Transparent Practice Economics
Predictable, seat-based billing engineered specifically for billable litigation workflows with non-custodial, mathematically verifiable data isolation.
Solo Litigator
Autonomous statutory verification engine for single counsel handling heavy motions and trial prep.
- check_circle Full Texas Code Base: All 27 statutory codes with real-time legislative amendment tracking
- check_circle SHA-256 Verbatim Engine: Cryptographic zero-hallucination guarantee on court citations
- check_circle 50 Concurrent Matters: Multi-case indexation with dedicated cryptographic salt per docket
- check_circle Rule 91a & Summary Judgment: Specialized procedural dispositive motion analysis
- check_circle Single-counsel secure enclave with standard encrypted export
- check_circle Standard SLA: 12-hour response, daily statutory syncs
Boutique & Practice Group
Full collaborative trial infrastructure for litigation boutiques and specialized commercial trial teams.
- check_circle Precedent Stacking: Upload firm historical work-product briefs, winning orders, and judge-specific motions
- check_circle Multi-Counsel Shared Workspaces: Co-counsel collaboration with fine-grained ethical walls
- check_circle Priority Axiomatic Engine: Guaranteed sub-80ms citation lookup across 10M+ Texas appellate precedents
- check_circle Dedicated Support Seats: Paralegal & Associate review accounts with redline oversight controls
- check_circle Westlaw & Lexis Citation Parity: 1-click Bluebook format exporter for Texas appellate e-filing
- check_circle Automated UTBMS LEDES matter expense billing reports
AmLaw 200 Institutional
Air-gapped on-premises or single-tenant cloud deployments with dedicated cryptographic hardware isolation.
- check_circle Air-Gapped or Single-Tenant: Dedicated AWS GovCloud or on-premises Swiss-enclave appliance
- check_circle HSM BYOK Encryption: Firm-managed hardware security module keys; zero provider visibility
- check_circle 50-State Statutory Concordance: Federal circuits, Texas, Delaware Chancery, New York Commercial Division
- check_circle Direct DMS Integration: Native connectors for iManage, NetDocuments, and OpenText
- check_circle Texas Litigation Defense SLA: 24/7 dedicated legal engineer liaison during trial hearings
- check_circle Custom Attorney-Client Privilege protocol compliance audits
Non-Custodial Client Data Affirmation
Shadow Beacon executes binding Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) and Strict Privilege Escrow Charters prior to receiving any matter data. Client filings, work product, and search queries are NEVER retained in non-volatile memory, never used to train global models, and cryptographically purged upon session detachment.
Recapture 14.8 Billable Hours Per Matter
Traditional statutory research and cite-checking consume senior associate and paralegal bandwidth on low-realization tasks. Shadow Beacon’s deterministic validation eliminates cite-checking write-downs and accelerates brief drafting with absolute accuracy.
Shadow Beacon usage can be directly itemized as computer-assisted research disbursements under LEDES L190 / A105 according to standard client engagement fee agreements.
Architectural Feature Matrix
Compare core capabilities across individual, firm, and sovereign institutional tiers.
| Statutory & AI Capability | Solo Litigator | Boutique & Group | AmLaw Institutional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory Corpus & Verification | |||
| Texas Codes (27 statutory volumes) | check | check | check |
| Multi-Jurisdiction Concordance (DE, NY, Fed Cir) | Add-on | Texas + 5th Cir | All 50 States + Federal |
| SHA-256 Verbatim Precedent Pinpoint | check | check | check |
| Procedural Rules Engines (TX TRCP 91a, MSJ, Discovery) | check | check | check |
| Security, Sovereignty & Compliance | |||
| Zero-Persistence RAM Enclaves (No Training Retention) | check | check | check |
| Executed Business Associate Agreement (BAA) | Standard Click-wrap | Standard Executed | Custom Redlined Terms |
| HSM Bring-Your-Own-Key (BYOK) Encryption | — | — | check |
| On-Premises / Air-Gapped Appliance Options | — | — | check |
| Integrations & Workflows | |||
| Brief & Motion Precedent Vault Stacking | — | Up to 2,500 filings | Unlimited Enterprise Ingest |
| DMS Connectors (iManage, NetDocs, OpenText) | — | Read-only connector | Bi-directional Native Sync |
| Dedicated Paralegal / Associate Seat Allocations | Per seat billing | 2 Included per Litigator | Flexible Practice Pooling |
| LEDES / UTBMS Export Format Support | check | check | check |
Litigator Questions on Ethics, Billing, & Privilege
Can Shadow Beacon fees be passed through as client disbursements under Texas ethics rules? expand_more
Yes. Under Texas Professional Ethics Committee Opinion 674 and ABA Formal Opinion 00-420, direct costs associated with specialized computer-assisted legal research may be billed to the client as an out-of-pocket disbursement provided the client agreed to such charges in the engagement agreement, and the fee reflects the direct cost without an unauthorized markup. Shadow Beacon outputs automated LEDES-compliant UTBMS records tagged to code L190 (Other Research) or A105 (Computerized Research) with exact matter attribution.
Does uploading an unfiled draft brief waive the Texas attorney work-product privilege?
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No. Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 192.5 protects work product prepared in anticipation of litigation. Under our non-custodial architecture, draft filings are processed exclusively in volatile memory enclave instances where no human, third-party vendor, or learning algorithm has access. Transmission is protected by AES-256-GCM encryption in transit and ephemeral memory destruction immediately following cryptographic hash compilation, legally mirroring in-chambers local computing.
How does the SHA-256 Verbatim Verification eliminate hallucinated citations? expand_more
Unlike generalized LLMs that predict the most likely subsequent token, Shadow Beacon executes an immutable dual-pass verification pipeline. When a brief or citation is analyzed, every pin-cite is queried against the authoritative Texas Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals statutory repositories. If an exact character-match hash match cannot be proven against the official law report database, the engine strictly suppresses the reference and flags the discrepancy.
What occurs if our firm needs to sever access or cancel during active litigation? expand_more
You retain complete ownership of all created dockets, precedent indices, and citation logs. Upon written notice or account termination, you may immediately export all matter repositories in standard PDF/A and Bluebook TXT archives. Within 72 hours of account termination, all tenant-isolated storage buckets undergo DOD 5220.22-M cryptographic erasure, accompanied by an executed Certificate of Sanitization for your compliance file.
Arm Your Chambers with Cryptographic Precision
Join leading Texas trial groups and commercial litigation practices that rely on Shadow Beacon for flawless dispositive motion drafting.