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Civil Litigation

Sep. 30, 2019

Musk attorneys seek to depose BuzzFeed reporter

Attorneys for Elon Musk are seeking to depose a BuzzFeed writer the Tesla CEO pressed to investigate a man now suing him for defamation.

Attorneys for Elon Musk are seeking to depose a BuzzFeed writer the Tesla CEO pressed to investigate a man now suing him for defamation.

Citing California's Shield Law, writer Ryan Mac sought to block a subpoena ordering him to testify in a case against Musk by plaintiff Vernon Unsworth. But in a filing Friday in the Central District of California, attorneys for Musk said the law is limited to "unpublished information obtained or ...

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