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title: "AI is breaking the lawyers' hourly billing model — Marsanne Studio AI watch"
description: "Artificial intelligence is undermining the hourly billing model in law firms."
url: "https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch/ai-is-breaking-the-lawyers-hourly-billing-8769d3/"
lang: "en"
---

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Analysis · 25 September 2026

# AI is breaking the lawyers' hourly billing model

**Publication**

Financial Times (United Kingdom)

**Author**

Unsigned

**Published on**

25 September 2026 · read in the publisher's feed

## Summary

The title points to a break-up of the billable-hours billing model in the legal industry under the effect of artificial intelligence.

Summary based on the article's title and standfirst, as the text is not accessible.

[Read the article on Financial Times →](https://www.ft.com/content/937d6708-d085-476b-ac8f-1a2154f00b2c?syn-25a6b1a6=1)

## Classification

**Country**

Worldwide scope

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

Consulting, legal, accounting, business services

**Keywords**

hourly billing, law firms, business model, legal services

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Financial Times. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.