How in-house teams use Justis AI

An in-house legal team is small and the whole company sends it work. Procurement needs the vendor contract back today, sales has a customer's paper with a deadline, HR has a complaint that has to be handled by the book, and the board wants to know what the new data protection rules mean for the business. The work that matters most waits behind the work that is merely urgent.

Justis takes the first pass off the queue. It reviews contracts against the positions your team has set, redlines the counterparty's Word file, answers the business's questions with the provision behind the answer, and turns a new law into a list of what the company has to change. Every conclusion cites the clause, page or section it came from, and anything it could not confirm is marked, not assumed.

01

Vendor and customer contracts against your playbook

The problem

Most of the queue is the same kind of paper: a SaaS subscription, a services agreement, a distribution contract, each on the counterparty's form. Each one has to be read against the same positions on liability, indemnity, renewal, data and governing law, and each one is wanted back by the business the same day.

When the positions live in one senior lawyer's head, they drift. A cap accepted under pressure last quarter becomes the precedent the next vendor cites.

How Justis handles it

Write the company's positions down once as a playbook, per contract type, with the preferred term, the fallback and the point at which it goes to the General Counsel. Justis reads each incoming agreement against it, quotes the clause that departs, and says which position applies.

It marks up the counterparty's own Word file as tracked changes with the reason for each change in a comment, and writes a short note for the business owner in plain language: what was changed, what is still open and what needs their decision.

What comes backExample
Example output: Vendor and customer contracts against your playbook
What comes backExample
AgreementSaaS subscription for an HR platform, vendor's form, 26 pages
Off position6 clauses: liability cap, auto-renewal, data processing, sub-processors, price escalation, governing law
LiabilityCap at one month's fees against a position of twelve months; fallback of six with data breach carved out
DataNo processing terms although employee personal data is shared; company DPA to be attached
EscalationAnnual price increase of up to 12% at the vendor's discretion; playbook allows 5% or CPI
DeliverableTracked-change markup on the vendor's .docx and a half-page note for the HR head

Illustrative example. Names, figures and dates are invented; the provisions are real.

Playbook review
Review this vendor agreement against our SaaS playbook. List every clause that departs from our position with the clause quoted, apply the preferred position or the fallback, mark up the document as tracked changes with the reason in a comment, and write a short note for the business owner on what is still open.

02

NDAs at volume

The problem

The business signs dozens of NDAs a month, for vendors, partners, candidates and potential acquirers. Each one is short and none of them is identical: one is one-way when it should be mutual, one has no end date for the obligations, one includes a non-solicit that nobody asked for.

Reading them properly takes more time than they seem to deserve, and skimming them is how a residuals clause or an unlimited indemnity gets signed.

How Justis handles it

Set the NDA positions once and let Justis triage each incoming NDA: sign as is, sign with the listed changes, or send to a lawyer. It gives the reason for each call with the clause quoted.

For a batch, a tabular review puts every NDA in a row with the points that matter in columns, so the team sees the whole week's NDAs on one screen.

What comes backExample
Example output: NDAs at volume
What comes backExample
NDAs reviewed18 received this week
Sign as is11 match the playbook
Sign with changes5: three one-way where the discussion is mutual, two with no end date for the confidentiality obligation
To a lawyer2: a residuals clause letting the other side use what its people remember, and a non-solicit of employees for 24 months
DeliverableTriage grid in Excel and tracked-change markups for the five that need changes

Illustrative example. Names, figures and dates are invented; the provisions are real.

NDA triage
Review every NDA in this folder against our NDA playbook. For each one say sign as is, sign with changes, or send to a lawyer, with the clause quoted for each issue, and mark up the ones that need changes as tracked changes.

03

Renewals, notice periods and the contract base

The problem

The company holds several hundred signed contracts, many of which renew automatically unless notice is given months in advance. Nobody owns the calendar, so the renewals that should have been renegotiated simply roll over at the vendor's new price.

The same contract base is where the business's other questions land: which contracts can we exit for convenience, which ones still name the supplier we replaced, which ones let the customer audit us.

How Justis handles it

Upload the signed contracts to a project and ask once. Tabular review returns a grid of every agreement with the term, the renewal mechanism, the notice period and the last date to give notice, each cell citing the clause and page.

Sort it by the last date for notice, export it to Excel, and ask Justis to draft the non-renewal or renegotiation notices for the ones the business wants to act on.

What comes backExample
Example output: Renewals, notice periods and the contract base
What comes backExample
Contracts read286 signed agreements, 41 of them scanned
Auto-renewing74, of which 12 renew in the next quarter
Next deadlineCloud hosting renews 01.01.2027 for 24 months; 90 days' notice needed, last date 03.10.2026
Exit for convenience39 agreements allow it, with notice from 30 to 180 days
Not readableOne scanned signature page illegible; marked for manual review, not guessed
DeliverableRenewal calendar in Excel with the clause in every cell, and draft non-renewal notices in Word

Illustrative example. Names, figures and dates are invented; the provisions are real.

Renewal calendar
Review every signed contract in this project for term, renewal mechanism, notice period and termination for convenience. Give me a grid with the clause and page in each cell, sorted by the last date to give notice, and draft non-renewal notices for the contracts I select.

04

Questions from the business, answered with the source

The problem

Marketing wants to launch a free trial that converts to a paid plan, sales wants to promise a customer a service credit, and finance asks whether a vendor can be paid in advance. Each question needs a quick, correct answer, and a quick answer given without the provision behind it is the one that gets relied on later.

The same questions come back from different people, and the answer given last time is in someone's email.

How Justis handles it

Ask Justis the question as the business put it. It searches the Indian law library of Acts, rules, regulator circulars and judgments, answers in plain language, and cites the provision or document for each point, including the company's own policies and contracts in the project.

It marks what depends on facts it does not have and what is a judgment for you, and can turn the answer into a short note for the business in your team's format.

What comes backExample
Example output: Questions from the business, answered with the source
What comes backExample
QuestionCan a 14-day free trial convert automatically into a paid monthly plan charged to the saved card?
Consumer lawThe CCPA's dark patterns guidelines of 2023 list the subscription trap: cancellation must be easy and the conversion disclosed clearly before the trial starts
Card paymentsRBI's e-mandate framework for recurring card payments: registration with additional factor authentication, and a pre-debit notice at least 24 hours before each charge
Company policyThe refund policy in this project does not cover the first paid month; a gap to fix
DeliverableOne-page note for the marketing head with the conditions for launch

Illustrative example. Names, figures and dates are invented; the provisions are real.

Answer the business
Marketing wants to launch a 14-day free trial that converts automatically into a paid monthly plan on the customer's saved card. Tell me what consumer protection law and the RBI rules on recurring payments require, check our refund policy and terms in this project, and write a one-page note for the marketing head.

05

DPDP Act readiness

The problem

The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules were notified in November 2025, and most of the obligations under the Act apply eighteen months later. In that window the company has to know what personal data it holds and why, rewrite its notices so that consent is informed and specific, put processing terms into every vendor contract, and build a breach process that informs the Data Protection Board and the affected people.

The work is spread across the privacy policy, the consent flows, dozens of vendor contracts and the HR systems, and the board wants one answer: what do we have to change, and by when.

How Justis handles it

Upload the privacy policy, the consent notices, the vendor contracts and any data map the company has. Justis reads them against the DPDP Act 2023 and the Rules 2025, and returns the gap list: each obligation, what the company has today, what has to change, and the date from which it applies, each cited to the provision.

It runs a tabular review of the vendor contracts for processing terms, drafts the revised notice and the data processing addendum, and prepares the memo for the board.

What comes backExample
Example output: DPDP Act readiness
What comes backExample
Documents readPrivacy policy, 4 consent notices, HR policy, 63 vendor contracts
NoticeCurrent notice bundles consent to marketing with consent to the service: consent under section 6 must be specific
Vendors41 vendors process personal data; 29 contracts have no processing terms
BreachNo process to inform the Board and each affected person; the Rules also require a detailed report within 72 hours
ChildrenSign-up allows users under 18 with no verifiable parental consent (section 9)
DeliverableGap list with dates, revised notice, DPA template and a board memo

Illustrative example. Names, figures and dates are invented; the provisions are real.

DPDP gap list
Read our privacy policy, consent notices and vendor contracts against the DPDP Act 2023 and the DPDP Rules 2025. Give me a gap list with each obligation, what we have today, what must change and the date it applies from, review the vendor contracts for processing terms, and draft a memo for the board.

06

Moving HR onto the Labour Codes

The problem

The four Labour Codes came into force on 21 November 2025, replacing twenty-nine central labour laws. The company's appointment letters, salary structures, standing orders and HR policies still cite the old Acts, and some of what they do has changed in substance.

The definition of wages is the change that moves money: allowances above half of total remuneration are added back into wages, which changes the base for provident fund, gratuity and bonus. Fixed-term employees now earn gratuity after one year of service.

How Justis handles it

Justis reads the appointment letters, salary structures and HR policies against the Code on Wages, the Industrial Relations Code, the Code on Social Security and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code. It lists each place the company's documents cite a repealed Act or conflict with a Code, with the provision.

It tests the salary structures against the wages definition, flags the grades where the base will move, and redrafts the appointment letter template and the policies as tracked changes.

What comes backExample
Example output: Moving HR onto the Labour Codes
What comes backExample
Documents read4 appointment letter templates, 12 HR policies, salary structures for 9 grades
Old references37 references to repealed Acts, such as the Payment of Gratuity Act and the Industrial Disputes Act
Wages definitionBasic pay is 35% of CTC in grades 1 to 4: allowances above 50% are added back, raising the PF and gratuity base
Fixed-term staffContract template excludes gratuity; fixed-term employees now qualify after one year
DeliverableGap list by document, grade-wise effect on the wage base in Excel, redlined templates in Word

Illustrative example. Names, figures and dates are invented; the provisions are real.

Labour Codes review
Read our appointment letters, HR policies and salary structures against the four Labour Codes in force from 21 November 2025. List every reference to a repealed Act and every conflict with a Code, test each grade's salary structure against the definition of wages, and redline the templates.

07

POSH complaints and the Internal Committee

The problem

A complaint of sexual harassment reaches the Internal Committee, and from that moment the POSH Act sets the procedure: the complaint within three months of the incident, the inquiry completed within ninety days, the report within ten days of completing it, and the employer's action on its recommendations within sixty days.

Internal Committee members are usually not lawyers, and an inquiry that skips a step, such as giving the respondent the complaint and a chance to reply, is the one that is set aside.

How Justis handles it

Justis reads the complaint, the reply and the witness statements, including recorded hearings transcribed in English or Hindi, and builds the timeline of the inquiry with every statutory date computed from the documents.

It prepares a procedural checklist for the committee, a summary of each party's account with the page it comes from, and a draft of the inquiry report structured around the findings the committee has to make. The findings themselves are the committee's.

StepExample
Example output: POSH complaints and the Internal Committee
StepExample
ComplaintReceived by the Internal Committee on 04.08.2026, incident of 22.07.2026: within three months
InquiryTo be completed within 90 days, by 02.11.2026
ReportWithin 10 days of completing the inquiry; if completed on 02.11.2026, by 12.11.2026
Employer actionWithin 60 days of receiving the report; if received 12.11.2026, by 11.01.2027
ProcedureCopy of the complaint sent to the respondent and the reply are on file; two witness statements not shared with the complainant
DeliverableInquiry timeline, procedural checklist, statement summaries and a draft report structure

Illustrative example. Names, figures and dates are invented; the provisions are real.

POSH inquiry
Read the complaint, the reply and the witness statements in this project. Build the inquiry timeline with every date under the POSH Act computed from the documents, give the Internal Committee a procedural checklist showing what is done and what is missing, and summarise each account with the page it comes from.

Make it repeatable

Each contract type, policy area or dispute can sit in its own project, holding the documents it needs. Every document added is read the moment it lands, so the question the business asks next quarter is answered across everything the company holds, not the folder someone remembered to share.

When the same work comes back, save it once. A playbook carries your positions for each contract type; a workflow carries the steps your team follows, such as NDA triage or a new-law impact memo; a skill carries a method, such as the way you test a vendor for data risk. Attach any of them to a message with an @-mention, so the next person in the team gets the same answer.

  • One playbook per contract type, with fallbacks and escalation points
  • NDA triage for every NDA the business receives
  • A renewal calendar refreshed every quarter
  • A new-law memo for every regulation that reaches the board
  • Internal Committee hearings, in English or Hindi, transcribed into the file
FAQ

Common questions

Can procurement or HR send contracts straight to it?

They can run a review in a shared workspace if you give them access, using the playbook your team has set. The positions stay with legal, and anything outside the playbook is marked for a lawyer rather than decided.

Does it keep up with new rules such as the DPDP Rules?

It searches the Indian law library of Acts, rules and regulator material, and cites the provision for every point. Where a rule is recent or its application is unsettled, it says so rather than presenting the point as settled.

Can it read contracts that were signed on paper and scanned?

Yes. Scanned contracts go through OCR first, including Hindi, and the agent tells you when it is reading a scan so you know transcription errors are possible. Where a page is illegible it says so instead of guessing.

Is it suitable for POSH matters?

It helps the Internal Committee with the timeline, the procedure and the record, and drafts the report structure. Findings and recommendations are the committee's, and access to the project can be limited to its members.

Can the answer to one person's question be reused?

Yes. Answers, notes and memos stay in the project, and a workflow or skill saved by your team gives the next person the same method and format.

What should an in-house team try first?

A playbook review of a vendor agreement you have already negotiated. Set five positions, run the vendor's first draft through it, and compare the markup with the one you sent. It is the fastest way to see where it helps and where you still want to look yourself.

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