§ Liability
Hidden liability
Indemnities and uncapped damages that quietly shift risk to your side of the table.
Frequently flagged
ClauseIQ helps growing businesses review agreements, detect legal risks, and negotiate with confidence — without an in-house legal team.
4.1The Client agrees that the Provider shall not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages arising out of or related to the services rendered hereunder, even if advised of the possibility thereof.
4.2This Agreement shall automatically renew for successive twelve (12) month terms unless either party provides written notice of non-renewal no fewer than ninety (90) days prior to the end of the then-current term.
4.3Invoices shall be due and payable upon receipt, and any amount not paid when due shall bear interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month.
4.4All work product, deliverables and derivative works thereof shall be the sole property of the Provider upon creation, regardless of payment status.
Provider disclaims liability entirely. Standard SMB practice caps liability at 12 months of fees.
Auto-renewal traps are common. Reduce to 30 days or remove automatic renewal.
1.5% monthly compounds to ~19.6% APR. Negotiate to Net-30 with 1% / mo.
SMB operators sign 30–80 agreements a year, mostly drafted by the other side. ClauseIQ surfaces what a senior associate would flag in their first read-through.
Indemnities and uncapped damages that quietly shift risk to your side of the table.
90-day non-renewal windows designed to keep you locked in for another year.
Net-on-receipt, compounding late fees, and undefined billing triggers.
One-sided clauses that pull you into the other party's third-party disputes.
Work product, derivatives, and pre-existing IP assigned in surprising directions.
$400/hr counsel for a 6-page MSA — and another week before signature.
ClauseIQ compares the agreement against your playbook, market norms, and prior negotiations. Each clause is simplified, scored, and paired with a draft redline — ready for review.
Client shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Provider from any and all claims, losses, or damages of any kind whatsoever, including attorneys' fees, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, without regard to the cause thereof.
Each party shall indemnify the other for third-party claims arising from its gross negligence or willful misconduct, provided that aggregate liability under this Section shall not exceed fees paid in the preceding twelve (12) months.
You'd be on the hook for any problem, anywhere, forever. We rebalanced it: you cover real harm you cause, capped at a year of fees.
Full-document analysis in under five minutes.
Every clause scored against market norms.
Read like a memo, not a statute.
Draft language, not just commentary.
Notice windows tracked automatically.
Route to legal, finance, or the owner.
Every redline, attributed and revertible.
SOC 2, GDPR, and DPA flags out of the box.
Comments, approvals, and AI-drafted positions in one quiet workspace. Everyone sees the same clause, the same score, the same suggested move.
Either party may terminate this Agreement for convenience with thirty (30) days' written notice. Upon termination, Client shall pay all fees accrued through the effective date.
Drag in a PDF, Word doc, or paste a clause. ClauseIQ parses every section.
Each clause is scored, simplified, and matched against your playbook.
Accept redlines, route for approval, and send the counter — in one place.
A working demo of the ClauseIQ engine. We highlight risky language, quantify exposure, and draft negotiation language — in seconds.
Start with a single clause. See exactly where you stand in under five minutes.