Ropes & Gray lets more attorneys count AI testing as billable

Ropes & Gray expanded its policy to let more than 1,000 associates and counsel credit 100 hours of AI experimentation and training toward billable requirements; last year only first-year associates could devote up to 20% of billable hours to AI testing. The firm invested over 35,000 associate hours in AI time this year.

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