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.knowledge-more{grid-column:1/-1;display:flex;justify-content:flex-end;gap:2rem;padding-top:1.2rem;border-top:1px solid var(--ink);font:500 .72rem/1.4 var(--mono);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.05em}
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/* Homepage 3.0 — a clinical decision system, not a conventional law-firm landing page. */
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.hero-triage .hero-index{color:#68748a;border-color:var(--line)}
.hero-triage .hero-copy{padding:4.5rem 0 3.5rem}
.hero-triage .hero-copy .eyebrow{color:#39798d}
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.hero-confidence{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:.65rem 1.4rem;margin-top:2.2rem;font:500 .68rem/1.4 var(--mono);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.04em;color:#59667d}
.hero-confidence span{padding:.5rem 0;border-bottom:1px solid var(--line)}
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.hero-triage .triage-panel a{grid-template-columns:82px 1fr auto;gap:1rem;min-height:78px;padding:1rem 0;border-color:#ffffff35;color:#fff}
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.search-feedback{min-height:1.2em;margin:.45rem 0 0;color:#39798d;font-size:.75rem;font-weight:600}

.legal-map{background:#edf4f5;color:var(--ink);grid-template-columns:.72fr 1.28fr;align-items:start}
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.legal-map .case-list>a:hover{background:#fff}.legal-map .case-list>a>span{padding:.38rem .5rem;border:1px solid #7b879a;color:#536178;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.05em}
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.practice{background:#fff;grid-template-columns:.72fr 1.28fr;align-items:start}
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.trust-standard{padding:7rem 4vw;background:#f2eee5;color:var(--ink)}
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.trust-checks article{min-height:300px;padding:1.7rem;border-right:1px solid var(--ink);border-bottom:1px solid var(--ink)}
.trust-checks span{font:500 .67rem var(--mono);letter-spacing:.06em;color:#39798d}.trust-checks h3{font:500 2rem/1.05 var(--serif);margin:4rem 0 1rem}.trust-checks p{color:#59667b}
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/* One compact navigation system across the home page, topic pages and articles. */
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