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On citation integrity and legal AI
Notes from building retrieval-first research — why it matters, how it works, and what generic legal AI gets wrong.
Lawyers sanctioned for AI-hallucinated case citations
From Mata's serving-cart knee to the Ninth Circuit's six-month suspensions — 1,400 cases worldwide and counting, told with the seriousness this deserves (not much).
Why retrieval-first is the only defensible approach to legal AI
The agent may only cite what it actually retrieved. Here is why that rule is non-negotiable — and what breaks when you ignore it.
The hallucinated citation problem
Cases that sound real, quotes that never appeared, statutes from the wrong jurisdiction. How lawyers get burned — and what to demand from any legal AI tool.
Introducing Lexora
A multi-step research loop over real legal databases, a live trace, verbatim quotes, and a verification pass. What we built and why.