Release Notes
Localized Knowledge Sources: Canada, Germany, and Austria
We've added citation-backed legal knowledge for Austria (RIS), Germany (Gesetze-im-Internet), and Canada (Justice Laws & Ontario e-Laws), enabling precise, jurisdiction-specific answers directly in Assistant.
What's New
We've expanded our global legal knowledge network with new sources for three jurisdictions—Austria, Germany, and Canada.
- Austria: legislation, case law, and regulatory materials from RIS (Rechtsinformationssystem).
- Germany: federal statutes and regulations from Gesetze-im-Internet.
- Canada: federal legislation from the Justice Laws Website and Ontario legislation from Ontario e-Laws.
Why it Matters
Answers will be grounded in authoritative, jurisdiction-specific materials and returned with precise citations.
How to Use
- Within Assistant, users will ask natural-language questions or reference specific provisions.
- Harvey will retrieve relevant materials from the sources above, analyze them, and return answers with citations and deep links to the underlying documents.
- Coverage will reflect each source’s public content, and materials will be kept up to date.
- You can focus searches by jurisdiction or run broader queries across sources when appropriate.
View sample queries in our article, Knowledge Sources Overview.
FAQs
Q: Will answers include citations and links? Yes. Responses will include pinpoint citations and direct links to the relevant sections on the public sites.
Q: What languages will results appear in? Results will reflect the language of the underlying public source. You can instruct Assistant to summarize or explain in your preferred language.