Ford Motor Co. General Counsel Steven Croley has signalled that the carmaker’s in-house legal team is moving faster on AI than its external counsel, warning law firms that future relationships will favour those delivering measurable productivity gains. Writing in Bloomberg Law, Croley said Ford now deploys AI agents across the full spectrum of its legal practice areas and questioned why standard rate hikes continue without evident AI-driven efficiencies. He suggested smaller firms may pivot faster than Big Law, and warned that Ford will curtail relationships with firms that lag behind.
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