An AI legal research analyst that cites its sources

The slow part isn't reading — it's finding what to read

A partner asks whether a non-compete signed in one state is enforceable after the employee relocated to another. The answer lives in a statute, two appellate decisions, and a recent agency rule — none of which are in your subscription database, and all of which someone has to find, read, and pin down to a holding before anyone bills for an opinion. That hunting is where the afternoon goes.

The agent does the hunting. It runs the searches, opens the court site, reads the slip opinion instead of guessing from a headnote, follows the citation in footnote 14 to the case it actually relies on, and pulls the regulation text from the agency's own page. Then it writes back a memo: the question, the controlling authority, the holdings that cut each way, and a link beside every single point so you can open the source and confirm it yourself.

It is not a database and it does not replace your judgment. It is the associate who does the legwork:

• Reads full opinions and filings, not just snippets — it browses JS-heavy court portals and free docket mirrors like CourtListener's RECAP
• Pulls primary sources directly: statute text, agency rules, the actual PDF of a brief
• Calls legal APIs (CourtListener, Federal Register, your own document store) with the auth you give it
• Flags when authority conflicts or when the most recent case it found is old enough to be worth double-checking
• Keeps the research in Notes with backlinks, so the next matter on the same issue starts from what you already gathered

You read a memo with citations and decide. The agent did the searching, the reading, and the first draft of the synthesis — and showed its work so you can trust it or tear it apart.

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Frequently asked questions

Does this replace Westlaw or Lexis?

No, and it doesn't pretend to. It has no license to their proprietary databases or their editorial headnotes and Shepard's/KeyCite signals. What it does is the open-web and primary-source legwork — reading opinions on court sites, statute and regulation text, the Federal Register, free APIs like CourtListener, and your own documents — then synthesizing a cited memo. Many firms use it to scope a question fast before spending paid database time, or for matters where the primary sources are public.

How do I know it didn't make up a case?

Every claim in the memo carries a link to the source it came from, and the agent reads the actual document rather than recalling it from memory. You click the link and confirm. If it can't find authority for a point, it says it couldn't rather than inventing one. The whole design is built so you verify, not trust blindly.

Can it tell me if a case is still good law?

Not the way KeyCite or Shepard's does — it has no citator. It can tell you the most recent decision it found on the issue and flag when its newest source is old, and it can search for later cases that cite the one you're relying on. But confirming a case hasn't been overruled or distinguished is exactly the verification step it leaves to you. Treat its output as a research draft, not a final validation.

Can it work with our internal documents and prior memos?

Yes. It keeps research in Notes with backlinks, so the next matter on the same issue starts from what you already gathered. It can also read documents you put in a Google Sheet or Drive, and call your own document API if you have one. Over time the agent's memory builds up your firm's recurring questions and the authority you rely on.

What format does the research come back in?

A structured memo: the question as it understood it, the controlling authority, holdings on each side, and a link beside every point. It can deliver that in chat, email it to you, save it as a Note, or export it to a PDF for the file. You can also have it drop the cited cases into a Sheet for a research log.

How much does it cost?

$49/month or $490/year — cancel anytime. One flat price for the agent — the research, the reading, the cited memos, and the standing watches, with no per-search metering. Setup takes about four minutes and it's in public beta.

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