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AI and the future of the billable hour: What Experts from across the World are saying as legal value moves beyond time

General counsel, law firm leaders, legal innovators and arbitration practitioners at LegalTechTalk 2026, LIDW 2026, IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 and Cyprus Arbitration Days 2026 examined the future of the billable hour, exploring how AI is reshaping legal pricing, efficiency, client expectations and the relationship between time and legal value.

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‘Clients do not buy code, they buy courage’: Legal leaders at LegalTechTalk 2026 discuss how law firms are built from the ground up

From whether traditional partnerships remain fit for purpose, to AI-generated client instructions creating new liability risks and junior lawyers needing to reach judgment faster, the LegalTechTalk panel agreed that the firms which survive the next decade will be those that treat data as their most valuable asset and courage as their core product.