Odd Lots · Monday, July 13, 2026
Initially hesitant, law firms and their clients now see AI as essential for cost savings. Malpractice carriers have shifted from questioning AI use to assuming it's standard practice, reflecting the technology's rapid integration into the legal industry.
“Two years ago the UH and I in my role, I talked to our malpractice carriers and our underwriters out of Lloyd's of London and go visit with them, and they always ask questions about the things that they're worried about. Two years ago, they were worried about, are you you know, are you letting your lawyers use AI? And you know, is that creating risks?”
“Now they're asking you like your lawyers use AI right to make sure they're doing things right, right, because it's becoming part of mainstream and it is becoming an assumption that you're not going to be doing some of these tasks without having AI assist you in doing them.”
“So it's going from a A insurers saying, oh, don't use that stuff until it's proven too you have to be using it, and the clients are doing the same thing right. Clients at eighteen months ago were saying, don't use AI for our work and now saying, well, you've got to be using AI to try to cut down the cost of the work.”