The personal and business legal affairs of Elon Musk encompass the legal cases involving businessman
Elon Musk as the plaintiff, defendant, or concerning his companies.
Plaintiff cases
OpenAI principles lawsuit
In March 2024, Musk sued
OpenAI, claiming the company violated its principles.[1] Musk withdrew his lawsuit in June.[2]
Defendant cases
Dogecoin lawsuit
In June 2022, Musk,
SpaceX, and
Tesla were sued for allegedly inflating the price of
Dogecoin.[3]
False flag lawsuit
In October 2023, a Jewish man sued Musk, accusing him of falsely claiming that he was a
neo-Nazi.[4]
Severance pay
Former Twitter executives sued Musk and
X Corp. for US$128 million in unpaid severance in March 2024. In the filing, the plaintiffs alleged that Musk had acted in revenge against them personally.[5]
In May 2024, a Tesla shareholder added a complaint to an existing lawsuit by accusing Musk's alleged illicit drug use of jeopardizing Tesla's performance.[6]
Musk's pay package
In January 2024, Musk's $55 billion USD pay package was voided from Tesla following a lawsuit brought by a shareholder.[7]
Tesla Autopilot is the subject of six lawsuits in
Florida,
California, and
Texas, alleging that the service failed to prevent crashes, including in fatal accidents.[8]