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.

FTX co-founder Samuel Bankman-Fried sought to influence a witness in the US government’s criminal fraud case against him, prosecutors said in a filing, asking a judge to stop him from contacting former employees at the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange.

SkyHop Technologies Inc., which operates an app that coordinates ground travel for airline crews, successfully resurrected extortion claims against a business partner it accused of holding the software hostage.

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.

The US Labor Department is facing an unwelcome case of litigation deja vu, as its attempt to implement a climate-friendly retirement investment rule encounters legal peril in a Texas federal court jurisdiction known for striking down consequential employee benefit regulations.

A Texas teacher can’t continue his lawsuit for wrongful termination and retaliation because there’s no proof that the school fired him for reporting that two colleagues allegedly changed students’ answers on standardized tests.