Terms of Use

Welcome to legalcontinuity.com, powered by LawGeex!

In keeping with our mission to explain contracts in plain English, we’ve tried to minimize the legalese in this one and make it easy to understand.

Please note that this is a contract, even if you don’t sign it or click “I agree.”

Browsewrap

This is a “Browsewrap” or “browserwrap” agreement.

By using our Site and Services you agree to these Terms.

So if you don’t agree to these Terms you’re not allowed to use the Site and Services.

 

Define your terms

The “Tool” means the LawGeex software that provides an automated review of legal documents.

“Services” means the use of the Tool and any other services we might give you via the Site.

The “Terms” are the terms of this contact.

 

Who are we?

Our legal name is Legalogic Ltd. and we’re an Israeli company based in Tel Aviv.

“LawGeex” is the name of our Site and Tool. When we talk about “us” and “we” and LawGeex we’re talking about Legalogic and everybody who works here and all our related companies.

If you’d like to know more about us, click here.

If you’d like to get in touch with us, please click here.

Terms and Conditions Subject to Change

Laws change and our Services might change too. Circumstances change. So we might change these Terms from time to time.

If we do change Terms, we’ll send you an email (if you’ve given us your email address) and/or post a notice here on the Site.

If you keep using the Site and Services after we change the Terms, you agree to the new Terms too.

 

Our Privacy Policy

Just like everyone else, we’ve got one and you can find it here. When you use the Site and Services, you also agree to the privacy policy.

 

Children’s Privacy

This Site and Services aren’t intended for people under the age of 18.

 

Disclaimers

You shouldn’t rely on any website for legal advice, and that’s not what we’re offering here.

We’re providing information, and that’s not the same thing as advice.

So you understand and agree that:

  • We’re not your lawyer, and using the Site and Services doesn’t create an attorney- client relationship.
  • We’ll give you a general idea of what your contract says, but we’re not going to tell you what we think you should do in your situation – because we don’t know about your situation.
  • We use statistical analysis to show whether contract terms are common, uncommon, or missing.
  • The Site and Service aren’t a substitute for the advice of a real-live lawyer licensed in your state.
  • Like we said, the law changes all the time. So we can’t guarantee that everything on the Site or provided as part of the Service will be current and accurate. Caveat Emptor.
  • The laws are different in different places and so are contracts. For example, a contract term that’s unusual for the US as a whole might be more usual in your area. Right now, the Tool only deals with the US as a whole, though that might change in the future.
  • For the time being, we only deal with US law.
  • In addition to the laws being different from state to state, different judges even in the same courthouse may interpret the same contract clauses in different ways. This is why lawyers get the big bucks, and this is why you should talk to one if you need legal advice.

 

Paying for It

Certain Services or features of the Tool might only be available on a paid basis.

If you use stuff you’re supposed to pay for, then you agree to actually pay for it. This means you allow us to charge your credit card (or other payment method) for any product/service you buy, including taxes and fees.

Normally, we don’t give refunds. If you’re not happy with the Tool or Services, we’re very sorry but we’re not giving you your money back.

However, if you pay for the use of the Tool or other Services and you’re unable to use them at all for technical reasons that are our fault (such as the Site being down for an extended period) then we will give you a refund. Please click here if you want to claim a refund.

Stuff You’re Not Allowed to Do

  • You can’t copy, distribute, or change the Site or Services unless we tell you it’s OK in writing.
  • You can’t use the Site to send SPAM.
  • You can’t use the Site or Services to send viruses or other harmful code.
  • You can’t mess with any servers or networks connected to the Site.
  • You can’t use bots, spiders, or other stuff like that to access the Site or Services.
  • You can’t harvest personal information about other users from the Site.

 

Creating an Account

In order to use some aspects of the Site or Services, you may need to create an account. Here are the rules about that.

  • You can’t use someone else’s account without their permission, because that would be creepy.
  • You have to provide accurate and complete information when creating your own account.
  • You’re responsible for what happens with your account, so you need to protect your password and let us know right away if there’s any unauthorized use of your account.
  • You’re on the hook financially for any harm to LawGeex because of any misuse of your account.
  • We’re not responsible for any harm to you if anyone misuses your account.

