MEJEPA / VOL · I · № 01
VERDICT №0001 · LITIGATION FOLIO
[email protected] · RULE 11 · ABA 512
№ 01 — Folio for Litigators

Stop a Mata v. Avianca.

Send the filing. In 48 hours, Mejepa returns a signed verification packet — every citation checked, every quote matched to source, every unsupported claim flagged. Admissible as evidence of pre-filing diligence.

48 hr standard turnaround Rule 11 diligence record ABA Op 512 competence duty $31–$100k+ per-case sanction risk we prevent
FILING VERDICT · MATTER №24-CV-0917 · 2026-05-09T16:42Z VERIFIABLE OFFLINE — 30 SEC
Pass 12 of 14 citations verified against Westlaw + PACER source text sig 0x9a3f…d7c1
Fail "Smith v. Allianz, 947 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2020)" — no such case exists sig 0x7e21…b9f0
Abstain Quoted passage from Restatement (Third) § 7.04 — text mismatch, requires attorney review sig 0x4c08…2a1e
Pass Statutory citation 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) — verbatim match · diversity threshold confirmed sig 0x1d77…5b3a
§1 THE BURNING PROBLEM

The hallucination is in the filing. The sanction is in the headline.

Lawyers are using AI for research, drafting, and filing prep. The failure mode is personal and immediate: fabricated citations, fictional quotes, unsupported claims, sanctions, malpractice exposure, and bar complaints — under your name on the docket.

By the end of 2025, courts had documented over 729 distinct AI-hallucination incidents in filed briefs. Sanctions per case now reach $31,000 to $100,000+. In Johnson v. Dunn (N.D. Ala., July 2025), the court issued sanctions, disqualified counsel, and notified the state bar. Mata v. Avianca made the genre famous; the cases since have made it routine.

The ABA's Formal Opinion 512 reframed AI use as a Rule 1.1 competence duty. Standing orders in N.D. Tex., the 5th Circuit, and dozens of district courts now require explicit AI-use certifications in filings. Malpractice insurers are repricing premiums accordingly.

None of the existing safeguards — internal review, paralegal cite-checking, "I'll just double-check it myself" — produce a signed record that the verification happened before filing. Without that record, your defense to a sanction motion is your word against the docket.

Mejepa is that record.

§2 THE OFFER

One filing. Fixed price. 48 hours.

Choose Express for the AI-only signed packet, or Counsel-Reviewed when the matter warrants attorney sign-off on the verification itself.

Express Verification

$750 / document · flat

Mejepa's frozen instruments + conformal guard process the filing end-to-end. Signed verification packet returned in 24 hours. Every citation matched to source; every unsupported claim flagged; every passage requiring further review enumerated.

24-hour turnaround Signed · ED25519

Counsel-Reviewed Verification

$2,500 / document · flat

Express packet plus attorney review of edge cases, ambiguous quotes, and discretionary citations. The reviewing attorney's sign-off is part of the witness chain. Recommended for filings in courts with explicit AI-disclosure standing orders.

48-hour turnaround Signed · Attorney-Witnessed
01 · SUBMIT

Send the filing as PDF or DOCX via secure upload. Optional: provide a citation manifest or note which sources the AI used.

02 · VERIFY

Mejepa runs the document through 13 frozen instruments, matches citations against Westlaw, Lexis, and PACER, and produces a per-claim verdict.

03 · REVIEW

A human reviewer inspects the abstention queue, edge cases, and any failed verdicts. Counsel-Reviewed tier adds attorney sign-off.

04 · DELIVER

Signed PDF packet + machine-verifiable JSON witness chain. Both can be replayed and verified offline by any auditor or court.

§3 A REAL PACKET

What you actually get back.

Below: a redacted extract from a Counsel-Reviewed Verification packet. PDF cover, witness-chain JSON, signature block, and the human reviewer's seal. Both the PDF and the JSON can be verified offline by any party using Mejepa's published public key.

MEJEPA WITNESS PACKET · COUNSEL-REVIEWED · TIER II PACKET HASH 0x9a3f…d7c1
PDF COVER · EXCERPT
VERIFICATION OF AI-ASSISTED FILING
In re: Matter № 24-CV-0917 · Reply Brief · 12 pages
Citations checked14
Verified · PASS12
Fabricated · FAIL1
Inconclusive · ABSTAIN1
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  "issued":   "2026-05-09T16:42:18Z",
  "matter":   "24-CV-0917",
  "tier":     "counsel-reviewed",
  "verdicts": {
    "pass": 12, "fail": 1, "abstain": 1
  },
  "reviewer": {
    "role":  "Attorney-Witness",
    "bar":   "OH-1234567",
    "sig":   "0x9a3f...d7c1"
  },
  "instruments": 13,
  "coverage":    0.94,
  "chain_prev":  "0x4c08...2a1e",
  "chain_next":  "0x7e21...b9f0",
  "ed25519_sig": "0x... (264 bytes)"
}
Mejepa's public verification key is published at mejepa.com/keys. Any party — opposing counsel, court, malpractice insurer, bar grievance committee — can verify the packet offline using standard ed25519 tooling.
Packets are issued under Mejepa's Counsel-Reviewed tier with a licensed attorney as the human reviewer. The reviewer's bar admission is recorded in the witness chain.
Mejepa does not retain or transmit the underlying client matter beyond what is necessary to produce the packet. Source documents are destroyed within 30 days of delivery unless otherwise contracted.
§4 THE EXCHANGE

What you send. What you get back.

