The question is no longer whether your firm uses AI. Every firm does — or will within 12 months. The question courts, clients, regulators, and bar associations are beginning to ask is different: Can you prove how you used it? That is the audit question. And most firms cannot answer it. WHY 2026 IS THE INFLECTION YEAR Three forces are converging simultaneously: First, courts are escalating sanctions. As we documented in LexNews #036, the Fifth Circuit, the Sixth Circuit,

Most companies spent the last year running AI pilots. Most of those pilots are still sitting in a slide deck. WHAT RIVERON REPORTED Riveron — a consulting firm that partners with CFOs, private equity firms, and senior operators — published a practical guide this week on where AI actually delivers measurable return. Their argument is sharp and worth reading: the organizations seeing real ROI are not deploying standalone AI tools. They are embedding AI directly into the opera