Musk $56 Billion Pay Case Final Ruling Expected by End of Year

A final ruling in the landmark litigation challenging Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package, which a judge voided in January, will come by the end of the year, according to a filing by the judge.

Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick acknowledged in a letter to both sides late Thursday that a decision on the case’s remaining issues is taking longer than she’d hoped.

McCormick, chief judge of the state’s elite business court, is weighing a request by the prevailing lawyers for $7 billion in legal fees and Musk’s bid to restore the compensation deal after Tesla shareholders voted to ...