DIGITARISE

Legal, measured.

The web systems of large US law firms, observed from the outside: response times, what they expose to assistive technology, and what they load before anyone consents. 32 homepages measured, explorable below, dataset downloadable.

The observatory

32 homepages · rev A · 2026-07-20
Median trackers1
≥1 tracker29/32
Any consent signal20/32
  1. 01Covington56/1003rd-party20trackers1pre-cookies2
  2. 02Latham & Watkins63/1003rd-party13trackers0pre-cookies14
  3. 03Norton Rose Fulbright63/1003rd-party15trackers3pre-cookies3
  4. 04Orrick66/1003rd-party11trackers3pre-cookies4
  5. 05Cooley68/1003rd-party8trackers1pre-cookies4
  6. 06Sullivan & Cromwell74/1003rd-party6trackers1pre-cookies2
  7. 07Baker McKenzie75/1003rd-party6trackers3pre-cookies3
  8. 08Davis Polk75/1003rd-party6trackers2pre-cookies0
  9. 09Foley & Lardner75/1003rd-party7trackers1pre-cookies1
  10. 10Paul Weiss76/1003rd-party6trackers1pre-cookies1
  11. 11WilmerHale78/1003rd-party6trackers1pre-cookies5
  12. 12Perkins Coie78/1003rd-party3trackers1pre-cookies2
  13. 13Hogan Lovells79/1003rd-party7trackers1pre-cookies4
  14. 14Morrison Foerster79/1003rd-party8trackers0pre-cookies0
  15. 15Jones Day80/1003rd-party11trackers1pre-cookies1
  16. 16Skadden82/1003rd-party6trackers1pre-cookies3
  17. 17Sidley Austin82/1003rd-party9trackers1pre-cookies1
  18. 18Simpson Thacher82/1003rd-party2trackers1pre-cookies1
  19. 19Milbank82/1003rd-party3trackers1pre-cookies0
  20. 20Gibson Dunn83/1003rd-party7trackers2pre-cookies0
  21. 21Cravath83/1003rd-party0trackers2pre-cookies0
  22. 22Mayer Brown84/1003rd-party8trackers1pre-cookies1
  23. 23Cleary Gottlieb85/1003rd-party7trackers1pre-cookies1
  24. 24McDermott Will & Emery86/1003rd-party0trackers0pre-cookies2
  25. 25Morgan Lewis87/1003rd-party7trackers1pre-cookies0
  26. 26Goodwin87/1003rd-party7trackers1pre-cookies0
  27. 27Winston & Strawn87/1003rd-party7trackers1pre-cookies0
  28. 28Kirkland & Ellis88/1003rd-party6trackers1pre-cookies0
  29. 29A&O Shearman88/1003rd-party3trackers1pre-cookies2
  30. 30Weil Gotshal91/1003rd-party4trackers1pre-cookies0
  31. 31King & Spalding92/1003rd-party3trackers1pre-cookies0
  32. 32Debevoise95/1003rd-party1trackers1pre-cookies0

32 of 38 US law firms (large-firm segment) homepages · measured 2026-07-20 · score = transparent composite of the raw signals in each row

Switch the dimension to re-rank the sector. Every score is a transparent composite of the raw signals in the same row. Download the dataset (JSON) →

Against healthcare

same method · both sectors

Both sectors were measured with the identical script and method, so the comparison is legitimate. Switch metrics and the ranking flips: law firms answer faster and carry fewer third parties, and they show consent mechanisms far more often — while shipping recognised trackers on almost twice the share of homepages.

Share exposing a detectable consent platform. Higher is the better posture — the visitor is at least asked.

Healthcaren = 2924%
Legaln = 3263%
DTC ecommercen = 2167%

DTC ecommerce holds the best posture here — 67% against 24% and 63%.

Higher is better · all sectors measured with the same script and method · 2026-07-20

Instrument — two measured verticals, one metric at a time.

Analyses

sector sheet

38 firms sampled, 32 measured. 6 excluded and named — not quietly dropped.

Read the methodology