Tech4law iconTech4lawSep 21, 2026

DEVALUING THE ASSEMBLY LINE (Why AI Is Cannibalising the Billable Hour?)

There's a delicious little problem stalking the carpeted corridors of law firms. Legal-tech vendors arrive bearing dashboards and the evangelical promise that their software will save 80% of everyone's time.

DEVALUING THE ASSEMBLY LINE (Why AI Is Cannibalising the Billable Hour?)

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There's a delicious little problem stalking the carpeted corridors of law firms.

Legal-tech vendors arrive bearing dashboards and the evangelical promise that their software will save 80% of everyone's time.

Then somebody in finance remembers the firm sells time.

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There's a delicious little problem stalking the carpeted corridors of law firms. Legal-tech vendors arrive bearing dashboards and the evangelical promise that their software will save 80% of everyone's time. Then somebody in finance remembers the firm sells time.

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Then somebody in finance remembers the firm sells time.

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