We can terminate you.

If you misbehave, we can terminate your access to the Site and Services.

 

No Trespassing

The stuff on our site is our intellectual property (IP). It’s the sand in our sandbox – you can play with it as long as you play by our rules, but you can’t haul it away or try to sell it to other people.

We own (or have license rights to) all the stuff on our site: the text, the documents, the software, the graphics, the photos, the logos, the sounds etc. (“Content”).

The Content is intended just for your information and personal use.

You can’t use, copy, distribute, broadcast, display, sell, license, de-compile or otherwise use our Content unless we give you written permission.

 

As-Is

All our Content is provided “as is.” We’re not making any promises about how good, useful, accurate, current, or error-free it is. If you make any bad decisions based on the Site or Services, that’s your problem and not ours.

 

All Rights Reserved

This phrase is legally obsolete, but lawyers and even normal people still like to use it. It’s just a belt-and-suspenders reminder that all our Content is protected by copyright law.

Just because it’s on the Internet that doesn’t mean you can do anything you want with it.

You can’t circumvent or disable any of the security features of the Site or Services.

“LAWGEEX,” the LAWGEEX logo, and other marks belong to us and our affiliates.

All other trademarks, service marks, and logos used on our Site are the trademarks, service marks, or logos of their respective owners.

 

Survival

Any Term which imposes an obligation after termination or expiration of this agreement shall survive the termination or expiration of this agreement.

 

Your Data

The Tool works by analyzing contracts and other legal documents that you send us.

We also welcome any comments, questions, and suggestions you send us – though we can’t answer legal questions.

At some point we might also have forums or messaging services where users can talk about stuff and share materials. If you post anything that violates these Terms or we deem it necessary, we can remove it.

All of the stuff you and other users send us or other users, upload, or post (OTHER than legal documents you upload into the Tool) is called “User Submissions.”

While we’ll try to protect the confidentiality of User Submissions that aren’t posted publicly, we can’t guarantee it.

Also, we can turn your stuff over to others if we get a court order.

Stuff you upload into the Tool is called “Legal Submissions.”

While no online company can absolutely guarantee security, we follow industry standards to protect your information. All Legal Submissions are uploaded using a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) with 128-bit encryption.

For additional protection, you’re welcome to strip out the party names and any sensitive terms (like home addresses and prices) before you upload a legal document for review.

 

Playing Nicely in Our Sandbox

If we allow you to post stuff or use the Site or Services to send messages, you agree to play nicely with us and the other users.

You may not post, submit, publish, transmit, any User Submission that:

  • is unfair or deceptive
  • violates anyone else’s intellectual property or privacy rights
  • creates a health or safety risk
  • compromises national security
  • promotes illegal drugs, violates export control laws, relates to illegal gambling or illegal drug trafficking, or encourages similar naughty behavior
    is unlawful, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability, violates any law, or is otherwise inappropriate.

In other words, be nice.

 

Licensing Your Stuff to Us

When you send, upload, or post User Submissions, you still own your stuff but we get certain limited rights to use it. This “limited right to use” is called a “license” in lawyer-speak.

By sending us your User Submissions, you’re giving us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty- free, perpetual, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of display, and perform the User Submissions
in connection with the Site and our (and our successor’s) business, including without limitation for redistributing part or all of the User Submission (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels and
you hereby waive any moral rights in your User Submission, to the extent permitted by law. You also hereby grant each user of the Site or other viewer of the User Submission a non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Submissions.

 

Links

The Site may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by us. We’re not responsible for those sites and you won’t sue us for anything that happens to you because of those other sites.

 

Limitation of Liability and Warranty

THE FOLLOWING SECTION REGARDING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND WARRANTY APPLIES WHETHER OR NOT THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THE SITE ARE FOR PAYMENT.

