Electric car maker Tesla disclosed in a regulatory filing published Monday it received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding its settlement with the regulator designed to rein in Chief Executive Elon Musk’s Twitter posts.

Tesla disclosed the SEC issued a subpoena Nov. 16, this one “seeking information on our governance processes around compliance with the SEC settlement, as amended.”

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...