Musk Sidesteps Twitter Legal Succession Plan in Takeover Chaos

Elon Musk has internal options for the new head of Twitter Inc.‘s legal department as he assembles a group of senior leaders.

Two deputy general counsel, James Baker and Tina Hwang, were poised to co-lead the department under a plan the former general counsel put in place before Musk fired him, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The plan by Sean Edgett, who had worked for Twitter since 2012, wasn’t implemented in the chaos following Musk’s takeover of the social media company two weeks ago and the mass layoffs he put in place, the three people ...