Tesla Denies Musk Bullied Scholar Over $56 Billion Pay Vote (1)

Tesla Inc. is denying that Elon Musk tried to threaten and bully a scholar out of speaking against a plan to have shareholders validate the $56 billion CEO pay package struck down by a judge.

The automaker filed a letter with Delaware’s Chancery Court saying it opposes the request by Charles Elson to file a legal brief about the planned investor vote solely because the proposed filing “has nothing at all to do with any question or topic before this court.” It looks more like an effort to influence the vote itself, the company said in its letter Tuesday to ...