Tesla Loses Its Third General Counsel in the Last Year

  • Jonathan Chang, who took job in February, joins an AI startup
  • Longtime lawyer steered company through scuffle with Walmart
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Tesla Inc. has lost its third general counsel in the past year.

Jonathan Chang, a longtime attorney for the electric-car maker who was promoted to the role in February, left the company Dec. 6, according to people familiar with the matter. He’s taken the general counsel job at SambaNova Systems, the artificial intelligence startup announced Thursday.