[squishy47]

I've not read the article but I have a question: lets say, after an investigation by the Gov, the illegal doings in the article turn out to be false. Do the company shareholders of the accused company have the right to sue, in this case Hindenburg research, for the stock value loss due to the article?

[polygamous_bat]

Yes, if you publicly claim things that are not true and it causes a company's share price to go down, the shareholders can sue you for damages. For example, [0] shows how Elon got sued by twitter shareholders for his "bot" claims.

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-01/musk-sued...