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Texas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Matters (arstechnica.com)
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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Title seems to be of low relevance

Media Matters argued in a July court filing that Tesla should be disclosed by X as an "interested party" in the case because of the public association between Musk and the Tesla brand. O'Connor rejected the Media Matters motion in a ruling issued Friday.

O'Connor wrote that financial interest "means ownership of a legal or equitable interest, however small, or a relationship as director, adviser, or other active participant in the affairs of a party." His ruling said the standard is not met in this case and accused Media Matters of gamesmanship: