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Top 21% contract ranking
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Top 21%
Ranking

The vendor's agreements were benchmarked against thousands of vendor forms and are in the top 21% for customer favorability.

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Deal Breakers

60% customer favorability, based on 750 plus contract signals powered by Certify.

60%
Balanced Favoring Customer

Indicates balanced, low-risk terms favorable to the customer.

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Top 21% IT contract. No structural blockers. Procurement-ready.

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Rating
Details
Liability and Risk Allocation
70% Vendor Favorable

Insurance

Insurance requirements

  • iManage Work is not required to carry any form of insurance

Summary

Liability cap

  • iManage Work's varying liability cap includes 12 months' fees
  • There is no secondary cap on iManage Work's liability
  • Customer's varying liability cap includes 12 months' fees
  • Customer's varying liability cap includes a fixed amount
  • Customer's varying liability cap includes a fixed amount between $1,000 and $50,000
  • There is no secondary liability cap on Customer's liability

Exceptions to the liability cap

  • Claims related to fraud or willful misconduct are excluded from the cap on iManage Work's liability
  • Claims related to death or personal injury are excluded from the cap on iManage Work's liability
  • Indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement are excluded from the cap on iManage Work's liability
  • Claims related to payment obligations by Customer are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • Claims related to fraud and/or willful misconduct are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • Claims related to death or personal injury are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • Indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • At least some indemnification obligations (other than relating to data or IP infringement) are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability

Excluded damages

  • One or more forms of indirect damages are excluded from iManage Work's liability
  • Some direct damages are excluded from iManage Work's liability
  • One or more forms of indirect damages are excluded from Customer's liability
  • Some direct damages are excluded from Customer's liability

Exceptions to excluded damages

  • The damages excluded from iManage Work's liability do not include claims related to fraud or willful misconduct
  • The damages excluded from iManage Work's liability do not include claims related to death or personal injury
  • The damages excluded from iManage Work's liability do not include indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include claims related to payment obligations
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include claims related to fraud and/or willful misconduct
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include claims related to death or personal injury
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include at least some indemnification obligations (other than relating to data or IP infringement)

Timing of claims

  • There are no limits on when claims must be brought by Customer
  • There are no limits on when claims must be brought by iManage Work

Claims

  • iManage Work indemnifies Customer for claims based on third-party IP infringement
  • Customer indemnifies iManage Work for claims based on third-party IP infringement
  • Customer indemnifies iManage Work for claims arising from violation of any third party rights (other than IP infringement)

Scope of obligations

  • iManage Work's IP indemnification covers all types of IP
  • iManage Work's indemnification obligations are the exclusive remedy for indemnified claims
  • iManage Work's indemnification includes the obligation to provide a defense
  • iManage Work's indemnification includes the obligation to hold harmless
  • Customer's IP indemnification covers all types of IP
  • Customer's indemnification obligations are limited to third-party claims
  • Customer's indemnification obligations are not the exclusive remedy for indemnifiable claims
  • Customer's indemnification includes the obligation to provide a defense
  • Customer's indemnification includes the obligation to hold harmless

Limitations, conditions, or exclusions

  • Obligations include conditions regarding Customer's cooperation or iManage Work's control of the defense
  • Obligations include conditions regarding Customer's use of the services in breach of the contract
  • iManage Work's IP indemnity does not cover claims resulting from modifications, combinations, or use of an outdated version of the service
  • There are time constraints on when Customer must notify iManage Work of an indemnifiable claim
  • Obligations include conditions regarding iManage Work's cooperation or iManage Work's control of the defense
  • There are time constraints on when iManage Work must notify Customer of an indemnifiable claim

Warranties Offered

SLAs

  • iManage Work offers an SLA regarding uptime
  • The specified remedy for iManage Work's violation of the uptime SLAs is credit or refunds
  • The specified remedy for violation of the uptime SLA is some other form of remedy TermScout was unable to classify - see citation
  • The specified remedy for iManage Work's violation of an uptime SLA is the exclusive remedy
  • iManage Work does not offer any other form of SLA

Other warranties

  • iManage Work warrants that the services will meet specified standards of care or conduct

Implied warranties

  • iManage Work disclaims some or all implied warranties
Data & Privacy
90% Customer Favorable

Data Rights

Data provided by Customer

  • iManage Work does not claim ownership of any data provided by Customer
  • iManage Work receives rights to use data provided by Customer to comply with applicable law
  • iManage Work receives rights to share data provided by Customer with third parties who may only use it to provide or improve the services

Data Security

Subprocessor obligations

  • The contract lists or references a list of some subprocessors
  • iManage Work is required to ensure that subprocessors are bound by data or privacy requirements similar to those in this contract

Security commitments

  • iManage Work makes contractually binding data security commitments

Third party audits, standards, or certifications

  • iManage Work commits to comply with at least one third-party data security audit, standard, or certification
  • iManage Work commits to Soc 2 audits
  • iManage Work commits to ISO 27001 standards and/or certification
  • There are no qualifications and/or limitations to iManage Work's commitments to comply with third-party data security audits, standards, or certifications

Data breach notification policy

  • iManage Work commits to notifying Customer of a security breach impacting Customer's data

Summary

Vendor's confidential information

  • Customer must provide some protection of iManage Work's confidential information

Customer's confidential information

  • iManage Work must provide some protection of Customer's confidential information
  • iManage Work explicitly commits not to disclose Customer's confidential information, except as necessary to provide the services
  • iManage Work explicitly commits not to use Customer's confidential information, except as necessary to provide the services

Mutuality

  • At least one of the obligations concerning confidential information is non-mutual

Residuals clause

  • There is no residuals clause

Warranties Offered

Compliance with documentation/specifications

  • iManage Work warrants that the services will comply with certain documentation and/or specifications, but the warranty has some conditions or qualifications

Other warranties

  • iManage Work provides warranties regarding malware, malicious code, spyware, viruses, or similar
Commercial & Payment Terms
60% Balanced Favoring Customer

Payment Terms

Late payment penalties

  • There are penalties for late payments

Payments due

  • Customer has at least 30 days to pay

Vendor's expenses

  • iManage Work does not reserve the right to bill Customer for any expenses incurred by iManage Work
Term, Termination, & Control
70% Customer Favorable

Summary

Customer's termination rights

  • Customer has certain rights to terminate for cause

Refunds

  • Customer's termination rights include the right to a refund

Auto-renewal

  • The contract has auto-renew language, but Customer may opt out
  • The contract has auto-renewal language and Customer may opt out by giving less than or equal to 45 days' notice

Vendor's termination and suspension rights

  • iManage Work does not receive the right to terminate the contract for convenience
  • Customer has between 11 and 30 days to cure a breach before iManage Work can terminate for cause
  • iManage Work may suspend Customer's access to the service for payment-related issues
  • iManage Work may suspend Customer's access to the service for violation of iManage Work's policies and/or guidelines
IP & Ownership
60% Balanced Favoring Vendor

Customer's IP

Licenses to Customer IP

  • iManage Work receives a right to Customer's suggestions and/or feedback
  • iManage Work receives the right to use Customer's name and/or marks publicly

Publicity rights

  • iManage Work's use of Customer's name and/or marks is not subject to Customer's guidelines

Assignment of Customer IP or work product

  • Customer does not assign any work product or other IP to iManage Work

Warranties Offered

Other warranties

  • iManage Work provides warranties regarding its authority to enter into this contract and/or the validity of this contract
Restrictions & Controls
70% Customer Favorable

Summary

Non-compete

  • There are no restrictions on Customer's ability to compete as long as Customer doesn’t violate the agreement or use the services to compete

Non-solicit

  • There are no restrictions on Customer's right to solicit

Exclusivity

  • There are no restrictions on Customer's ability to procure similar products or services from other vendors

Vendor's assignment rights

  • iManage Work is allowed to assign in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • iManage Work is allowed to assign in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are consent requirements restricting iManage Work's ability to assign the contract
  • Consent requirements do not apply in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Consent requirements do not apply in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are no notice requirements restricting iManage Work's ability to assign the contract
  • There are restrictions or conditions on iManage Work's right to assign to a competitor of Customer

