As BriefCatch founder Ross Guberman says, AI makes citation mistakes look more persuasive than ever. That's why BriefCatch combined writing, verification, and training tools into one unified suite to help legal professionals review their work before it reaches a client, court, or opposing counsel. Andrew Adams, partner and chief administrative officer at DarrowEverett LLP, agrees that hallucinations and unauthorized AI use are serious risks facing today’s legal industry. Read why Adams views BriefCatch's new upgrade as an essential innovation, and why he says this type of citation review has already become “standard practice” in litigation. https://lnkd.in/gh2jZWYA #legalwriting #legalbriefs #legalindustry #AI #litigation
BriefCatch
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The legal writing tool created by expert Ross Guberman. Trusted by 45+ AmLaw 200 firms and 80+ judicial chambers
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BriefCatch is the premiere legal writing assistant, seamlessly integrating with Microsoft Word and Outlook to deliver real-time editing suggestions tailored specifically for legal. Trusted by 45+ of the AmLaw 200, 80+ federal and state judicial chambers, and tens of thousands of attorneys across the private and public sectors, BriefCatch is the go-to tool for those who require excellence in legal writing. Created by Ross Guberman, a globally recognized authority in legal writing who trains all new federal judges, BriefCatch harnesses a proprietary, patent-protected algorithm built on years of in-depth analysis of leading legal and judicial writers. With BriefCatch you can turn good writing into great writing, improve outcomes, and minimize non-recoverable editing time.
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"BriefCatch is literally like having a writing coach on your desktop." That's how Jessica Slatten, founding shareholder and co-chair of the appellate practice at Lawson Huck Gonzalez PLLC describes it. Her team uses BriefCatch to turn vague feedback into specific, measurable points that associates can fix on their own, and carry into the next draft. Read how the appellate group at Lawson Huck Gonzalez built a shared writing standard: https://lnkd.in/gzRC62cu #legaltech #legalbriefs #legalwriting
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California’s SB 574 was written in response to AI-hallucinated citations. But its text covers “any citations.” AI is only one example. In August, a court sanctioned two lawyers over a brief drafted with ChatGPT and Gemini: $1,500 for the associate who wrote it, and $2,500 for the supervising attorney who failed to verify the citations. (Southland Homes v. Lam, Aug. 2026) Carefully reviewing a brief and verifying its citations are more important than ever. Starting Jan. 1, 2027, every citation in a California filing must be personally verified by an attorney responsible for submitting it. Our FAQ covers what verification should include and what a conservative verification process looks like. Read the FAQ: https://lnkd.in/gxvE7mdY #LegalTech #SB574 #Litigation #CaliforniaLaw #AI
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California’s new citation-verification law isn’t just for AI-drafted briefs. Your quality control shouldn't be, either. The law bars court filings containing citations—any citations, AI-generated or not—that the responsible attorney hasn’t “personally verified.” We ran BriefCatch’s RealityCheck on a 2018 California Court of Appeal brief filed by top appellate counsel. Here are three flags that held up against the opinions: • The wrong court. The brief attributes Koire v. Metro Car Wash to the Court of Appeal when it’s a California Supreme Court decision. • A claim that the plaintiff never pleaded. The brief asserts that the North Coast plaintiff challenged her treatment as “sexual orientation and/or marital status discrimination.” But the Supreme Court noted in a footnote that her complaint alleged no marital-status claim; marital status was the doctors' explanation for refusing to treat her. • A factor turned into a prerequisite. Under Estate of Hilton, Supreme Court dicta may be highly persuasive when it's aimed at the lower court on remand. Yet the brief claims that that's the floor for when dicta should matter. The brief won, so these slips didn't change the outcome. But if even seasoned appellate brief-writers made these mistakes long before GenAI, what does that mean now that courts have new tools to scrutinize briefs? The California law doesn’t define “personally verified.” But the real question is no longer just whether the case exists. It's whether the case stands for what the brief says it does. Kyle Bahr Damien Charlotin Nicole Black
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California’s new citation-verification law isn’t just for AI-drafted briefs. Your quality control shouldn't be, either. The law bars court filings containing citations—any citations, AI-generated or not—that the responsible attorney hasn’t “personally verified.” We ran BriefCatch’s RealityCheck on a 2018 California Court of Appeal brief filed by top appellate counsel. Here are three flags that held up against the opinions: • The wrong court. The brief attributes Koire v. Metro Car Wash to the Court of Appeal when it’s a California Supreme Court decision. • A claim that the plaintiff never pleaded. The brief asserts that the North Coast plaintiff challenged her treatment as “sexual orientation and/or marital status discrimination.” But the Supreme Court noted in a footnote that her complaint alleged no marital-status claim; marital status was the doctors' explanation for refusing to treat her. • A factor turned into a prerequisite. Under Estate of Hilton, Supreme Court dicta may be highly persuasive when it's aimed at the lower court on remand. Yet the brief claims that that's the floor for when dicta should matter. The brief won, so these slips didn't change the outcome. But if even seasoned appellate brief-writers made these mistakes long before GenAI, what does that mean now that courts have new tools to scrutinize briefs? The California law doesn’t define “personally verified.” But the real question is no longer just whether the case exists. It's whether the case stands for what the brief says it does. Kyle Bahr Damien Charlotin Nicole Black
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California just made citation verification personal. And its new law isn't limited to AI hallucinations! Starting in January, every citation in every California court filing must be personally verified by an attorney responsible for submitting it. That raises some interesting questions: • Can attorneys still divide up cite-checking? • What exactly counts as verification? • Is confirming that a case exists enough—or must you verify what it actually holds? Our BriefCatch Chief of AI Products, Josephine Petrick, who is also a California-certified appellate specialist, explains what the new law says, what remains uncertain, and how litigators can prepare. https://lnkd.in/gu4DUGVg
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Starting January 1, 2027, every citation in every paper filed in a California court must be "personally verified" by an attorney responsible for submitting it. Attorneys not doing so could be sanctioned. AI prompted the law, but it covers every citation, not just AI-generated ones. Our new FAQ answers these questions (and more) - What counts as a "citation" under SB 574? - Is confirming a case exists enough to verify a citation? - What might a verification process for citations look like? SB 574 doesn't ask lawyers to stop using AI. It makes personal citation verification an express responsibility. Learn more about the law: https://lnkd.in/gxvE7mdY #lawtech #legalwriting #legalbriefs #sb574
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Thrilled to welcome Sofia Stamaton as our new BriefCatch Customer Success Manager and Jeffrey Buddle as our new Director of Content & Community Marketing!
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Our Customer Success team is growing almost as fast as our customer list! Welcome, Sofia Stamaton.
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Customer Success Manager at BriefCatch! 🎉 I’m especially excited to work with Baili Valencia again, and incredibly grateful to Yoel Lavie and Ross Guberman for the opportunity to join the team at such an exciting time. I’m looking forward to bringing my customer success experience to BriefCatch, supporting our customers, and helping the team grow. Excited for what’s ahead!
