How Halstonberg is researched, reviewed, and corrected.

Review process

Every Halstonberg article is researched from primary sources: the statutes, regulations, court filings, and agency guidance it cites. Drafting is AI-assisted; every guide then goes through editorial review before publication, and the reviewing editor is credited in the byline. Halstonberg bylines are publication pen names of the editorial team. We correct errors promptly; use the contact page to flag one. Halstonberg is an editorial publication, not a law firm, and nothing we publish is legal advice.

Citation requirements

Halstonberg cites primary sources — statutes, regulations, agency manuals, court orders, and case decisions — wherever the underlying authority exists. Secondary sources are cited only when they provide useful summary or analysis, and never as a substitute for the primary authority. Form numbers, IRC sections, MDL docket numbers, and state statute citations are checked against the current published source at the time of publication.

Update policy

Halstonberg coverage is reviewed at minimum annually, and more frequently for areas where regulatory or procedural change is active (mass tort MDLs, IRS procedural guidance). When substantive changes occur — a statute amended, an MDL settlement reached, a new rule promulgated — affected articles are updated with the change noted at the top.

Correction policy

Halstonberg corrects errors promptly. Substantive corrections — those that change the meaning of the underlying procedural or legal statement — are noted at the bottom of the article with the date and nature of the correction. Typographical and minor stylistic corrections are made silently. Readers who identify errors are encouraged to write the editorial team.

Conflict-of-interest disclosure

Halstonberg does not represent clients, accept paid placement, or sell legal referrals. Writers and reviewers disclose any material financial interest in a matter they cover, and recuse from coverage where a conflict exists. Halstonberg is structurally independent from any law firm, lead-generation company, or settlement administrator.

How we make money

Halstonberg may earn commissions from optional third-party document tools linked from some guides. Affiliate compensation does not determine what Halstonberg covers, how providers are evaluated, or where they appear in editorial analysis. We do not accept payment to alter conclusions, rankings, or legal coverage.

If you buy something after following one of those links, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Halstonberg serves no advertising.

This is the boundary we hold. No company pays to appear on Halstonberg, to be described favourably, or to be covered at all. We decide what to write about before we consider whether anything is monetisable, we write every description ourselves, and no commercial partner sees an article before it publishes. Where an affiliate link appears, the same passage states plainly when the document is the wrong tool and when the reader should see a lawyer instead — advice that costs us the commission is the point, not an oversight.

We do not place these links on articles about bankruptcy, criminal matters, eviction, debt collection, or other subjects where a reader is likely to be in distress, and we do not tell any reader which document their situation requires. That is legal advice, and we do not give it.