ByteDance Ltd.’s general counsel is no longer overseeing US government relations for TikTok, part of a shuffle to improve the company’s standing during intense national security scrutiny, according to people familiar with the matter.

Dan Dees, one of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s most senior executives, told a jury he was surprised in August 2018 by Elon Musk’s tweet about taking Tesla Inc. private, adding to evidence at a securities fraud trial that the car company CEO’s announcement caught even his bankers off guard.

A former Proskauer Rose LLP executive was hit with a preliminary injunction on Friday in a lawsuit brought against him over trade secrets he allegedly downloaded from the firm to removable media.

A Louisiana attorney who was found to have committed additional rule violations while he was on court-ordered probation will face a one-year extension of the probation period, the state Supreme Court has determined.

Jason Crawford has returned to Crowell & Moring as a partner with the False Claims Act, investigations, and government contracts practices in Washington, D.C., the firm said Wednesday.