YOU SEND
  • §a One AI-assisted brief, memo, motion, or filing
  • §b Optional citation manifest from the AI tool used
  • §c Matter caption + jurisdiction (for standing-order checks)
  • §d Tier selection · Express ($750) or Counsel-Reviewed ($2,500)
YOU GET BACK
  • §a Signed verification cover (PDF) — per-claim verdict log
  • §b Machine-verifiable JSON witness chain · ed25519
  • §c Citation-by-citation source comparison appendix
  • §d Sanctions-defense memorandum for the matter file
§5 WHAT WE PROMISE · WHAT WE'RE BUILDING

What ships today. What's on the roadmap.

The packet you buy this week is built on shipping, published primitives. The vision below names where the methodology goes next — flagged as roadmap, never promised under contract.

Today · The promise
  • AgentClaimGraph reconciliation — a deterministic, no-LLM parser maps each cited authority into one of five statuses: Confirmed, Missing, SuperficialMatch, AmbiguousRef, Unverifiable.
  • Abstain-by-design — five verdict classes; the system refuses to commit when the conformal interval is too wide. The abstention itself is signed.
  • External frozen instruments declared by TOML domain pack — the list is the contract. Not learned, not hidden, not vendor-internal.
  • Witness chain — SHAKE-256 hashed, ed25519 segment-signed, append-only. Private key never leaves operator hardware.
  • Published methodology — Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19977981. Cite the paper, not the vendor pitch.
Tomorrow · The vision
  • ME-JEPA-Legal domain pack — purpose-built embedders for legal language, statutory citation, and pleading-paper structure. Beyond the code-domain instruments shipping today.
  • Counterfactual minimum edit — the smallest change to a filing that would have made it survive Rule 11.
  • File-and-sign API — court-filing systems pull verification packets at submission time. Sanctions-defense by default.
  • Malpractice carrier integration — premium discounts triggered by per-filing Mejepa coverage.
Roadmap items are sold as direction, not delivered as features.
§6 FREQUENTLY ASKED

Litigators ask. Mejepa answers.

How do I prevent a Mata v. Avianca-style sanction when using AI?

Mata v. Avianca (S.D.N.Y. 2023) imposed sanctions on counsel who filed AI-generated citations to cases that did not exist. By end of 2025, courts documented over 729 hallucination incidents in filed briefs; per-case sanctions reached $31,000–$100,000+ (Johnson v. Dunn, N.D. Ala., July 2025). Submit your AI-assisted filing to Mejepa before filing — every citation reconciled to Westlaw, Lexis, and PACER source text; every quote matched verbatim; every unsupported claim flagged; signed packet admissible as evidence of pre-filing diligence.

What is AI filing verification?

AI filing verification is the productized service of checking an AI-assisted brief, motion, or memo against authoritative sources before filing. Mejepa produces a signed verification packet — PDF cover with per-claim verdict log, machine-verifiable JSON witness chain (ed25519), citation-by-citation source comparison, and a sanctions-defense memorandum. Delivered in 48 hours. Verifiable offline by opposing counsel, the court, malpractice insurers, and bar grievance committees without contacting Mejepa.

How does Mejepa check AI-generated citations?

Mejepa uses AgentClaimGraph — a deterministic, no-LLM parser — to map each cited authority into one of five statuses: Confirmed (matched to source text), Missing (no such case exists), SuperficialMatch (case exists but quote does not match), AmbiguousRef (incomplete or unparseable), or Unverifiable (no authoritative source available). Source-of-truth checks run against Westlaw, Lexis, PACER, and the U.S. Code. No LLM judges your filing.

Does ABA Formal Opinion 512 require AI verification for lawyers?

ABA Formal Opinion 512 (July 2024) reframed AI use as a Rule 1.1 competence duty. Lawyers using AI-assisted research must take reasonable steps to verify outputs before filing. Standing orders in N.D. Tex., the 5th Circuit, and dozens of district courts now require AI-use certifications. Mejepa produces the signed pre-filing diligence record that operationalizes that duty — a defensible artifact for sanctions motions and bar complaints.

How long does it take to verify an AI-assisted brief?

Two tiers. Express ($750): signed packet within 24 hours, AI-only. Counsel-Reviewed ($2,500): signed packet within 48 hours; adds an attorney-witness signature to the ed25519 witness chain with the reviewing attorney's bar admission recorded as part of the chain. Counsel-Reviewed is recommended for filings in courts with AI-disclosure standing orders.

How much does AI filing verification cost?

Productized fixed-scope pricing: $750 Express (AI-only, 24-hour) or $2,500 Counsel-Reviewed (AI + attorney-witness, 48-hour). Both cover one document end-to-end. Volume pricing available for AmLaw firms processing multiple filings per month. Compare: per-hour associate cite-checking ($300–$1,000/hr) produces no replayable signed record; Johnson v. Dunn sanctions reached six figures per case.

Can opposing counsel verify the Mejepa packet themselves?

Yes. Every packet ships with a JSON witness chain signed by an ed25519 key. The Mejepa public key is published at mejepa.com/keys. Opposing counsel, the court, malpractice insurers, and state bar grievance committees verify the packet offline in approximately 30 seconds with standard ed25519 tooling — without contacting Mejepa or trusting the vendor. This verifiable-by-anyone property is the durable difference from a self-attested AI review.

§5 NEXT

Send the filing. We return the packet.

One AI-assisted brief, motion, or memo. Quoted price. Signed in 48 hours. Verifiable by opposing counsel, the court, your malpractice carrier, and the bar — offline, without trusting us.

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