Spiro
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by
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Funny
thing
about
being
a
lawyer
and
testifying
on
your
client’s
behalf
—
the
zealous
advocacy
baked
into
your
job
makes
people
a
little
suspicious
of
whatever
you
say
on
the
witness
stand.
Despite
that,
we
may
see
Alex
Spiro
stepping
up
as
Elon
Musk’s
witness
against
the
accusations
that
Musk
manipulated
Twitter’s
stock
prices
before
he
was
forced
to
buy
the
company.
Reuters
has
coverage:
Elon
Musk
has
persuaded
a
judge
that
his
longtime
lawyer
Alex
Spiro
can
represent
him
in
a
shareholder
lawsuit
over
the
billionaire’s
2022
acquisition
even
though
he
may
be
a
trial
witness
in
the
case.San
Francisco-based
U.S.
District
Judge
Charles
Breyer
in
a
ruling
on
Monday
rejected
the
plaintiffs’
objections…Musk’s
lawyers
called
the
effort
to
disqualify
Spiro
a
“Hail
Mary”
before
a
January
2026
trial,
saying
the
investors
waited
too
long
to
object
to
Spiro’s
role.
Can
Elon
have
a
normal
trial
for
once?
If
it
isn’t
him
making
it
okay
for
his
lawyers
to
testify
on
his
behalf,
he’s
got
a
judge
with
sizeable
investments
in
Tesla
or
is
trying
to
turn
Texas
into
the
new
Delaware
if
it
means
he
gets
better
legal
outcomes.
The
quirk
in
norms
will
probably
a
wash
at
the
end
of
the
day
—
chances
are
the
guy
getting
paid
$3,000
an
hour
will
find
a
way
to
get
whatever
narrative
he
needs
to
on
the
witness
stand
without
setting
foot
on
it,
but
it
goes
to
show
the
wackiness
that
can
arise
when
plaintiffs
don’t
object
to
lawyer-witnesses
early
on.
Musk
Wins
Fight
To
Keep
Lawyer
Alex
Spiro
In
Twitter
Trial [Reuters]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.