NorthLock AI

Private AI for law firms. The NorthLock One runs in your office — your documents never leave it.

Lease dispute — 128 Bay Street

Local

Question

Can the tenant terminate the lease early, and what notice does §12.4 require?

Answer

Yes. Under §12.4(b) the tenant may terminate early on 60 days' written notice.[1] Your draft notice follows the required form, but §12.4(c) requires delivery by registered mail; the draft is currently set for courier, which would not satisfy the clause.[2]

Sources

  • Lease Agreement.pdf — §12.4(b), page 47
  • Tenant Notice (draft).docx — page 2
Processed on-site in 4.1 s — nothing left the office

Why NorthLock

AI that stays in your office

Confidential by design

All processing happens on your NorthLock One. Your files and client data never leave your office.

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Answers with sources

Research grounded in your own documents, with citations you can verify before you rely on them.

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Built for small firms

One NorthLock One serves 2–10 lawyers, with admin-provisioned accounts and role-based access.

What's inside the NorthLock One

Everything runs on your hardware

The NorthLock One bundles document storage, private AI research, and multi-user access into a single managed system — no cloud services required.

Your documents, indexed locally

Matter files and research materials are processed on-site and indexed for retrieval, with access scoped per matter.

On-site AI, private answers

The AI is tuned for legal work and runs entirely on your NorthLock One, so privileged information is never sent to a third party.

Lawyer-grade accounts

Per-lawyer sign-in, admin-provisioned access, and impersonation support for when your team needs help.

Health and status at a glance

The NorthLock One watches itself — storage, software, and backup status — and the admin console shows you what's healthy before you need it.

Ready the day it arrives

Every NorthLock One ships fully loaded with the same tested software. Plug it in, turn it on, and open a link from any computer on your office network — no on-site install, no IT department required.

Ongoing support

A product you own, not a subscription

You buy the hardware and the software. An annual service plan keeps it current — no per-seat fees, no usage metering, no internet required.

Annual updates & support

AI upgrades, security patches, and monitoring on an annual plan. You download each update on your own computer and install it over your office network — the NorthLock One itself never connects to the internet. Billed to your firm, not per user.

Backups you can verify

Document indices and matter data are backed up locally, with verification runs so restoration is a formality.

Hardware we standardize

Every NorthLock One ships with the same tested hardware and software, so support, updates, and repairs stay predictable across all of our customers.

Why not cloud AI

You could just use a chatbot

For general work, maybe. For client work, the differences below are the whole point.

NorthLock
Typical cloud AI
Where your documents live
On your NorthLock One — they never leave the office
Uploaded to a third party's servers
How you're billed
One NorthLock One — no per-seat fees, no usage metering
Per seat, per user, per query
What you can rely on
Answers cited to your own documents — verify before you rely
Plausible text with nothing to check against
Your leverage
The NorthLock One and the data are yours — you can walk away
Your workflows and data are bound by their terms

Questions

What partners ask us

Is my data really safe?
Yes — that is the whole product. Documents, queries, and answers are processed on your NorthLock One, in your office. There is no cloud service and no telemetry, and nothing your firm uploads to us. The monitoring in the annual plan tracks NorthLock One health, not your matter files.
How is this different from a cloud AI like ChatGPT?
Two things: where the data lives, and what you can trust. Client documents never leave your office, and every answer comes with citations to your own documents so a lawyer can verify before relying on it. Cloud tools are built for general work; this one is tuned for legal research.
What if the AI gets something wrong?
Every answer cites the specific documents and sections it drew from, so you check before you rely — the same way you would check any source. The AI is tuned for legal work and updated through the annual service plan.
We don't have an IT department. Who keeps it running?
That is what the annual service plan is for: AI updates, security patches, monitoring, and verified local backups, invoiced to the firm once a year. One vendor, one contact — no per-seat contracts.
What happens if the hardware fails?
We standardize the hardware on off-the-shelf, replaceable components, so a repair is predictable and never depends on a single custom part. Support is included in the annual plan.
How do we buy it?
There is no online checkout. You request a quote, we scope it to your firm, and we invoice by purchase order. Hardware and software are a one-time purchase; the annual service plan keeps it current.
How hard is it to set up?
Your NorthLock One arrives fully configured, with all the software already installed on the drive. Plug it in, turn it on, and open a link from any computer on your office network. There is no on-site installation, and nothing for your IT staff to manage.
How do updates reach the NorthLock One if it never connects to the internet?
You download the update on any computer that has internet access, then install it from there over your office network — or from a USB stick if you prefer. Your NorthLock One stays offline, and nothing on it changes until you install an update. Each update is verified before it runs, and it only accepts updates we release.

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What happens after you write

1

Request a demo

Email us. Tell us roughly how many lawyers you are and the kinds of matters you handle.

2

We scope it

We map your matter types and document volume to the right NorthLock One tier.

3

You get a quote

One quote, invoiced by purchase order. No per-seat fees, no usage metering.