Buy, Build, or Partner: Three BigLaw Bets on AI
Cleary acquired an AI company. A&O Shearman and Freshfields co-develop with AI labs and share the revenue. Latham subscribes and builds on top. Three strategies, three very different risk profiles.
Build-vs-Buy
The Subsidy Cliff: What Happens When AI Gets Repriced
Every major AI lab prices inference below cost. When the venture capital subsidizing your five-cent contract review runs out, your AI economics change whether you're ready or not.
The AI Use Spectrum
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18 mins
From chat windows to enterprise platforms — a framework for understanding where your firm sits on the AI adoption curve
Kirkland's $500 Million Infrastructure Play
Every headline called Kirkland's $500M commitment an AI bet. The signals in the announcement — no named model, full exclusivity, value-based pricing — point to something different: an infrastructure play that happens to run AI.
What Open-Source Legal AI Actually Means for Your Firm
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11 mins
A former Latham associate vibe-coded a Harvey clone in two weeks and open-sourced it. The tech wasn't the hard part — and that's the point. Here's what mid-size firms should learn about what legal AI vendors actually sell.