8am data: hourly billing still outnumbers flat fees nearly 5 to 1 at small firms
Firms billing only by the hour outnumber those billing only by flat fee by nearly 5 to 1, according to the 8am SMB Law Billing and Payments Report released October 22, 2026. The report draws on aggregate data from more than 60,000 mostly US firms using MyCase and LawPay, comparing the first half of 2026 with the first half of 2025.
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