{"id":163331,"date":"2026-09-22T02:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/22\/law-firms-and-clients-battle-over-who-reaps-ai-savings\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T02:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:59:59","slug":"law-firms-and-clients-battle-over-who-reaps-ai-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/22\/law-firms-and-clients-battle-over-who-reaps-ai-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Firms and Clients Battle Over Who Reaps AI Savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big Law and corporate legal departments may ultimately agree on one avenue forward: billing by the outcome and value\u2014not by the hour, corporate counsel sources and consultants say.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/969494840\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to 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