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Hallucination Shield is a free, open-source verifier that paste-checks every citation in a legal brief against CourtListener, GovInfo, and Justia in under a minute — and returns a court-ready PDF attorneys can attach to their filing.

Why now

  • 1,455+documented AI-hallucination cases in attorney filings as of May 2026 (Damien Charlotin's public database).
  • $145,000+ in attorney sanctions imposed in Q1 2026 alone for fabricated AI citations.
  • $110,000— the single largest such sanction (Brigandi, D. Or., April 2026): 23 fabricated cases plus 8 invented quotes.
  • 300+ federal judges have AI-disclosure standing orders as of early 2026.
  • California Bar has proposed amendments to Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 1.4, 1.6, 3.3, 5.1, and 5.3 that codify a verify-every-output duty.

Founder quote

“The legal AI market just split into five clusters. The top is consolidating around Harvey at $11B. The middle just got commoditized by open source. The courts are losing patience. And every lawyer who uses any of these tools now needs a seatbelt. That's what Hallucination Shield is. Free. MIT. Built in a day.”
— Stephane Boghossian, Head of Growth, HAQQ Legal AI

Quick facts

  • Free, MIT-licensed, open source.
  • GitHub: sboghossian/hallucination-shield
  • Live: hallucination-shield.dashable.dev
  • Sources: CourtListener REST v4, GovInfo, Justia. No auth required for users.
  • Output: Brigandi Shield Report (PDF) + JSON + disclosure cover sheet.
  • Pricing: $0. Free tier 10 pages/month per anonymous user.

Contact

For LawSites / LawNext / Artificial Lawyer / Bloomberg Law / ABA Journal coverage requests: stephane@haqq.ai.