Customer's assignment rights

  • Customer is allowed to assign in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Customer is allowed to assign in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are consent requirements restricting Customer's ability to assign the contract
  • Consent requirements do not apply in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Consent requirements do not apply in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are no notice requirements restricting Customer's ability to assign the contract
  • There are restrictions or conditions on Customer's right to assign to a competitor of iManage Work
Contract
Rating
Harvey AI
Platform Agreement - 01/09/2026
70% Customer Favorable
Legora
General Terms and Conditions - 05/2026
70% Customer Favorable
iManage Work
Cloud Services Agreement
60% Balanced Favoring Customer
Oracle
Cloud Services Agreement
50% Balanced
NetDocuments
Service Agreement
50% Balanced
World Software
Worldox Cloud Service Agreement
50% Balanced
Clio
North American Terms of Service
50% Balanced
AWS
Customer Agreement
80% Vendor Favorable
DigitalOcean
Terms of Service Agreement
100% Vendor Favorable

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Certified Contract Reports, Explained

Verified™ contract reviews are reviews of contracts that have been carefully checked by contract experts. This review is designed to help users understand the rights and obligations associated with the Cloud Services Agreement ("CSA") for iManage LLC. We looked at the issues found in 'Term Sheets' and did not look for any other issues.

For more information on TermScout's contract review process, visit our methodology page.

In order to qualify for Certification, a contract must meet the following criteria:

  • Achieve a TermScout rating of Balanced or Customer Favorable, and
  • Be free of all designated Deal Breaker clauses.

The difference between certified Balanced and certified Customer Favorable is the TermScout favorability rating achieved by the contract. Each of these criteria is more fully described below.

A contract is balanced when it allocates risks between the parties in a roughly equal manner, as determined by TermScout's two-step, data-driven analysis. First, we use our proprietary AI to abstract over 750 defined data points from each contract we analyze. Then, we use an algorithm to objectively score that data. Because TermScout looks at the exact same set of data points and uses the exact same scoring algorithm in every contract analysis we conduct, you can now compare contracts on an apples-to-apples basis. (You can read more about the data points that TermScout analyzes in every IT contract here.)

This enables us to objectively rate contracts at both the agreement level and by key topic area (e.g., limitations of liability, indemnification, warranties, etc.) and show you which contracts are vendor favorable, which are customer favorable, and which are balanced.

Not all risks are created equal. Even if a contract shifts only a single risk to the buyer, the contract still may not merit certification if that risk is material enough. Examples of these types of Deal Breakers include exclusivity, complete disclaimers of liability, etc. Accordingly, TermScout will not certify a contract if it contains any of the following Deal Breaker clauses,² which TermScout identified by reference to market data and input from prominent buy-side and sell-side legal experts from TermScout's Innovation Advisory Council:

This makes it nearly impossible for a customer to recover from a vendor, no matter what goes wrong - even if the vendor violates other provisions of the contract.

Signing non-competes means contractually promising not to engage in a certain line of business. This is something most businesses want to avoid where possible.

Agreeing not to solicit a vendor's employees, customers, or vendors sounds reasonable, but it places challenging burdens on the customer to ensure they comply.

Agreeing not to procure similar services from other companies can severely hinder a company's ability to do business.

Privacy laws require companies to follow strict rules with respect to how they handle certain types of data. This clause presents major risks to a company's ability to comply with such laws.

It's extremely rare for a customer to need to assign IP rights to an IT vendor. Doing so can materially jeopardize a company's rights in its own IP.

Since most IT services today are delivered "as a service", customers often upload wide varieties of information onto vendors' servers. Confidentiality commitments are expected by most customers.

The goal of TermScout's reports is to provide users with the data necessary to make an informed decision about whether they can accept the terms. The data provided in TermScout's reports includes:

  • Term Sheet: A full report of the key rights and obligations contained in the agreement.
  • Overall Ratings: TermScout's overall impression of the favorability of the contract vis a vis the parties. These ratings are algorithmic approximations of favorability that are based on market data and the subject views of contract experts with experience in the specific type of contract.
  • Rare Clause Radar: TermScout identifies and surfaces a list of the most rare and material clauses that favor your counterparty.
  • Playbooks: Playbooks are a way of programming into TermScout's software a specific set of acceptance criteria for a contract type. All accounts have access to sample Playbooks for select templates, and Pro accounts have the ability to build custom Playbooks.
  • Comparable Contracts: We'll show a list of contracts sorted by favorability ratings and allow for the comparison of similar contracts based on position, industry, and contract type.
  • Market Data: Any right or obligation in a contract can be compared to market data for similar contract types, including data from TermScout's Contract Market Database™ of thousands of public contracts and anonymized and aggregated data from hundreds of negotiated contracts.

