Writing
The archive, page 17.
587 published, 143 scheduled
- Jurisdiction updateJul 22 2025
Ireland: disclosure of AI-assisted work product
This one comes up in almost every matter review, and the answer is less settled than the confidence around it suggests.
6 min read
- Clause teardownJul 21 2025
Clause teardown: limitation of liability
We keep coming back to limitation of liability, because the cost of a miss here compounds across a portfolio.
4 min read
- Long readJul 20 2025
what legal AI gets wrong about legal work
Every review team we work with has a version of this problem. What legal AI gets wrong about legal work rarely announces itself.
9 min read
- Field guideJul 19 2025
Field guide: identifying undischarged planning conditions
Every review team we work with has a version of this problem. Identifying undischarged planning conditions rarely announces itself.
4 min read
- Practice noteJul 18 2025
Practice note: reviewing an NDA in four minutes without missing the assignment clause
We keep coming back to reviewing an NDA in four minutes without missing the assignment clause, because the cost of a miss here compounds across a portfolio.
6 min read
- BenchmarkJul 17 2025
Benchmark: defined-term consistency checking
This one comes up in almost every matter review, and the answer is less settled than the confidence around it suggests.
4 min read
- Build logJul 16 2025
Build log: keeping matter data isolated across tenants
The short version: keeping matter data isolated across tenants is easier to get wrong than most teams assume, and the failure is usually silent.
6 min read
- Jurisdiction updateJul 15 2025
Ireland: disclosure of AI-assisted work product
Every review team we work with has a version of this problem. Ireland: disclosure of AI-assisted work product rarely announces itself.
7 min read
- Clause teardownJul 14 2025
Clause teardown: survival
We keep coming back to survival, because the cost of a miss here compounds across a portfolio.
9 min read
- Long readJul 13 2025
what a legal knowledge base owes its future readers
This one comes up in almost every matter review, and the answer is less settled than the confidence around it suggests.
3 min read
- Field guideJul 12 2025
Field guide: mapping indemnity flows in a three-party structure
The short version: mapping indemnity flows in a three-party structure is easier to get wrong than most teams assume, and the failure is usually silent.
5 min read
- Practice noteJul 11 2025
Practice note: making a status report a client reads to the end
Every review team we work with has a version of this problem. Making a status report a client reads to the end rarely announces itself.
6 min read
- BenchmarkJul 10 2025
Benchmark: cross-reference validation after renumbering
We keep coming back to cross-reference validation after renumbering, because the cost of a miss here compounds across a portfolio.
8 min read
- Build logJul 9 2025
Build log: why we index definitions separately from operative text
The short version: why we index definitions separately from operative text is easier to get wrong than most teams assume, and the failure is usually silent.
4 min read
- Jurisdiction updateJul 8 2025
California: service out of jurisdiction
This one comes up in almost every matter review, and the answer is less settled than the confidence around it suggests.
9 min read
- Clause teardownJul 7 2025
Clause teardown: warranty disclaimers
We keep coming back to warranty disclaimers, because the cost of a miss here compounds across a portfolio.
4 min read
- Long readJul 6 2025
how review quality is actually measured in the wild
Every review team we work with has a version of this problem. How review quality is actually measured in the wild rarely announces itself.
9 min read
- Field guideJul 5 2025
Field guide: mapping indemnity flows in a three-party structure
The short version: mapping indemnity flows in a three-party structure is easier to get wrong than most teams assume, and the failure is usually silent.
8 min read
- Practice noteJul 4 2025
Practice note: writing an obligations register the business will maintain
This one comes up in almost every matter review, and the answer is less settled than the confidence around it suggests.
6 min read
- BenchmarkJul 3 2025
Benchmark: lease abstraction on scanned originals
We keep coming back to lease abstraction on scanned originals, because the cost of a miss here compounds across a portfolio.
5 min read
- Build logJul 2 2025
Build log: reconciling three rounds of tracked changes deterministically
Every review team we work with has a version of this problem. Reconciling three rounds of tracked changes deterministically rarely announces itself.
3 min read
- Jurisdiction updateJul 1 2025
Ontario: cross-border data transfer conditions
The short version: Ontario: cross-border data transfer conditions is easier to get wrong than most teams assume, and the failure is usually silent.
9 min read
- Clause teardownJun 30 2025
Clause teardown: data processing terms
Every review team we work with has a version of this problem. Data processing terms rarely announces itself.
9 min read
- Long readJun 29 2025
what a legal knowledge base owes its future readers
This one comes up in almost every matter review, and the answer is less settled than the confidence around it suggests.
3 min read