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND LAWGEEX, THE SITE (INCLUDING THE CONTENT AND ANY OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED THEREBY), IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND THOSE ARISING BY STATUTE OR FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

WHILE WE MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO
ENSURE THAT THE SITE WILL FUNCTION AS CLAIMED, LAWGEEX DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SITE WILL BE FREE OF BUGS, SECURITY BREACHES, VIRUS ATTACKS AND THE LIKE, OR THAT IT WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE. THE SITE WILL OCCASIONALLY BE UNAVAILABLE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, UPGRADING, OR OTHER REASONS.

IN ADDITION, YOU AGREE THAT LAWGEEX WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES TO ITS USERS THAT MAY RESULT FROM TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OF THE INTERNET, SLOW CONNECTIONS, TRAFFIC CONGESTION OR OVERLOAD OF OUR OR OTHER SERVERS, ETC.

YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LAWGEEX SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR USER SUBMISSIONS OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN OUR PRIVACY POLICY, LAWGEEX DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE SECURITY OF ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY PROVIDE OR ACTIVITIES YOU ENGAGE IN DURING THE COURSE

OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE.

LAWGEEX DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE OR GUARANTEE ANY CONTENT, PRODUCT, OR SERVICE THAT APPEARS IN ITS USERS’ SUBMISSION OR THAT IS FEATURED OR ADVERTISED ON THE SITE.

YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTION WITH OTHER LAWGEEX USERS. IF YOU HAVE A DISPUTE WITH ANY OTHER USER OF THE SITE, YOU AGREE THAT LAWGEEX IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH SUCH A DISPUTE.

LAWGEEX RESERVES THE RIGHT, BUT HAS NO OBLIGATION, TO MONITOR ANY SUCH DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO OR MORE USERS, ARISING OUT OF THEIR USE OF THE SITE.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL LAWGEEX, ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS, ASSIGNS AND AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF MONEY, GOODWILL, REPUTATION, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL

DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE AND ITS SERVICES EVEN IF LAWGEEX HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN ANY EVENT AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THIS SECTION TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW YOU AGREE THAT THE LAWGEEX’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES AND LOSSES SHALL NOT IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AGGREGATE OF THE AMOUNT (IF ANY) PAID BY YOU IN THE 12 MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING BRINGING OF A CLAIM AGAINST LAWGEEX OR ITS AFFILIATES, OR (B) $100.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

 

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless LAWGEEX, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from: (i) Your use of the Site; (ii) Your violation of these Terms; (iii) Your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, publicity or privacy right;
or (iv) any claim that one of Your User Submissions caused damage to a third party.

This defense, hold harmless and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms and Your use of the Site.

 

Boilerplate

  • We can stop offering the Site or Service, or any part of them, at any time.
  • This contract is governed by the laws of the State of Israel without regard to its principles of conflict of laws.
  • These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole enchilada when it comes to contracts between you and us.
  • These Terms, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by us without restriction or notification to you.
  • If a court decides that any part of these Terms are invalid, you’re still stuck with the rest of the Terms.
  • No waiver of any term of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and a party’s failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
  • If you sue us, it has to be within one (1) year of whatever happened that made you want to sue us. If you delay for more than one year, your cause of action is permanently barred.

 

Summary Disclaimer:

For the avoidance of doubt:
The information contained in this site is for general guidance on matters of interest only. The application and impact of laws can vary widely based on the specific facts involved. Given the changing nature of laws, rules and regulations, and the inherent hazards of electronic communication, there may be delays, omissions or inaccuracies in information contained in this site. Accordingly, the information on this site is provided with the understanding that the authors and publishers are not herein engaged in rendering legal, accounting, tax, or other professional advice and services. As such, it should not be used as a substitute for consultation with professional accounting, tax, legal or other competent advisers. Before making any decision or taking any action, you should consult a professional.

While we have made every attempt to ensure that the information contained in this site has been obtained from reliable sources, LawGeex is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information. All information in this site is provided “as is”, with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to warranties of performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will LawGeex, its related partnerships or corporations, or the partners, agents or employees thereof be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information in this Site or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Any third party opinion, content, data or views was prepared or accomplished by the relevant third party in his/her own personal capacity. Such opinion, content, data or views expressed in such linked or on-site articles are the author’s own and do not reflect the view of LawGeex.

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