Contract review
Compares incoming clauses against the recorded positions and returns the exceptions as a short list, so a reviewer opens a document with the argument already framed.
Tools
Luminance, Robin AI, Icertis, Ironclad, Agiloft
Outcomes
Review starts from the exceptions • Every agreement has a recorded position • Clauses outside the standard escalated • Agreed wording saved as precedent
Documentation
Instruction-ready detail below
What breaks: the review queue is a folder of documents named by whoever uploaded them, so a contract can sit at the bottom since the deal was signed. The paralegal chases the counterparty for a clean copy, and the business finds out about the delay because the start date moved. What the workflow does: it reads the incoming document, pulls the counterparty, the value, the term, and the clause set, then compares each clause against the recorded position. Clauses that match clear straight through. Clauses that differ come back as a list showing the wording we received next to the wording we wanted with a one-line note on why it matters, so the reviewer starts from the exceptions rather than the whole document. Anything above the approval threshold, carrying a non-standard term, or repeating a position already pushed back on routes to a named lawyer with the reason written next to it. The agreed position is written to the precedent file when the review closes. What a person still approves: a lawyer accepts, amends, or rejects each flagged position, and only that decision updates the record.