https://jurisville.com/ Jurisville is a quick, plain-English read on the commercial stories worth knowing, built for students heading into law, finance or tech. en-GB Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://jurisville.com/posts/kirkland-stops-disclosing-earnings.html https://jurisville.com/posts/kirkland-stops-disclosing-earnings.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Kirkland became the first law firm to pass $10 billion in revenue. It has now decided to stop telling anyone what it earns, at exactly the moment clients are questioning their bills. Law Finance https://jurisville.com/posts/ai-law-firm-pricing.html https://jurisville.com/posts/ai-law-firm-pricing.html Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Research that once took hours now takes minutes. For firms that sell time, that efficiency is not obviously good news, and their clients have started asking who the savings belong to. 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