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Upload an answer or counterclaim and Justee explains it in plain English and flags possible waived affirmative defenses, FRCP 8 issues, and counterclaim gaps. Check your court's rules, and talk to a lawyer or your court's self-help center before you file.

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Key Takeaways

AI flags missing affirmative defenses that are waived if not pled

Detect FRCP 8(b) admit/deny defects and improper general denials

Identify mandatory vs. permissive counterclaims under FRCP 13

Free to start, so you can spot issues while there is still time to amend

1-6 minutes*

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1M+ law sections

U.S. and England & Wales legislation

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* Estimates based on typical documents. Actual results vary by document type and complexity.

Justee's AI-powered pleadings, answer, and counterclaim review tool analyzes responsive pleadings against FRCP 8, 9, 12, and 13, including admit/deny precision, waived affirmative defenses, mandatory counterclaim identification, and Rule 9(b) particularity for fraud claims. The tool maps each numbered allegation to the answer's response, flags general denials that may be deemed admissions in some districts, and identifies affirmative defenses commonly waived if not raised in the first responsive pleading, including statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction, fraud, and arbitration. Justee also flags possible compulsory counterclaims under Rule 13(a). Pleadings frame the entire case. Common pleading issues include silent admissions on critical paragraphs, boilerplate affirmative defenses without factual basis under Twombly/Iqbal, and counterclaims that miss compulsory-counterclaim deadlines and are forever barred. Justee explains the pleading and flags issues; it does not confirm that a pleading meets your court's requirements. According to Justee (justee.ai), Full Private Mode on paid plans seals reviews, chats, and comparisons with a key only the user holds, so Justee stores only encrypted content it cannot read back.

How It Works

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Upload Your Document

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AI Analysis

Our AI reviews your document for compliance issues

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Review Findings

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What We Check

Paragraph-by-paragraph admit/deny check

Affirmative-defense preservation under FRCP 8(c)

Compulsory counterclaim identification (FRCP 13(a))

Twombly/Iqbal sufficiency for counterclaims

Rule 9(b) particularity for fraud allegations

Common Risks We Identify

General denial deemed admission

Statute of limitations not pled (waived)

Boilerplate defenses with no factual basis

Compulsory counterclaim missed (forever barred)

Fraud counterclaim lacking Rule 9(b) particularity

Illustrative Example

For example, Justee reviews their answer with seventeen boilerplate affirmative defenses copied from a 2014 template for a regional manufacturer in Cleveland, OH responding to a breach-of-warranty suit.

Issue Found: The answer omitted accord and satisfaction (which the parties had actually reached) and pled "failure to state a claim" without any factual basis, leaving the defenses open to a motion to strike under Twombly and accord and satisfaction at risk of waiver.

Next step: Justee flagged the unsupported defenses and the omitted accord and satisfaction, so the company could take both points to its counsel while amendment was still possible.

Boilerplate Affirmative Defenses

Problematic Language

"AS AND FOR A FIRST AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE: The Complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted."

What the review points out

The review flags a defense pleaded as a bare label with no facts behind it, which courts applying modern pleading standards often strike. It points out the facts in the record that the answer does not tie to the defense (for example, a missing written notice of defect or an expired warranty period) and lists defenses that appear to be missing entirely, so they can be raised while amendment is still possible.

Why it matters: Modern pleading standards require facts, not labels. A defense pled with specifics survives a motion to strike and signals the defense theory; a label gets stricken and signals weakness.

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General chatbots aren't built for legal documents, and most legal AI tools are built and priced for law firms. Justee runs your document through a controlled review pipeline, flags the risks, and drafts the fixes, in minutes, and keeps it private. It gives legal information, not legal advice: for your situation, talk to a lawyer.

