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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has adopted the legal AI platform Harvey in its Corporate and Finance, Litigation and Arbitration, and Regulatory and IP practices, Harvey announced on 16 October 2026.
Read the storyThe debate keeps asking how much of the solicitor can be automated away. Dan Yeo argues that is the wrong question, and that the real opportunity is removing the process that surrounds their expertise rather than the expertise itself.
LWLaw WeekIf machines can produce a competent first draft of almost anything, what is a lawyer actually being paid for? An argument about where the value now sits.
SASam AllcockFounder & Editor-at-largeAs machines commoditise the mechanics of legal work, trust, brand and named authority become the only differentiators a firm cannot be undercut on.
