On January 16, according to foreign media reports, according to informed sources, the well-known Cooley LLP in the United States received an "ultimatum" from Tesla's lawyer team at the end of last year, asking it to dismiss partners hired from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Otherwise, it will lose all its business < p > < / P > < p > Cooley law firm has responded to or appealed on behalf of Tesla in many lawsuits, and the relationship between the latter and its CEO Elon Musk and the SEC has always been very tense < p > musk is angry with a former lawyer of the sec. Cooley once hired the lawyer for the securities litigation and law enforcement business of the law firm, but the latter did not participate in the litigation on behalf of Tesla. At the SEC, the lawyer met musk about during the investigation of Musk's tweets in 2018. Musk misleadingly claimed in his tweet that he had obtained funds that might privatize the electric vehicle manufacturer < p > musk finally reached a settlement with the sec. He agreed to resign as chairman and pay a fine of $20 million. Musk also agreed to let Tesla lawyers review their tweets on some topics in advance, including the company's financial performance, sales figures and proposed business merger According to people familiar with the matter, Cooley refused to fire the lawyer, who is still a partner of the company. Legal documents show that since early December last year, Tesla has begun to take measures in several cases to replace KULI's lawyers or add additional lawyers. According to people familiar with the matter, Musk's Rocket Company SpaceX has stopped using the lawyers of Cooley law firm to participate in supervision < p > so far, Tesla, SpaceX and musk have not responded to requests for comment < p > the cooperation with Cooley law firm shows Musk's attitude towards regulators: he has always despised regulators for a long time. But recently, he has directed his anger at some individuals in the regulatory agency with which he is in dispute. Musk often expresses his dissatisfaction on twitter. He has about 70 million followers on twitter. His remarks often lead to a cyber army uniting to support his position < p > last fall, musk turned his attention to Dr. Mary Cummings, who has long criticized Tesla's automatic driving technology. Dr. Cummings is a researcher who studies how people interact with the autopilot system, and has been appointed as the consultant of the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the highest vehicle safety regulator in the United States. p> < p > the agency has just launched an investigation on Tesla autopilot. Previously, the system was involved in a series of crash accidents, prompting Tesla to hit multiple parked emergency vehicles. Such an investigation could lead to a recall, which will be one of the most extensive investigations of automatic driving technology conducted by the agency so far < p > Dr. Cummings is also an engineering professor at Duke University. She has always been critical of Tesla autopilot. The research Dr. Cummings participated in last year found that Tesla's technology can't make the vehicle drive automatically, and its performance is inconsistent. Tesla has said that it is safer to drive with autopilot enabled < p > after Dr. Cummings' appointment was made public, musk wrote on Twitter: "objectively speaking, her performance record shows that she has a great prejudice against Tesla." Subsequently, Tesla supporters launched a series of attacks on Dr. Cummings online, some of which were even very vulgar

Change. A petition launched on. Org called on NHTSA to revoke Dr. Cummings's appointment on the grounds of "conflict of interest". The petition was later deleted from the platform, but received tens of thousands of signatures. According to informed sources, after strong protests, NHTSA privately asked Dr. Cummings to avoid any matters related to Tesla < p > a spokesman for the U.S. Department of transportation confirmed that Dr. Cummings did avoid matters related to Tesla. When asked whether the criticism on social media had affected the decision, the spokesman declined to respond < p > musk likes to express his criticism in sharp and sometimes contemptuous public remarks, which makes him particularly eye-catching. He once said: "I agree with regulators in 99.9% of cases. But in very few cases, we will disagree. This is almost always due to the fact that past regulations did not include new technologies." < p > musk wrote on Twitter: "Tesla is suing Alameda County. The unelected and ignorant temporary health officer of Alameda County has acted against the orders of the governor, the president and the freedoms given to us by the constitution. He has no common sense!" Two days later, musk said Tesla would resume production despite the local government's "local asylum order" < p > soon after, Alameda County approved Tesla to increase plant activities. However, a spokeswoman for the county's public health department clarified that Musk's public criticism did not affect the county's decision to approve Tesla activities. (small) < / P > < p >