-musks-huge-payout\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Law professor says Tesla threatened to fire law firm over Musk\u2019s huge payout<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14453"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}