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Notes from the verification frontier.
Why cited-to-source beats confident-and-wrong, how to read a fact matrix, and how agentic drafting checks its own authorities.
- Verification··5 min read
Why cited-to-source beats confident-and-wrong
A general chatbot will answer any legal question with total confidence, including the ones it's making up. The only durable defense is a citation you can open.
Read → - Litigation··4 min read
How to read a fact matrix (and why it changes discovery)
The fact matrix is the quiet workhorse of modern litigation prep: every fact, every source, in one filterable grid. Here's how to use it.
Read → - Drafting··5 min read
How agentic drafting checks its own authorities
A drafting agent that doesn't verify its own citations is just a faster way to make a dangerous mistake. Here's what "showing its work" really requires.
Read → - Guides··6 min read
The solo attorney's guide to safe legal AI
You're the attorney, the paralegal, and the person who catches the mistakes. Here's how to get leverage from AI without betting your bar card on it.
Read → - Appellate··5 min read
What preservation really requires on appeal
The best appellate argument in the world is worthless if the issue wasn't preserved below. Here's how to check before you write.
Read → - Industry··4 min read
The bolt-on AI problem in legal software
Most legal tools added an "AI" button to a product designed before AI existed. Matter-centric, verification-first design is a different animal.
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