Tracked Changes, Monday, November 2, 2026
Clio brings its products under one login and adds a built-in phone system that logs calls as time
At ClioCon in Boston on October 26 and 27, Clio announced a single Clio experience that joins its products under one login and one view. It also launched Clio Phones, an add-on that records, transcribes and summarizes calls and fills in a time entry, with a 90-day trial in select states. Clio says Drafting in Clio Work is available now to its U.S. Clio Work customers.
Clio reports the largest one-year rise in billable time in its Legal Trends Report's history
Clio's 11th annual Legal Trends Report, released October 26, projects that 42% of a lawyer's workday will be recorded as billable in 2026, up from 39% in 2025. Clio says 85% of legal professionals report some AI adoption at their firms, up from 79%. Its consumer survey found that 82% of consumers want to know when their lawyer uses AI, and 70% trust a lawyer more when that use is disclosed.
Nearly half of small firms bill purely by the hour, says 8am data from more than 60,000 firms
8am's Fall 2026 report on small and mid-size law firms, published October 22, draws on billing data from more than 60,000 firms using MyCase and LawPay. It says nearly half of firms billed purely by the hour in the first half of 2026, while one in ten billed purely by flat fee. Flat fees made up 15% of invoices, down from 16%. About seven in ten firms still carried a past-due invoice.
AI hallucination case tracker reaches 2,262 decisions, with new U.S. rulings against lawyers in late October
Researcher Damien Charlotin's database of court and tribunal decisions involving AI-fabricated content listed 2,262 cases as of its November 2 update. Recent U.S. entries include a $250 monetary sanction against a lawyer in a New York Supreme Court case on October 28, an admonishment of a lawyer in Farhat v. Cutera in the Northern District of California the same day, and a struck brief in the District of Maryland on October 27.
Everlaw announces Omni, an agentic investigation suite, plus no-cost review Workflows
Everlaw announced Omni on October 28, an AI investigation suite that answers questions about a matter's evidence and builds a shared fact library called Case Memory. The company says several Am Law firms use it in early access and that it will be generally available in early 2027 as a premium offering, with pricing to come. Workflows, for automating document reviews, arrives in November at no additional cost.
Legora raises $550 million at an $8.8 billion valuation and says in-house teams are over 40% of new customers
Legora announced on October 21 a $550 million Series E led by Atreides Management, at an $8.8 billion post-money valuation, up from $5.6 billion at its previous round. The company says annual recurring revenue is above $200 million and that it serves more than 2,400 law firms and in-house teams. It says in-house teams were more than 40% of new customers in the third quarter.
Harvey buys Aida, its fifth acquisition this year, to help each firm build its own ontology
Harvey announced on October 29 that it has acquired Aida, an AI-native sales execution platform founded by Glean co-founder Piyush Prahladka and Atish Das Sarma. Harvey says the deal will speed its work to help each firm build its own ontology, which it says gives context that makes every agent, model and product a firm uses more effective. It is Harvey's fifth acquisition this year. Harvey did not disclose the price.