AI promised lawyers efficiency. For small law firms, it’s not clear whether or not it’s delivering. Back in March, 8am released its 2026 Legal Industry Report, which surveyed more than 1,300 legal ...

The law profession has shifted dramatically from hourly billing practices, as AI-powered office equipment now enables rapid document summarization that once required days of associate attorney review, ...

I recently had occasion to review another lawyer’s invoices in connection with a case I was handling. As I examined the bills, I noticed that the attorney had recorded dozens of 0.1-hour time entries ...

Hourly billing is significantly outpacing flat fee arrangements at small and midsize law firms, despite widespread predictions about the death of the billable hour, according to new data from ...