Judge Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Chancery Court on Tuesday denied Twitter Inc.’s request to turn in Elon Musk’s personal emails as evidence in their ongoing litigation that would come up for hearing on Oct. 17.
What Happened
Claiming attorney-client privilege, Musk chose to withhold his personal emails from the Tesla Inc. and SpaceX servers.In her ruling, McCormick said, to claim the privilege, Musk must demonstrate that he had an “objectively reasonable expectation of confidentiality” in the two email accounts.
