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SternBench Search
What the product is
SternBench Search is the legal research database in the SternBench product family. It is used to search, filter, and read offshore judgments across the covered jurisdictions.
Typical data involved
SternBench Search is built around public-source judicial material. Typical data includes public judgments, public case metadata, search queries, and limited auth, rate-limit, and aggregate usage metadata needed to operate and protect the service. SternBench does not keep its own server-side search history or query-keyed search cache within the application. Search queries are processed by Google Vertex AI Search, and provider-side logging or analytics may apply. Search is designed for research across public-source judgments rather than for submitting firm-confidential, privileged, personal, or other sensitive matter information, and it does not depend on users uploading firm documents as part of ordinary use.
Access model
SternBench Search is available for direct use. Firm access options are available where broader institutional access is required.
Hosting and processing
SternBench Search uses Google Cloud services for search, storage, and application data. Search retrieval is delivered through Google Vertex AI Search. The web frontend is delivered through Vercel.
AI and model training
Search uses AI-assisted retrieval to improve ranking and discovery across the case law corpus. According to Google Cloud's Vertex AI Search data-governance documentation, customer data used in Vertex AI Search is not used to train foundation models. In the current Search application flow, search requests are processed through Google Vertex AI Search and are not routed by the application to general third-party LLM providers.
Access controls
Production access is restricted. Administrative access is limited to authorized internal personnel and used only for operating, maintaining, and securing the service.
Core safeguards
Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. The service is protected through access, rate-limit, and operational controls. Because Search is built on public-source judicial material and does not rely on firm document upload, its data profile is narrower than document-centric legal AI products.
Procurement and diligence
Additional security and legal materials can be provided for firm review on request, including privacy, data handling, and procurement follow-up materials.
Security Questions
Short answers to common first-pass diligence questions.
Because SternBench Search and SternBench Authority support different access patterns. Search is the direct web product; Authority is the approved integration and retrieval layer.
SternBench uses Google Cloud AI infrastructure for relevant retrieval and processing workflows, with product-specific differences in how those capabilities are applied.
No. User data is not used by SternBench to train underlying AI models.
Yes. Additional security, privacy, and procurement materials are available for firms conducting a formal review.
Use the contact route provided below for procurement, security, or legal diligence follow-up.
Security review and diligence requests
SternBench can provide additional security, privacy, and procurement materials for firms conducting a formal review of Search or Authority.