August Launches Real-Time Contradiction Tool for Lawyers

August launches Live Assist, a real-time tool that flags contradictions during depositions and client calls.

Legal AI company August released Live Assist on March 2, 2026, a feature that joins live legal conversations, transcribes them, and cross-references statements against uploaded case documents to surface contradictions in real time. The tool targets a specific gap lawyers face: the inability to simultaneously listen, strategize, and verify statements against case files during depositions and client calls. August made Live Assist available immediately to all users at no additional cost.

This launch matters because contradiction detection during live legal proceedings has historically been a manual, memory-dependent task. Live Assist automates the cross-referencing process, giving lawyers access to source-cited flags while the conversation is still in progress.

How It Works

Lawyers upload case documents to August before a conversation begins. These can include prior testimony, declarations, contracts, email productions, company policies, and earlier call transcripts.