Contracts come in an endless variety of forms and complexity. Some contracts are dozens of pages long and comprehensible only to those with specialized skills, therefore they are critical. Each and every contract can be different and usually, therefore capturing information hidden in these contracts is not that straightforward. Clauses can be expressed differently in […]

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On September 01, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board (FBR) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) finalized the amended rules for qualified financial contracts (QFC) of global systematically important banking organizations (GSIBs) and the US operations of non-US GSIBs. The new amendment concentrates on qualified financial contracts of covered entities, which include: • Swaps and […]

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As a company’s growth graph moves upward, having a Contract lifecycle management (CLM) system in place is the way to manage all your contracts. It is a single unified repository to track contracts better. Reports generated through these systems help businesses to make better-informed decisions. A contract lifecycle management system enables you to: Report and […]

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Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) has become a top priority for C Level Executives worldwide. CLM systems are no longer a “nice to have” initiative, but rather a “need to have” business practice. The efficiencies introduced by an automated contract lifecycle solution are numerous – and, as the name suggests – it addresses the complete lifecycle […]

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A unanimous move to protect data from cyber attacks and breaches, GDPR is a regulation and not just a directive, that has to be followed by all the organizations operating within Europe, European residents as well as all Non-European organizations trading with European nationals or companies. This regulation will bring a new set of requirements […]

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Organizations, be small or large, manufacturing or technology, product based or service based when doing business with their suppliers or customers need to put their commitments in writing to avoid any confusion or overlooks. Here comes the need for a contract, a written document that comes with a legal binding to render services promised to […]

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Technology companies today operate in immediate real-time, an environment that is dynamic and ever-evolving. Managing the risk/reward of contract obligations in technology organizations ensures staying in business, and growing rapidly. So, the question is: How do you structure all your disparate contracts with their attachments so that you have the ability to use them for […]

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Monitoring various legal, and financial risks within contracts is definitely a need for the day and migrating abstracted data into a CLM to monitor and manage your contracts is the focal point of the process. Organizations can have a number of legacy contracts residing across the company divisions, shared folders, and other repositories, which might […]

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When you go into a contract management system, from what point in time do you start entering contracts? Most think of today because legacy contracts are too difficult. But that can expose you to risk and lost opportunities. Every contract is important, especially if it contains opportunity or risk. Older contracts have the same essential […]

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Contract Summarization is the restating of the salient points of interest in the contracts in as few words as possible with the goal to simplify the given information by pointing to the most relevant terms and clauses in the contract, limiting the need for accessing the original documents. Some of the benefits of contract summarization […]

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We discussed the meaning and objectives of obligation tracking in the previous post, in this post we will discuss how effective the process of automation in tracking can be and how Brightleaf holds an edge over other automation tools enabling it to achieve unparalleled excellence. Before we begin to explain the application of artificial intelligence […]

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Meaning Obligation tracking is a systematic process of breaking down contracts into a pre-defined pattern (based on the user’s need) to provide insight – with mathematical clarity – into all that there is in a contract. Metaphorically speaking, it’s a process which enables the contract to talk and explain itself – in a simple and […]

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