The Rising Costs of Legal Research AI Upgrades: What Your Vendor Isn’t Telling You
Law firms are facing aggressive pitches for AI upgrades from Westlaw, Lexis, and other legal research platforms. Vendors promise transformation, but proposals vary wildly in scope and pricing structure.
Drawing on Research Contract Consultants’ analysis of thousands of legal research contracts, this session reveals what firms are actually paying, where proposals hide costs, and what questions leadership should demand answers to before committing budget.
We’ll expose the pricing patterns and common traps that make legal research AI upgrades needlessly expensive—and show how independent contract review has saved firms millions in unnecessary spending. You’ll leave with a practical checklist of questions to ask vendors, red flags to watch for, and strategies to protect your budget while still getting the capabilities your attorneys need.
