Extract from Stephen Embry’s article, “The Defense Bar In The Age Of AI: Running A Red Queen’s Race?”
The mismatch between the talent and resources of plaintiffs’ firms and those of defense firms is widening.
“Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else — if you ran very fast for a long time, as we’ve been doing.”
“A slow sort of country!” said the Queen. “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”
“Through the Looking-Glass” (1871), Lewis Carroll
Morgan & Morgan recently announced that it will spend at least $1 billion (yes, that’s billion with a B) on legal tech and AI over the next 10 years. That ought to get the personal injury (PI) defense bar’s attention. If nothing else, that announcement reveals a fundamental shift in the personal injury and tort litigation marketplace. And the relationship between the plaintiffs’ and defense bars.
