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Texas judge who owns Tesla stock recuses himself from X’s advertiser lawsuit
The judge disclosed between $15,001 and $50,000 in Tesla stock.
A Texas judge who was assigned two cases involving Elon Musk’s X platform has recused himself from one of them, shortly after a report that he owns stock in Tesla. US District Court Judge Reed O’Connor was assigned to X’s recent antitrust lawsuit against advertisers over their boycott of the service, as well as a separate case against Media Matters, which the company sued for a report showing that X displayed ads from major brands next to pro-Nazi content. Their argument is underscored by the fact that antitrust experts think X will have a tough time proving advertisers’ boycott violated the law.
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