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When AI shrinks time, a lawyer’s billable hour becomes harder to defend
Law firms can no longer justify billing by the hour when AI has sharply cut the time needed to do legal work.
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As AI reduces the time needed to perform legal work, lawyers are finding harder to justify billing by the hour.
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Tan Chong Huat and Tan Poh Hwee
For Singapore’s legal profession, artificial intelligence is not an issue that lurks in the distance.
The disruption is already here and the sector is trying to come to grips with the impact of generative AI.
