Disclosure
Contract help, not legal advice
What Clause does
- Tell you what a clause says, quoted from your own document.
- Explain what it does to you, in plain language, using the numbers in your contract.
- Tell you what is standard for that kind of agreement.
- Write the change to ask for, in language you can paste into a reply.
What it does not do
- Represent you, or act as your attorney.
- Tell you a deal is safe to sign.
- Apply the law of your state to your specific facts.
- Take responsibility for the outcome of a negotiation or a dispute.
Using Clause does not create an attorney-client relationship, and nothing you type into it is protected by attorney-client privilege. We are not licensed to practise law and we do not.
The reviews are produced by language models. They are careful, every quote is verified against your own document before you see it, and they can still be wrong about judgement: whether a clause matters for your particular situation is a question about your business as much as about the paper.
Treat a Clause review the way you would treat a well-prepared second read from a colleague who has seen a lot of contracts. It is worth a great deal and it is not a substitute for advice.
Where the line is
When to call a lawyer
We would rather tell you to spend the money than have you rely on us for something we should not be relied on for. Use Clause first either way: arriving with the three clauses already marked turns a three hour meeting into a thirty minute one.
- Anything with a personal guarantee attached.
- Anything that touches equity, ownership or control of your company.
- Any deal where the downside is bigger than a year of your revenue.
- Employment agreements with restrictive covenants, on either side.
- Real property for more than a couple of years.
- Anything you are already in a dispute about.
Or read the terms, where this is said again in the language lawyers prefer.