Hogan Lovells Cadwalader creates AI Board and signs with Harvey and Legora

On October 16, 2026, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader announced a firmwide AI strategy that creates an AI Board, appoints dedicated technology and transformation leaders, signs agreements with Harvey and Legora, and establishes a Commercial Unit focused on pricing, project management, pitching and client delivery. The firm said the AI Board will decide whether ideas should be built internally or sourced externally and allocate resources for development and deployment; these are firm claims rather than independently measured outcomes. For law firms, the notable move is the coupling of technical governance with commercial accountability, which can prevent AI investment from becoming detached from pricing and matter economics. Clients should expect clearer explanations of which platform, proprietary tool and human-review standard applies to their work, especially where two general-purpose legal AI vendors are used in parallel.