For the third time in a year, electric car maker Tesla will have to find another general counsel.

Jonathan Chang, who was appointed Tesla’s general counsel in February 2019, has already moved on from the role after nine years with the company. On Dec. 12, SambaNova Systems, a startup in the artificial intelligence space, announced it hired Chang as general counsel.

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,...