Tesla asked law firm to fire lawyer who worked on Musk probe: WSJ

Tesla threatened law firm Cooley LLP to fire one of its attorneys or risk losing its business, the WSJ reported. The lawyer had previously worked at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He had interviewed Tesla's CEO Elon Musk during the agency's probe into Musk's 2018 tweet claiming he had obtained funding to take Tesla private, the report said.