How BriefCatch Uses Artificial Intelligence

At BriefCatch, we use advanced technologies to enhance legal writing, including optional features that leverage artificial intelligence and related technologies. Our approach to AI is guided by three core principles: 

  • You are always in control. BriefCatch gives you and your organization full control over whether generative AI features are activated. 
  • Your information is never retained. We never store your documents, prompts, or responses, eliminating any risk of disclosure. No one at BriefCatch can access your work product.
  • Your data is never used for AI training. If you opt into the use of generative AI features, your data is never used to improve models or train AI systems.

How AI Is Used in Our Product

BriefCatch Editing

BriefCatch helps legal professionals improve their writing skills and create more persuasive and effective documents. The system works by analyzing written documents and emails and providing users with real-time feedback on elements such as sentence length, readability, and word choice. The software analyzes text for tone, readability, and grammar.

BriefCatch delivers editing suggestions in two ways:

  • BriefCatch uses traditional algorithmic methods to create suggestions based on tens of thousands of writing rules. These suggestions are delivered without the use of Generative AI.
  • At your option, BriefCatch can also process your document using Generative AI to deliver advanced suggestions including Bluebook citation style and contract analysis.

BriefChat Advisor (Optional AI Feature)

BriefChat is an interactive writing advisor available in Word and Outlook. This feature provides real-time writing insights based on the expertise of BriefCatch’s founder, Ross Guberman. 

BriefChat only has access to your prompts, and does not have access to any Word document or Outlook message. Your prompts and responses are not stored, nor can they be seen by anyone at BriefCatch.

What generative AI services are used?

All BriefCatch generative AI processing happens in a private instance within Microsoft Azure, using a variety of large and small language models. Other than Microsoft, no third-party hosted services (such as OpenAI’s direct AI) are ever used.

How do I control the application of generative AI in BriefCatch?

BriefCatch enterprise administrators must expressly activate generative AI features in order for them to be available to any user. Access can be activated firm-wide or with exclusions of particular individuals.

By default, individual BriefCatch users must initiate AI processing for every document, unless they expressly activate automatic processing.

How is my data secured?

All connections to and from all BriefCatch products are encrypted in transit and at rest. We do not collect, log, or retain the text from your documents.  No one can use, view, or reconstruct any of your document text at any point in processing.

How long is my data retained?

Neither your documents nor their contents are ever retained. Retention of your personal information (like the name and email address you use to access the platform) is retained subject to our company Privacy Policy. Read our full Privacy Policy here: https://briefcatch.com/privacy-policy/.

Confidential Content

BriefChat is not intended for processing confidential, sensitive, privileged, non-public, or otherwise protected information. LawCatch disclaims any liability for the unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of any information contained in the documents you upload.

Intellectual Property

It is your responsibility to ensure that any materials you upload to BriefChat do not contain confidential, sensitive, privileged, non-public, or otherwise protected information. You bear sole responsibility for the content of the information you share on the platform. LawCatch expressly disclaims any liability for unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of the information in the documents you upload.

Our AI Philosophy

At BriefCatch, we believe that AI should be a tool for empowerment, not a source of risk or uncertainty. Our commitment to Responsible AI is built on three foundational pillars:

Innovating to Serve Our Users

  • We prioritize user needs over trends, ensuring that AI features are practical, effective, and aligned with the legal profession’s highest standards.
  • Every AI-driven enhancement is designed to elevate legal writing clarity, precision, and efficiency—not to replace human expertise.

Safeguarding User Data & Trust

  • Privacy is paramount—your documents and prompts are never stored, shared, or used for AI training.
  • We deploy AI only in a secure, private Microsoft Azure environment with enterprise-grade encryption.
  • Our policies align with legal industry compliance standards, ensuring our AI features meet the needs of firms with strict security requirements.

Ensuring User Autonomy

  • You decide how AI is used. AI-driven features are always optional and can be turned on or off at both the organization and individual user levels.
  • AI suggestions are never applied automatically—you remain in full control of every edit and recommendation.
  • Our transparency-first approach ensures that you always know when AI is being used and what it’s doing.

 

By upholding these principles, we ensure that BriefCatch remains a trusted, secure, and user-centered legal writing tool.