The methodology behind FidesBeacon, written out at length.
Each article below explains, in substantive detail, one of the analytical commitments that distinguishes FidesBeacon from general-purpose legal AI tools. These are not blog posts. They are the long-form arguments behind the claims on the homepage and the methodology page. If you are a lawyer evaluating whether FidesBeacon is serious about defensibility, start here.
Why every AI-assisted legal deliverable needs a citation-verification audit before it touches a filing, and what one looks like in practice. The reference point is the line of cases beginning with Mata v. Avianca, where attorneys were sanctioned for filing briefs containing fabricated case citations produced by general-purpose AI tools. This article is the long-form defense of the Citation Verifier on the methodology page.
What RFC 3161 timestamping is, why it matters for litigation work product, and how FidesBeacon applies it to every paid deliverable. A trusted third-party timestamp authority signs a hash of the finished work; opposing counsel can verify the signature without trusting Webnet Media's own systems. The chain of custody holds.
Why every Trial-tier FidesBeacon deliverable passes through a second AI model in a different family before release, and what the review memo contains. The second model is instructed to find weak inferences, mischaracterized citations, and overconfident claims in the first model's output. Disagreements are surfaced inline in the deliverable rather than hidden. The structural answer to the Berkheimer "black-box AI" challenge.
A seven-component framework plaintiff firms can use to make the accept-or-decline decision at intake, before partner time gets committed. The framework underlies the D42 Pre-Suit Case Viability Memo deliverable: claim-type identification, elements assessment, damages-range estimate, statute of limitations posture, defense exposure prediction, source-of- proof inventory, and the recommendation itself.
Why defense-cost erosion of limits is the most under-flagged issue in insurance tower analysis, and what a structured coverage tower exhaustion brief covers. The underlying methodology behind the D40 Coverage Tower Exhaustion Brief deliverable for insurance-coverage litigators.
The Free First Matter Program produces one Foundation-tier deliverable at no cost for firms that have never engaged FidesBeacon before. Same Citation Verifier, same audit trail, same RFC 3161 timestamps. Up to 300 documents. 72-hour turnaround.
