Legal documents often contain important contact information and references to external resources, such as email addresses and web links. Keeping track of these details can be challenging, especially when they are scattered throughout a lengthy document. DraftCheck, an add-in for Microsoft Word and browser extension for Google Docs, simplifies this process with its email and…
Legal agreements often include critical deadlines, time frames, and durations that must be carefully tracked and managed. Missing a deadline or miscalculating a time period can have serious consequences, from missed opportunities to breached contracts. DraftCheck, available at www.draftcheck.io, is designed to help you stay on top of these essential time elements. The time of…
When dealing with transactions that cross borders, it is really common to refer to money in the local currency. If you are referring to different currencies in the same document and you haven’t dealt with FOREX issues, it’s going to be best to ensure that the contract is all in the same currency. Additionally, it’s…
You may think you defined or quoted something, but then maybe you didn’t?Unmatched parentheses are so common in legal documents. When a parenthetical statement or quote is not properly closed, it can be unclear where the parenthetical content ends and the main text resumes. DraftCheck, an add-in for Microsoft Word and browser extension for Google…
Many legal transactions involve multiple documents, such as the main agreement, exhibits, schedules, and ancillary contracts. Ensuring consistency across all these materials is essential for a smooth and successful transaction. DraftCheck offers a powerful feature that allows you to check defined terms across multiple documents and ancillaries as part of the same review process to…
Tip #3: Correct Miscapitalized Defined Terms Often when we define a term, it isn’t uncommon for it to be a relatively common term. How many times have we defined the word “Agreement” or “Party”? However, sometimes those common terms are meant to be just that, the common usage. Miscapitalized defined terms can slip through the…
Tip #2: Clean Up Unused Defined Terms As lawyers, we use defined terms to refer to an idea, an object, a party, or something that has been uses to many words to continue to write out the whole phrase at a later time. In short, it’s a lawyer’s short hand. If you were a programmer,…
There are so many reasons I created DraftCheck.io. As an individual that has often run my own law firm, and started out as a solo, I always wanted that 2nd set of eyes to proofread and find the little errors that I was sure were there. Legal documents are long, dense, and full of very…