What is Due Diligence?
The investigation before a deal: reviewing a company's contracts, records and liabilities to find risks before signing. AI tools can speed up the reading, and lawyers judge what the findings mean.

3 shelves checked · 2 risks · unsigned
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During due diligence on the bakery chain, the AI tool flagged six supplier contracts that could end if the company changed owners, and Ruth read each one.
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The inspection lamp travels the CONTRACTS, RECORDS and DEBTS shelves box by box. Two boxes raise a risk flag and slide half out, and a findings card lands by the deal page, still clamped and unsigned.
Start a due diligence review in your legal AI tool on these sample supplier contracts: flag change-of-control, exclusivity and termination clauses, quote each one, and rank the findings by risk to a buyer. Note anything missing from the set.
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