Certified Contract Reports contain only a subset of the above data. To access all of the data available, create a free account here and search for the desired contract in Triage.

Please note that this report focuses on the identification of terms from the contract documents listed under 'Scope of Review' and compares them against a defined set of criteria. Certain services may be subject to additional terms not available to TermScout, such as purchase orders and other deal-specific documents. You should always review the terms associated with the specific service you are using and know that TermScout's ratings generally do not cover (a) services purchased through a reseller, (b) offline variants of any of the Agreements, (c) service-specific terms that override any of the terms discussed here, or (d) free services. You also should consult your legal counsel if you have any questions about the meaning, significance or assessment of any agreement or provision.

TermScout prepared this report with an average use-case customer in mind and operated under the assumptions listed below (the "Key Assumptions"). To the extent that provisions in a contract vary based on specific circumstances that differ from the Key Assumptions, TermScout ignores those variations. Additional contract-level assumptions, if any, are disclosed in 'Notes to Customer'.

Key Assumptions

  1. Customer is an average "end user" of the service (i.e. not a partner, distributor, or developer).
  2. Customer is not a government entity.
  3. Customer is a US-based company and is using the service in the US.
  4. Customer is a paying user (i.e. not a user of free services).
  5. Customer is not using beta services.
  6. Unless otherwise noted, service-specific terms that may override or supersede the terms of the Agreement are not reviewed by TermScout.

We reviewed the CSA for iManage Work and any documents specifically listed under 'Scope of Review'. For purposes of this report, "Customer" means the party contracting with iManage Work and "Vendor" means iManage Work.

References herein to the "Agreement" are to the following documents:

TermScout did not review any documents other than those listed above. If other documents form part of this Agreement, the answers provided by TermScout may be incomplete or incorrect. TermScout's accuracy commitments only cover documents specifically identified in this section.

The HIPAA Business Associate Agreement was not considered for the purposes of this review, as it's only incorporated if a Customer is a Covered Entity or a Business Associate and includes Protected Health Information in Customer Data. Therefore the applicability will vary Customer to Customer.

View a full breakdown of our contract certification deal breakers.

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Procurement and legal teams often escalate legal-tech agreements when vendors request broad rights to use contracts, litigation materials, prompts, or legal work product for AI training or product-development purposes. Additional scrutiny is common when agreements do not clearly distinguish between operational service delivery and broader model-improvement activities. Enterprise buyers increasingly expect legal-tech vendors to maintain tighter governance controls because these platforms frequently process privileged and strategically sensitive information.

Legal technology systems often centralize confidential legal analysis, negotiation history, regulatory workflows, and internal advisory communications that carry heightened governance and privilege concerns. Legal and procurement teams therefore evaluate whether AI-related rights could expose sensitive legal strategy, influence shared models, or weaken defensibility over time. Negotiation friction tends to increase when agreements rely on vague “service improvement” language that could support broad reuse of privileged or regulated legal information.

Agreements frequently attract additional scrutiny when vendors broadly claim rights over uploaded contracts, generated legal analyses, negotiation metadata, or operational usage patterns for unrelated AI-development activities. Buyers also react cautiously to contracts that rely on loosely defined anonymization standards or reserve unilateral authority to expand AI-related processing practices after onboarding. Enterprise review standards increasingly favor narrowly scoped operational rights tied directly to delivering and supporting the contracted service.

Procurement teams frequently interpret AI/data-right provisions as indicators of the vendor’s operational maturity and governance discipline. Agreements that clearly explain how legal information is processed, retained, segregated, and protected from downstream reuse generally build more confidence during enterprise review. In contrast, heavily discretionary or operationally ambiguous language may signal unresolved governance gaps that could create future confidentiality, privilege, regulatory, or reputational exposure after deployment.

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