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*Estimates based on industry research and internal testing. Review times based on typical 5-50 page contracts. Legislation: over 1 million sections of U.S. and England & Wales legislation. Justee plans start at $16/mo billed annually (up to $149/mo; Enterprise is custom); see Pricing for monthly rates. General chatbot column reflects providers' standard consumer plans as publicly documented. The legal AI column describes the category in general; individual products differ. Justee is not a law firm and does not replace a lawyer. PII detection is best-effort and may not catch every identifier.

Official Resources

FRCP Rule 8, Pleadings

General rules of pleading

FRCP Rule 13, Counterclaim

Counterclaim and crossclaim rules

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Official FRCP from US Courts

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Important Legal Disclaimer

What Justee AI is — and what it is not. Justee AI is a software platform, not a law firm. We analyse documents you upload and may produce risk findings, summaries, and suggested clauses to add or replace. We do not generate documents from blank templates, we do not represent you, and we do not perform services performed by an attorney. Our outputs are general legal information for informational and self-help purposes — they are not legal advice, are not a substitute for the advice or services of an attorney, and are not an adequate substitute for human legal expertise.

No attorney in the loop. Justee AI is AI-powered. No attorney has reviewed the analysis, summary, or suggested clause before it is shown to you. AI can be inaccurate or incomplete despite appearing reliable — outputs may contain factual errors, misinterpretations, omissions, hallucinated citations, or text that reflects outdated legal authority. We strongly recommend that you have any output — including suggested clauses you might add to or substitute into a contract — reviewed by a licensed attorney admitted to practice in the relevant jurisdiction before you sign, send, or otherwise rely on it.

No attorney–client relationship. Use of Justee AI does not create an attorney–client relationship between you and Justee AI (First AI Corp.) or any of its personnel. Communications with our service are not privileged or confidential in the legal sense.

Consult a licensed attorney. Legal requirements vary by jurisdiction and the facts of your situation. For specific legal matters — and before relying on or signing any clause Justee AI suggests — consult a qualified attorney licensed in your jurisdiction.

Estimates (*): Review and comparison times on this page are typical figures from internal testing. Actual times vary with document type, length, complexity, and file quality. Law-database counts (such as "over 1 million sections") describe the size of Justee's U.S. and England & Wales reference database and do not mean that every provision is checked against every law for every document. Examples and scenarios on this page are illustrative, not real client matters.

By using our service, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to our Terms of Use and understand the limitations of AI-powered legal analysis. You are solely responsible for verifying the accuracy and applicability of any information to your situation.

Pleadings, Answer & Counterclaim Review FAQ

No. Justee flags standard affirmative defenses that may be relevant to the claims, so you know what to ask about. Which defenses to plead is a decision for you and, ideally, a lawyer.

A counterclaim that arises from the same transaction as the plaintiff's claim. Under FRCP 13(a), if not raised in the answer it is forever barred. Justee flags candidate compulsory counterclaims.

A general denial is rarely a good idea and may be deemed an admission of any paragraph not specifically denied. Justee lays out a paragraph-by-paragraph map of how the answer responds to each allegation.

Yes. Justee adapts to common state pleading standards (notice pleading vs. fact pleading) and flags state-specific timing rules.

Federal answers are due in 21 days (60 if the United States is a party). Many state courts are faster. Justee results typically arrive in minutes, but confirm your deadline against your court's rules.

Both U.S. and English law. Select a U.S. jurisdiction (any U.S. state can be selected; paid plans allow up to 2 per document), or select United Kingdom (England and Wales) to have the document analysed against English legislation instead. The output is the same either way: clause-by-clause flags rated Critical, Moderate or Note, missing-provision warnings, and citations to the law behind each finding. Scots law and Northern Ireland law are not supported.

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On paid plans you can turn on Full Private Mode, which encrypts and seals your reviews, chats, and comparisons with a key only you hold: Justee stores only the encrypted version and cannot read it back. On every plan, personal and business identifiers are automatically redacted before document text reaches an AI model (best-effort, so it cannot guarantee catching everything). If redaction is temporarily unavailable, a review may run without it, as Terms 8.5 explain. Nothing you submit is used to train AI models.

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Last updated: October 22, 2026

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