The $500 Flat-Fee Contract Era Is Here: How General Legal and AI-Native Firms Are Resetting the Pricing Floor — And How Mid-Market Firms Compete

General Legal — built by the Casetext team and launched out of YC W2026 — is delivering $500 flat-fee contract reviews via Slack with sub-hour turnaround. That is one-quarter the previous market rate. Here's what mid-market firms should do about the price floor, the channel shift, and the new client expectation.