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Tesla's Elon Musk Appears to Be Daring the SEC to Come at Him – Will It?

December 11, 2018 – Quotes & Mentions
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"He was talking about free speech rights, but a significant exception to that is commercial speech," Lavan added. "His actions did affect people in the market; the stock moved, people made money and people lost money on something that was not what he said it was. And I think then the ball is back in the SEC's court again."

Washington, D.C. partner David Lavan shared insight with TheStreet regarding Tesla CEO Elon Musk's comments about the SEC. Read the full story here.

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