Wake Up Call: ABA Walks Back AI-Based Regulatory Reform Call

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of legal industry moves and other news.

• The American Bar Association scrapped an op-ed calling for new regulations to police legal services providers amid the rise of new technology, like artificial intelligence. The move came ahead of the ABA’s annual meeting in Denver. (LawNext)
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is being sued by its Manhattan landlord. The company is trying to block the law firm from subleasing part of its Bryant Park space to Bank of America. (Reuters)
• OpenAI’s legal hiring binge continued with the addition of Emma Redmond as assistant general counsel for privacy and data protection. The Dublin-based lawyer joins from fintech company Stripe, where she was chief privacy officer. (Irish Legal News)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Michael Clark has joined Husch Blackwell as a partner in the corporate, M&A, and securities practice in Los Angeles.
• Jeremy Abrams has joined Foley & Lardner as of counsel with the taxation practice group in New York and Washington, D.C.