The choose presiding over the case pitting Tesla shareholders towards the electrical carmaker mentioned the trial is being delayed due to considerations surrounding the unfold of the coronavirus. It was scheduled to start subsequent week.

"I make this choice out of an abundance of warning, not based mostly on any info that the Courtroom's Standing Order has been invoked by any get together or by the Courtroom," Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights of the Delaware Courtroom of Chancery wrote on Friday. "Please know that this was not a straightforward choice to succeed in, given the time and sources I do know you have got devoted to organize for this trial, and the final minute nature of this choice."

Within the Tesla case, shareholders are accusing the corporate of improperly valuing SolarCity, when it acquired the photo voltaic panel installer for $2.6 billion in 2016. On the time, Tesla CEO Elon Musk was the...