LexisNexis® South Africa introduced Protégé TM Workflows in March 2026. A new generation of AI-enabled legal workflow tools designed to guide legal professionals through complex legal tasks in a structured, repeatable way. The introduction forms part of the broader global rollout of Lexis+® with Protégé TM , an integrated legal AI platform grounded in citable authority and designed to support end-to-end legal work within...

Beyond the billable hour: How AI is accelerating the shift to outcome-based pricing In his book, Managing The Professional Service Firm , which was first published in 1993, David Maister suggests: “ Professional firms do not sell time (although they often bill that way). Rather, their stock-in-trade is skill .” For firms operating in the legal profession, a legal skillset is hired by clients to either: conclude...