Contract Review Guides

Free guides on NDA analysis, employment contracts, freelancing agreements, and negotiation tips.

Beginner Guide

How to Read a Legal Contract When You're Not a Lawyer

15-minute method: the 5-part structure, danger words, missing clauses, and traps hiding in plain sight.

AI & Legal

AI vs Lawyer: What Contract Review Tools Can and Cannot Do

AI handles 80% — finding obvious issues in seconds. Lawyers handle context, strategy, and creative drafting.

Business

5 Contract Clauses That Cost Small Businesses Thousands

Auto-renewal traps, low liability caps, one-sided indemnification, IP grabs, and hidden termination costs.

Beginner Guide

How to Review an NDA in 5 Minutes Without a Lawyer

Spot dangerous NDA clauses: overbroad definitions, perpetual terms, missing carve-outs, one-sided traps.

Business

How to Negotiate a Contract When You're Not a Lawyer — 6 Scripts

Email templates for negotiating liability caps, IP, non-competes, payment terms, and confidentiality.

Employment

7 Employment Contract Red Flags You Should Never Ignore

Non-compete traps, at-will overreach, IP grabs on side projects, bonus clawbacks, and restrictive covenants.

Personal

Rental Lease Review Guide: 8 Things to Check Before Signing

Security deposit rules, subletting, maintenance, rent escalation, early termination, and renewal traps.

Business

Service Agreement Checklist: 10 Clauses That Protect Your Business

Scope of work, payment milestones, change orders, liability caps, IP ownership, and dispute resolution.

Startup

Partnership Agreement Essentials: What Every Founder Forgets

Equity split, vesting schedules, decision rights, capital contributions, exit clauses, and dissolution.

Employment

Non-Compete Clause Guide: What's Enforceable and What's Not

State-by-state breakdown, reasonable scope, duration limits, and how to push back.

Business

Indemnification Clause Explained: What It Means and How to Negotiate It

Mutual vs one-sided indemnity, caps and carve-outs, third-party claims.

Business

Limitation of Liability Clause: How to Protect Your Business

Understand liability caps, damages exclusions, mutual vs one-sided limits.

Business

Force Majeure Clause Guide: What It Covers and What It Doesn't

Pandemics, cyber attacks, supply chain failures — what force majeure protects.

Freelance

Payment Terms in Contracts: How to Get Paid Faster and Protect Cash Flow

Net-30 vs net-15, late payment penalties, milestone payments, retainers, kill fees.

Business

Contract Termination Clause: How to Protect Your Exit Rights

Termination for cause vs convenience, notice periods, cure periods, post-termination obligations.

Beginner Guide

Contract Glossary: 30 Legal Terms Explained in Plain English

Indemnity, severability, force majeure, liquidated damages — without legalese.

Startup

Startup Legal Checklist: 10 Documents Every Founder Needs

Formation docs, founder agreements, IP assignments, NDAs, and contractor agreements.

AI & Legal

Free AI Contract Review in 2026: PactLens vs Hiring a Lawyer — Cost Comparison

Compare AI contract review vs traditional lawyer. PactLens: free, 30 seconds, no signup. Lawyers: $300-800/hour, 2-5 days. What AI can and cannot do.

Business

12 Free AI Tools for Cross-Border Sellers: HS Codes, Tariffs, and Compliance in Seconds

PactTrade replaces hours of manual customs paperwork with AI. HS code lookup for 200+ countries, 6-language product descriptions, FTA optimization, and invoice generation.

Productivity

31 Free AI Text Formatting Templates: IEEE, APA, LinkedIn, Emails, and More

Formatti turns messy text into perfectly formatted output. Citations, professional emails, resume bullets, README docs, and restaurant menus — all with AI. No signup.

Academic

How to Format IEEE, APA, and MLA Citations with AI (Free Tool)

Stop formatting citations manually. Paste author/title/journal info and AI generates perfectly formatted references in IEEE, APA 7th, MLA 9th, Chicago, and more.

AI & Legal

How to Clean AI-Generated Text: Remove AI Artifacts and Humanize Writing

AI-generated text often contains artifacts, markdown residue, and unnatural phrasing. Learn how to clean and humanize AI text with Formatti's free Clean AI Text mode.