Category: Insights

What AI is actually doing to contract management

A new report from the Commerce & Contract Management (CCM) Institute surveyed 518 contracting professionals across 16 industries. The findings are honest, grounded, and a little surprising. Here is what they tell us …

Best practices for contract metadata management

Most renewal failures and compliance gaps trace back to messy metadata. Ten practical best practices to fix that. Why standardizing field names and validation rules matters more than adding more fields Building …

Germany eases AVV signature rules with BEG IV

From January 2025, Germany has taken a major step toward digital efficiency in contract law. With the implementation of the Fourth Bureaucracy Relief Act (BEG IV), certain formal requirements for contracts, including …

What's the difference between a lawyer and an attorney

Attorneys and lawyers are not the same: all attorneys are lawyers, but not all lawyers are attorneys. In the U.S., finishing law school makes you a lawyer, but you’re only considered an attorney after passing a bar exam …

40 must-know contract management trends for 2026

The data is clear, Contract management is undergoing a major transformation, with businesses shifting away from slow, manual processes toward more efficient, technology-driven solutions. In this post, you’ll discover the …