CONTROLit™ by Element Standard is a litigation transparency and AI-readiness platform for civil litigation practices, built on a firm's existing Microsoft 365 environment.

Key Features & Functions:

Client transparency portal
Gives law firm clients on-demand, read-only access to the final case file, organized by litigation stage, part, and element rather than by folder or file name.

Read-only, draft-excluded access
Client access is limited to documents the firm designates as final; drafts, attorney work product, and privileged communications remain inside the firm's own environment.

Shared access across case stakeholders
Co-counsel, trial counsel, in-house teams, and the client draw from the same final-file source once a document is added, rather than each party maintaining a separate copy.

Litigation intelligence layer for AI tools
Identifies, retrieves, and assembles matter data from a firm's document management system and court dockets into a structured, de-duplicated format that AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini can query directly, without replacing the firm's existing DMS or AI tools.

Draft/final disambiguation and token optimization
Separates draft and final versions of case documents before AI tools access them, reducing the token volume required for AI queries by exposing only structured, de-duplicated final documents rather than raw, unprocessed files pulled directly from a DMS or docket.

Microsoft 365 and Azure infrastructure
Runs on Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Microsoft Azure. There is no third-party data store outside the customer's own Microsoft tenant.

Phased onboarding
The client-portal function is available without a lengthy rollout. The AI-readiness layer is implemented in phases, covering historical data ingestion, real-time docket integration, and connection to the firm's existing AI tools. Firms can pilot either function on one or two matters before expanding, under a subscription license.