Why It Matters
Guidelines set expectations and are enforced through e-billing. Many now address whether firms may use generative AI on the client's matters and how AI-assisted time is billed.
Related Terms
- E-billing
- Electronic submission and review of law firm invoices by legal departments, usually with billing guidelines applied automatically.
- Legal spend management
- Software and processes for budgeting, tracking and controlling what a legal department spends on outside counsel and vendors.
- AI use policy
- A written policy that tells lawyers and staff which AI tools they may use, what information they may put into them and how output must be reviewed.
General information, not legal advice. Part of the Legal Tech Glossary, 173 terms in plain English.