LawVision's flash survey of 80 law firm leaders (July 21) found 44% reported 2026 rate increases of 6–9%, with 27% exceeding 10% and 59% expecting trends to hold through FY2027. Demand is most favorable in Commercial Litigation (67% bullish), Corporate Litigation (64%), Privacy & Data Security (62%), Energy & Infrastructure, and Regulatory & Public Policy. The survey also surfaced structural prici
Thomson Reuters projects UK lawyers could unlock £2.4bn in productivity gains by 2026, saving roughly 140 hours per lawyer annually — rising to 370 hours over five years. At prevailing billing rates, 140 hours of a senior associate's time represents £30,000–£70,000 in annual billing capacity per lawyer that either disappears from the invoice or gets redeployed. Wolters Kluwer's 2026 Future Ready L
CAIO.legal published a counterintuitive argument (July 17): AI first forces firms to make tacit expertise explicit — naming inputs, decisions, handoffs, and standards. Only after that codification can pricing be redesigned intelligently. "A firm should not redesign pricing from an abstract prediction about AI efficiency. It should first learn where time is removed, where new review is added, and w