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The Meter Meets the Matter: AI Costs and the Future of Legal Pricing

Firms bought seats—one license per lawyer, a flat annual fee, twelve-month terms. Whether an individual lawyer used the tool ten times a week or once a quarter, the price stayed the same, which is to say that the model was familiar, predictable, and easy for procurement teams to benchmark against the […]

The Meter Meets the Matter: AI Costs and the Future of Legal Pricing

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Firms bought seats—one license per lawyer, a flat annual fee, twelve-month terms.

Whether an individual lawyer used the tool ten times a week or once a quarter, the price stayed the same, which is to say that the model was familiar, predictable, and easy for procurement teams to...

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Firms bought seats—one license per lawyer, a flat annual fee, twelve-month terms. Whether an individual lawyer used the tool ten times a week or once a quarter, the price stayed the same, which is to say that the model was familiar, predictable, and easy for procurement teams to benchmark against the […] The old commercial model for legal AI was simple.

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