diff --git a/mcp-server/src/legal_mcp/services/db.py b/mcp-server/src/legal_mcp/services/db.py
index 5964f78..45669fe 100644
--- a/mcp-server/src/legal_mcp/services/db.py
+++ b/mcp-server/src/legal_mcp/services/db.py
@@ -4534,7 +4534,16 @@ async def update_case_law(case_law_id: UUID, **fields) -> dict | None:
         params.append(v)
     sql = f"UPDATE case_law SET {', '.join(set_parts)} WHERE id = $1 RETURNING *"
     row = await pool.fetchrow(sql, *params)
-    return _row_to_case_law(row) if row else None
+    if row is None:
+        return None
+    # `searchable` is a DERIVED completeness flag (INV-DM1). It is computed at
+    # ingest end and after the Gemini metadata extractor — but internal-committee
+    # decisions skip Gemini, so when their summary/tags/metadata are filled later
+    # (manual edit, deterministic enrichment) the flag would otherwise go stale
+    # and the row stays invisible to RAG. Recompute at this write so the derived
+    # value never drifts from the content (G1: normalize at the source).
+    await recompute_searchable(case_law_id)
+    return await get_case_law(case_law_id)
 
 
 async def set_case_law_extraction_status(case_law_id: UUID, status: str) -> None: