---
title: "Extract key contract terms into a due-diligence table"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/mergers-and-acquisitions-private-equity/extract-key-terms-across-contracts-for-a-dd-report/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A2-B6-3-US"
practice_area: "Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Extract key contract terms into a due-diligence table

> Pull parties, term, price, renewal, termination, assignment, liability cap and governing law into a table, one row per contract, each cell tied to a page. Write no report prose and no warranty.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/mergers-and-acquisitions-private-equity/extract-key-terms-across-contracts-for-a-dd-report/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity](https://ailawframework.com/practice/mergers-and-acquisitions-private-equity.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Pull parties, term, price, renewal, termination, assignment, liability cap and governing law into a table, one row per contract, each cell tied to a page. Write no report prose and no warranty. |
| What the lawyer must review | You decide which contracts matter and whether a term is unusual. Opinion 512 allows a generative tool to assist due diligence and contract review only with the verification Rule 1.1 requires for that tool and that task. Compare a sample of rows to the signed or draft contract before the table goes into advice. Rule 1.6 applies before client contracts are put into a tool that retains or learns from them. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Extract key terms across contracts for a DD report](https://ailawframework.com/practice/mergers-and-acquisitions-private-equity/extract-key-terms-across-contracts-for-a-dd-report.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Pull parties, term, price, renewal, termination, assignment, liability cap and governing law into a table, one row per contract, each cell tied to a page. Write no report prose and no warranty.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Governing law is the contract's clause and, for a corporation, the state of incorporation. Do not assume Delaware.
- The table is a working paper. It is not the purchase agreement.

## Sources

- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.1, Competence](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_1_competence/) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Acquisition due-diligence request list (United States private deal)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/mergers-and-acquisitions-private-equity/us-diligence-request-list.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Request list for diligence on a US private stock or asset purchase: corporate records, contracts, employees, intellectual property, privacy, litigation and Hart-Scott-Rodino facts.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*