OAKLAND, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Everlaw, the AI-powered litigation and investigation platform, today released its 2026 Legal AI Adoption & Impact Report, revealing that generative AI has crossed a major adoption threshold in the legal industry. Nearly half (49%) of legal professionals surveyed are actively using generative AI, up 12 percentage points from last year. The latest report from Everlaw, the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), and the International Legal Te