No AI. Just Verification.
Catch fake citations before you file.
Verify cases and quoted language directly against court records. No AI. No hallucinations.
Verifies that citations and quotes exist. Does NOT assess legal correctness.
Check citations (free)
For lawyers and paralegals who need fast, no‑AI citation and quote verification with GhostCite / CourtRecordChecker.
AI governance for firms
For partners and firm leaders who need policies, workflows, and evidence practices to adopt AI safely.
AI skills for paralegals
For paralegals who want to use AI effectively while staying within ethics and confidentiality rules.
Why this matters
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Courts have sanctioned attorneys for filing fabricated citations. “My AI generated it” has not been accepted as a defense.
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AI drafting tools hallucinate. Citations look structurally valid. The cases don’t exist. Quoted text doesn’t appear in the opinion.
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You are still responsible. The duty of candor is yours regardless of what tool generated the draft.
What it catches
Fake or non-existent cases
The case name and reporter look right. The case doesn’t exist in the court record.
Wrong citations
Incorrect volume, year, or reporter. Structurally valid, factually wrong.
Quotes not in the opinion
Verbatim check against the actual opinion text. If the quote isn’t there, we flag it.
Why AI‑safe drafting and governance matter now
AI adoption is accelerating
Growing firms are more likely to use AI tools, and most legal professionals plan to increase AI use over the next year — without always increasing oversight at the same pace.
Malpractice exposure is rising
Insurers and risk advisors identify hallucinated citations, unchecked AI output, and inadequate supervision as emerging malpractice risks for firms using generative AI in practice.
Staff are ahead of policy
Paralegals and legal operations staff are adopting generative AI faster than attorneys — often without structured training, clear guidelines, or defined review workflows.
For law firms and litigation teams
AI Systems Analysis for Litigation
When the opposing party’s evidence involves an AI system, you need a technical expert who can explain what the system did, why, and whether it can be reproduced. Flat-fee technical memos. No retainer.
Learn about consulting →Questions from cautious lawyers
Is this an AI tool?
No. GhostCite uses no AI. There is nothing to hallucinate.
Does this replace reading the case?
No. It confirms the citation is real and the quote is there. Reading the case for substance is still on you.
How is this different from Lexis+ AI or CoCounsel?
Those tools use AI. GhostCite uses no AI. It checks citations against CourtListener. Simple, transparent, free.
Why is it free?
CourtListener provides free API access to federal court records. We built this for ourselves and are sharing it. No data selling. The core checker will always be free.
About
Rule26 AI is named for the federal disclosure obligation attorneys already know. GhostCite exists to close the Verification Gap: the distance between what an AI tool claims a source says, and what that source actually contains.
We also support Youth for Responsible AI, a community initiative making space for young people, especially those outside elite institutions, to shape how AI affects their lives.
Salma Saad — Founder & Principal, Legal AI Systems and Verification. She brings more than 30 years of software engineering and technical leadership experience, including Director‑level roles in enterprise environments subject to strict regulatory and compliance requirements. Her work now focuses on building verification‑first tools and technical analyses that help litigation teams understand how AI systems behave, how they fail, and how to document those risks clearly for courts and regulators.
Salma leads all technical system reviews and verification tooling used in our litigation support work.
Fatima Hussain — Director of Research & Governance Strategy, working across research, strategy, and product positioning at the intersection of AI systems, governance, and institutional risk. Her background in Political Science and Management Information Systems informs her focus: translating emerging AI and privacy frameworks into practical controls that institutions can implement, and identifying gaps where technical systems fall short of regulatory expectations. She supports litigation‑focused clients by mapping how AI tools are actually used in practice to the duties and disclosure obligations they already face.
Fatima leads the research that connects AI and privacy frameworks to real‑world litigation and governance questions.
Training
AI Training for Paralegals and Governance Professionals
Two tracks: a 90‑minute live workshop on AI skills for paralegals, and a governance course for risk officers and technically inclined lawyers using Claude Code.