How we verify · Trust
Methodology
This is a legal-intelligence instrument, not a news feed. Every public item is classified and traced to a verifiable source before it can carry legal authority. Here is exactly how.
Verification levels
Each development is placed at one of three levels. Only the first two ever reach the public legal-authority layer.
Official — verified
Sourced from an official authority (regulator, court, legislature) with a traceable URL and date. Publishable.
Corroborated
Reported by multiple serious, reputable legal-regulatory sources that agree. Publishable with its source trail.
Discovery-only
A single, weak, informal, or unverified lead. Stays admin-only until an official source or corroboration is found — it never appears as public legal news.
Authority classification
Legal weight is never flattened. Each item is labeled so a reader can tell binding law from everything softer at a glance.
Binding law
In force and legally binding (e.g. a regulation, statute, or final rule).
Proposed law
Draft or pending legislation not yet in force.
Agency guidance
Interpretive or advisory material from an authority — persuasive, not binding by itself.
Enforcement
Concrete action: a decision, order, settlement, or case.
Soft law
Frameworks, recommendations, and policy instruments without direct binding force.
Standards
Technical norms (ISO/IEC, CEN/CENELEC) — binding only where law incorporates them.
How every item is classified
1 · Authority
What kind of legal signal is this — binding, proposed, guidance, enforcement, soft law, or standards?
2 · Source trail
Can the claim be traced to a real source? Every public entry links to institution, official URL, and date.
3 · Verification posture
Is it source-verified? Public items come from official or corroborated sources before publication; discovery leads stay outside the public authority layer.
4 · Regional structure
Where does it belong? Europe and United States coverage stay separate, structured by jurisdiction, not by generic AI news.
What we never do
Invent publications, dates, or source-backed claims.
Auto-publish weak, informal, or unverified leads.
Present algorithm-generated text as legal analysis.