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AI adoption demands the right culture — and the right ROI equation

Halimah Nisa | 9 March 2026
The Briefing/HSBC UK law firm strategy and investment research 2025/26 found that 70% of leaders expect to use genAI for summarisation as part of legal workflows over the next year — up 15 percentage points from 2024/2025 — with similar proportions seeing strong use cases for knowledge and business functions.   Despite increased AI use, hesitations […]
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Briefing|February 2026

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AI Leaders community index

Rise in numbers planning for AI impact on the business model and outcome since December 2025 Half or more leaders say the firm is developing or exploring use cases across document review, drafting, research, knowledge management and business development A third have already made some changes to their governance framework to ensure agent control More […]