Something I'm finding increasingly baffling with AI - why are all the law firms parroting 'efficiency' as the primary benefit? [law firm] announces major partnership and rollout of [product] following successful pilot with [x] hours saved per week Where are the improvements to quality or scope? Where are the improvements to speed or turnaround times? To only publicly talk about efficiency is to immediately beg the question on fees - and increasingly I see clients asking for d

Today, on "this time it might just be different"... Increasingly it seems to me that there is a particular type of practice that is particularly exposed to AI in the short to medium term It's not the consumer, or the SME business owner having a go with ChatGPT - I don't think many of those folks were paying clients in the first place (and I suspect they're creating more legal work in the long run!) Rather it is the larger corporate buyer that has historically bought in modera

An, as always, enjoyable chat with  CJ Anderson  from  Iron Carrot  around all things AI and data. Now available on  Spotify  as a podcast, and other streaming platforms. We talk about: Why AI is challenging underlying commercial assumptions in law firms The strategic questions firms should answer before picking any tools Why differentiation can come from data, but won’t from using the same AI products as everyone else What leadership teams must align on before they can move