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ABA Issues New Ethics Opinion On Billing for AI-Supported Work

By Mimi Lamarre
August 01, 2024

A new American Bar Association ethics opinion touches on what has been a risky business area for Big Law in the emergence of generative AI: billing and fees related to AI-supported legal work.

"The thing that might actually be the biggest risk in AI is ethical billing, and it might be very hard to detect in the short term," said Conan Hines, the director of legal technology at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.

Lawyers and legal tech experts said that billing is risky because many lawyers may not know how much time to bill when using AI, particularly as the technology streamlines many matters that may have taken more time in the past.

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