Wolters Kluwer’s Future Ready Lawyer analysis says more than 90 percent of legal professionals report using at least one AI tool and more than half expect AI to reduce billable hours.
BigHand and Ayora announced a partnership integrating BigHand Matter Pricing and Budgeting with Ayora’s data enrichment layer and AI pricing agent.
BigHand’s post-event conference release highlighted AI-powered workflow ingestion, process reporting, dashboards, business development intelligence and the Ayora pricing integration.
Swiftwater argues that most legal departments use outside counsel benchmarks incorrectly by comparing total spend rather than matter-type-specific spend.
Wolters Kluwer’s LegalVIEW Insights 2026-1 says law firm rates are sticky: when industry pressure spikes, rates rise to match demand for specialized counsel, but they rarely move back down when pressure cools.
GC AI’s in-house counsel guide says purpose-built legal AI can cost up to $500 per seat per month and positions that price against outside counsel time.
Am Law 100 aggregate revenue rose 13% to $178.
The California State Bar's Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) issued CAL 2026-210 on flat fees and termination.
Wolters Kluwer's LegalVIEW Insights Volume 2025-2 — drawing on more than $200 billion in invoice data — finds rate dynamics fragmenting along two axes: tier and client size.