Wake Up Call: Latham Partner Organizes Against AI Regulations

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• Latham & Watkins partner Sy Damle was the behind-the-scenes organizer of a lobbying letter from academics and think tanks that urged Congress to reject regulations over the use of artificial intelligence in copyright matters. “Tech-friendly” Damle represents AI startup OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, in ongoing copyright lawsuits. (Politico)
• A third of corporate legal teams will look to AI and other tech to cut costs in the coming year—up from 12% who gave the same response in a survey last year. Law departments also plan to rein in spending by bringing more legal matters in-house and shifting work to smaller outside law firms. (Cision)
• DLA Piper’s move back to a downtown Baltimore office has brought a morale boost to the 178-person office, according to Baltimore Managing Partner Brett Ingerman. The firm in June moved to its new, roughly 35,000 square feet digs, a space that’s 132,000 square feet smaller than DLA Piper’s previous office. (Baltimore Business Journal)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Christopher L. Crumbley has joined Bracewell on the intellectual property litigation team as a partner in the Austin, Texas office.
• Scott Watson has joined Barnes & Thornburg as a partner in the environmental department in Grand Rapids, Mich.
• David Chen has joined Goodwin Procter as a partner in the life sciences practice in the Santa Monica, Calif., and Hong Kong offices.
• Soowon Hong, Betty Lee, and Shiau Sang Tee have joined Littler Mendelson as counsel with the APAC regional office in Singapore.