By Marialuisa Taddia

The disbarment of a former Irwin Mitchell LLP lawyer for inflating billable hours exposes flaws in the model, lawyers say, as AI begins to undermine its relevance. Here, lawyers talk to Law360 about the shortcomings of the billable hour practice.

By Ashish Sareen

Lawhive said on Wednesday that it has bought a regulated English law firm, in a first for the U.K. legal market as the legal technology platform expands after securing funding from Google's venture capital arm.

By Matt Perez

Pinsent Masons LLP announced Monday that it has started an online legal due diligence platform for use by clients and firm members in mergers and acquisitions transactions.

By Ashish Sareen

Deloitte Legal and Swedish legal tech company Legora have announced plans to work together to help the law firm's U.K. lawyers and clients streamline their work through the use of artificial intelligence.

By Marialuisa Taddia

Simmons & Simmons LLP's leaders acknowledge it's difficult to prove that its adoption of artificial intelligence has driven financial gains — but they see examples of lawyers using its in-house tool to level up everywhere, yielding savings for clients and profits for the firm.

By Ashish Sareen

A virtual law firm in the northwest of England has launched a legal subscription service aimed at startups and other small businesses, an alternative to the traditional model where lawyers charge their clients by the hour.