Editorial Policy

Our Editorial Standards

At Hastings Law Firm, we publish informational content about medical malpractice, birth injuries, product liability, and healthcare-related negligence to help patients and families understand their legal rights. We take the accuracy and integrity of that content seriously. This editorial policy explains how our content is created, reviewed, and maintained.

We hold every piece of content on this website to the same core standards: it must be factually accurate, legally sound, clearly sourced, and written in a way that is accessible to people without a legal or medical background. Our content is informational in nature and does not constitute legal advice. It is not intended to endorse, criticize, or evaluate any specific healthcare provider, facility, or medical professional.

Who Creates Our Content

The writing team at Hastings Law Firm includes attorneys, legal professionals, medical professionals, and experienced researchers who draw on decades of collective experience. Content is developed by our dedicated content and marketing team, with final legal review conducted by our attorneys before publication.

Every author who contributes to this website is identified by name and credentials on the content they produce. We believe readers deserve to know who is behind the information they are reading and what qualifies that person to write about the subject.

How We Use Artificial Intelligence

We use AI tools as part of our content creation process. AI may be used for research, conceptualization, outlining, drafting, and structuring complex medical or legal topics. The extent of AI involvement varies by project and content type.

Regardless of how a piece of content is produced, every article, page, and resource on this website is reviewed by our editorial and legal teams before publication. That review process includes verifying factual claims against primary sources, ensuring legal accuracy under current Texas and federal law, evaluating tone, clarity, and readability, and providing final editorial and legal approval.

No content is published to this website without human review and approval.

Our Sourcing Standards

We hold ourselves to rigorous sourcing standards. Acceptable sources for our content include peer-reviewed medical and scientific studies, court filings, case law, and statutory text, government data and publications from agencies such as the CDC, FDA, NIH, and CMS, academic and nonprofit research publications, official reports from state licensing boards and regulatory agencies, and credentialed expert input from attorneys and medical professionals.

We do not rely on unverified claims, anonymous sources, user-generated content, or promotional materials from healthcare providers as the basis for factual statements. When sources conflict, we prioritize primary sources and note the conflict where appropriate.

All sources cited in our content are linked or referenced so that readers can verify the information independently.

Content Independence and Conflict of Interest

Our informational content operates independently from our legal practice. Because healthcare providers, facilities, and professionals discussed in our educational content could potentially be involved in current or future legal matters, we maintain strict editorial neutrality.

This means our content does not endorse, recommend, or promote any specific healthcare provider, hospital, or medical professional. We do not accept payment, sponsorship, or other consideration from any third party in exchange for favorable or unfavorable coverage in our informational content. Our editorial decisions are not influenced by advertising relationships, referral arrangements, or the status of any legal matter.

Factual information about healthcare providers, such as location, services offered, and publicly available data, may appear in our content where relevant to the topic. The inclusion of such information is not an endorsement or a criticism.

Our Review and Update Process

Because legal and medical landscapes evolve rapidly, we review published content at least annually and as needed when significant changes occur in relevant statutes, case law, or medical standards. When content is updated, the revision date is noted on the page.

Our review process evaluates whether cited sources remain current and accessible, whether legal information reflects the current state of Texas and federal law, whether medical information aligns with current clinical standards, and whether any factual claims require correction or clarification.

Content that can no longer be maintained to our standards may be updated, consolidated with other resources, or removed.

Corrections Policy

We are committed to correcting errors promptly. If you identify inaccurate, outdated, or misleading information on our website, please contact us using the contact form or phone number available on this site.

When a correction is warranted, we will update the content to reflect accurate information, note the nature of the correction on the page where appropriate, and make the correction as quickly as our review process allows.

We do not silently alter published content to obscure errors. Substantive corrections are acknowledged transparently.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our editorial standards, want to report an error, or would like more information about how our content is produced, please contact us through the contact form or phone number on this website.