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Do you show up in Google’s AI Overviews (AIO)?These sit at the very top of search results, and instantly answer questions like “Do I need a lawyer?” or “What is my case worth?”To grab this “Position 0” spot, you need AI Overview optimization for law firms. In 2026, it’s one of the best ways to…
Why the billable hour alone no longer works
Let’s be honest: The billable hour has always been a leaky bucket. While it’s treated as the gold standard for legal pricing strategies, only a fraction of recorded hours actually becomes collected cash.
Lawyers face losses at multiple points in the revenue funnel, across utilization, realization,…
In this 55th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed our impressions of Legalweek 2026, the ROI of legal AI, and the maturation of AI deployment in law firms and corporate legal departments.
Artificial intelligence has moved well beyond the theoretical. It is now an active force in legal practice, and the profession is still catching up. Generative to Agentic: The Legal Ethics of AI Evolution, a Lawline course presented by Khasim Lockhart of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, offers attorneys a forward-looking framework for navigating the…
In any law firm, problems are inevitable.
They can arise from virtually anywhere—budget constraints, legal challenges, staffing issues, case management breakdowns, recruiting struggles, or marketing inefficiencies. At times, these problems can feel overwhelming, especially when they involve long-standing practices or systems that have been in place for years.
On the surface, a situation can appear…
Context is the foundation of useful legal AI
The most important information in a legal case lives across the matter and the firm: the documents, the emails, the timeline, the jurisdiction, the client’s history, and the firm’s own work product. Legal AI without access to all of it is working blind, only as good as…
I spoke with Pat Utz, the Co-Founder and CEO of Abstract, an AI policy intelligence platform for legislation and regulation. We discussed how Abstract sources its information, how customers use it to understand state and federal regulations, the unique type of intelligence it provides, and the importance of guardrails when relying on the…

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