Other tools fabricate citations because they're built to draft the answer for you. Our AI agents find the law that already exists. It "shows" intead of "tells", so it can't hallucinate.
Here's how it works:
Ask your question in plain language
Get the cases that are actually on point, with key passages highlighted
No summaries, no analysis - just the on-point case law
Align Research does one thing. That's the point.
Align Research won’t summarize the holding so you can skip reading it. It won’t draft your brief. It won’t tell you what to argue.
Align Research works like a real legal researcher. It finds the cases, reads them, and hands you the relevant ones, with key portions marked.
“I need to see every district court decision that’s held ….”
“Has any court in New York ever ruled that…”
“There must be a case where the court found…”
Familiar questions? Currently the way those questions gets answered is by thousands of dollars of attorney time spent digging through expensive legal research database. Why can’t AI do it? With Align Research, it can.
A clear per-task cost you pass straight through to the matter. No seat minimums. No long-term enterprise contract. No paying all year for a database you open a few times a month.
Billable legal research, transparent to the client. Use it on any matter, bill it back as a line item, and keep the savings visible.
Stop paying first year associates to look things up.
Finding caselaw should be a line item you can see, not an ever changing amount of billable hours buried in an invoice.
A defined, low cost for a defined job. Bring it in-house, or hand it to your firms and tell them to use it.
Reduce outside counsel research costs by giving your firms a tool with a known per-task price.
Align Research makes legal research spend visible, controllable, and easy to benchmark across matters.
Clients won’t pay for first year associates to run case searches anymore.They expect you to use AI. But lawyers have already been sanctioned for filing AI-drafted briefs with fictitious citations.
Courts have imposed fines, referred attorneys for disciplinary review, and ordered public disclosures — all because the tool they relied on invented law that did not exist.Thati sn’t a draft you fix.
That’s a client gone and a reputation you spent a career building, in the public record, in front of the judge.
Align Research gives clients the speed they’re demanding — without the one risk you can’t survive.
How does Align Research prevent hallucinations?
Align Research is a retrieval tool, not a generative one. It uses AI agents to search case law databases and return only decisions that already exist. Because no text is composed by AI, there is no mechanism for a fabricated case to appearin your results.
What kinds of cases does Align Research return?
Published and unpublished US federal and state court decisions from establisted case law databases. Every result includes a complete citation you can verify independently. Align Research does not produce holdings, commentary, or any original text. It doesn't "tell" you what the answer is; it "shows" you the cases that are on point.
How much does Align Research cost, and do I need a subscription?
Align Research is free to try right now — no subscription, no annual contract, and no seat minimum. Start with a set of free searches and see the results foryourself before you commit to anything.
Can I bill Align Research back to clients?
Yes. Each search has a clear, defined cost, so you can pass it through to the matter as a line item. It shows up as a transparent research expense your client can see and verify.
Is it safe for lawyers to use AI for case law research?
It depends on the tool. AI tools that compose text can invent citations, and lawyers have faced sanctions for filing briefs that relied on them. Align Research eliminates that risk entirely because it only retrieves existing, published cases. Reading and analyzing those case is left to attorneys.
How is Align Research different from Westlaw or Lexis?
Westlaw and Lexis are comprehensive research suites with annual subscriptions, seat minimums, and enterprise pricing. Align Research does one thing: finds the cases. You pay per task, with no platform commitment. It is built for firms an dlegal teams that want accurate case law search without the overhead of a full suite.
Align is the only digital case binder platform built exclusively for litigators. Founded by a former top-tier litigator, Align delivers a familiar, secure, and reliable way to prepare, organize, and present your cases.
