Terms of Service

Effective: 11/01/2023

This User Agreement (collectively “Terms”) applies to your access to and use of the www.lawblog.law website, (where applicable) mobile app, widgets, APIs, emails, and other online products and services (collectively, the “Services”) provided by the Law Blog, LLC (“LB,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

First and foremost, by accessing the Services, you understand, acknowledge, and agree that the posts and comments published on LB generally consist of rumors, speculation, assumptions, gossip and opinions in the form of text, links, graphics, photos, videos, audio, streams, or other materials (collectively “Content”). 

The Content and links posted on LB may very well contain erroneous or inaccurate information and/or information that may change over time. Neither LB nor any of its owner(s), administrator(s), blogger(s), poster(s), and/or moderator(s) (collectively “LB”) guaranty or ensure the accuracy of any Content presented on the LB. Moreover, the Content posted on LB is intended for entertainment purposes only; nothing published on LB should be construed or relied upon as legal advice or as constituting an attorney-client relationship.

The LV Golden Rules (“Content Policy”).

Rule 1

LB is a place for creating community and belonging, not for attacking individuals or marginalized or vulnerable groups of people. Everyone has a right to use LB free of harassment, bullying, and threats of violence. Users that incite violence or that promote hate will be banned.

Rule 2

Do not engage in content manipulation (including spamming, ban evasion, or subscriber fraud) or otherwise interfere with or disrupt LB.

Rule 3

Respect the privacy of others. Instigating harassment is not allowed.

Rule 4

Do not post or encourage the posting of sexual or suggestive content, or content involving minors.

Rule 5

You don’t have to use your real name to use LB, but don’t impersonate an individual or an entity in a misleading or deceptive manner.

Rule 6

Keep your comments work-appropriate and slander-free. Do not post or solicit Content that violates these Terms.

Rule 7

Don’t break LB or do anything that interferes with normal use of LB.

Enforcement

We reserve the right to enforcing our rules, including, but not limited to, at our sole and absolute discretion:

• Asking you nicely to knock it off;
• Asking you less nicely;
• Temporary or permanent suspension of accounts;
• Removal of privileges from, or adding restrictions to, accounts;
• Removal of Content; and/or
• Banning of a User.

Terms of Use

BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU MAY NOT VIEW, ACCESS, OR USE OUR SERVICES.

1. Your Access to the Services

By using the Services, you represent that:

You are at least 18 and are a resident of the United States, or the minimum age required by the laws of your country of residence to access and use the Services;

You can form a binding contract with LB, or, if you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, that your legal guardian has reviewed and agrees to these Terms;

You are not barred from using the Services under any applicable laws; and

You have not been permanently suspended or removed from the Services.

If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of another legal entity, including a business or government entity, you represent that you have full legal authority to bind such entity to these Terms.

2. Privacy

LB’s Privacy Policy explains how and why we collect, use, and share information about you when you access or use our Services. You understand that through your use of the Services, you consent to the collection and use of this information as set forth in the Privacy Policy.

3. Your Use of the Services

Subject to your complete and ongoing compliance with these Terms, LB grants you a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to: (a) (where applicable) install and use a copy of our mobile application associated with the Services which is obtained from a legitimate marketplace on a mobile device owned or controlled by you; and (b) access and use the Services. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you by these Terms.

Except and solely to the extent such a restriction is impermissible under applicable law, you may not, without our written agreement: (i) license, sell, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Services or Content; (ii) modify, prepare derivative works of,  disassemble, decompile, or reverse engineer any part of the Services or Content; or access the Services or Content in order to build a similar or competitive website, product, or service.

We will often attempt to improve our Services. This means we may add or remove features, products, or functionalities. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Services (in whole or in part) at any time, with or without notice to you. Any future release, update, or other addition to functionality of the Services will be subject to these Terms, which may be updated from time to time. You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the Services or any part thereof.

4. Your LB Account and Account Security

At some point in the future, in order to use certain features of our Services, you may be required to create a LB account (an “Account”) and provide us with a username, password, and certain other information about yourself as set forth in the Privacy Policy.

You are solely responsible for the information associated with your Account and anything that happens related to your Account. You must maintain the security of your Account and immediately notify LB if you discover or suspect that someone has accessed your Account without your permission. We recommend that you use a strong password that is used only with your Account.

You will not license, sell, or transfer your Account without our prior written approval from LB.

5. Your Content

The Services may contain Content, including Content created with or submitted to the Services by you or through your Account (“Your Content”). We take no responsibility for, and we do not expressly or implicitly endorse, support, or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any of Your Content.

By submitting Your Content to the Services, you represent and warrant that you have all rights, power, and authority necessary to grant the rights to Your Content contained within these Terms. Because you alone are responsible for Your Content, you may expose yourself to liability based upon your Content.

You retain any ownership rights you have in Your Content, but you grant LB the following license to use that Content:

When Your Content is created with or submitted to the Services, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works of, distribute, store, perform, and display Your Content and any name, username, voice, or likeness provided in connection with Your Content in all media formats and channels now known or later developed anywhere in the world. This license includes the right for us to make Your Content available for syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication by other companies, organizations, or individuals who partner with LB. You also agree that we may remove metadata associated with Your Content, and you irrevocably waive any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.

Any ideas, suggestions, and feedback about LB or our Services that you provide to us are entirely voluntary, and you agree that LB may use such ideas, suggestions, and feedback without compensation or obligation to you.

Although we have no obligation to screen, edit, or monitor Your Content, we may, in our sole discretion, delete or remove your Account and/or Your Content at any time and for any reason, including for violating these Terms, violating our Content Policy, our Privacy Policy, our Advertising Policy, or if you otherwise create or are likely to create liability for us, which we will determine in our sole and absolute discretion.

6. Third-Party Content, Advertisements, and Promotions

The Services may contain links to third-party websites, products, or services, which may be posted by advertisers, our affiliates, our partners, or other users (“Third-Party Content”). Third-Party Content is not under our control, and we are not responsible for any third party’s websites, products, or services. Your use of Third-Party Content is at your own risk and you should make any investigation you feel necessary before proceeding with any transaction in connection with such Third-Party Content.

The Services may also contain sponsored Third-Party Content or advertisements. The type, degree, and targeting of advertisements are subject to change, and you acknowledge and agree that we may place advertisements in connection with the display of any Content or information on the Services, including Your Content.

You shall not use the Services to conduct any contest or sweepstakes.

7. Things You Cannot Do

When using or accessing LB, you must comply with these Terms and all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. In addition to what is prohibited in the Content Policy, you may not do any of the following:

Use the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disable, disrupt, overburden, or otherwise impair the Service;

Gain access to (or attempt to gain access to) another user’s Account or any non-public portions of the Services, including the computer systems or networks connected to or used together with the Services;

Upload, transmit, or distribute to or through the Services any viruses, worms, malicious code, or other software intended to interfere with the Services, including its security-related features;

Use the Services to violate applicable law or infringe any person’s or entity’s intellectual property rights or any other proprietary rights;

Use the Services to violate our these Terms, our Privacy Policy, or our Advertising Policy;

Access, search, or collect data from the Services by any means (automated or otherwise) except as permitted in these Terms; or

Use the Services in any manner that we reasonably believe to be an abuse of or fraud on LB or its other users.

We encourage you to report content or conduct that you believe violates these Terms or our Content Policy. We also support the responsible reporting of security vulnerabilities. To report a security issue, please email quickdrawmclaw@lawblog.law and/or law.dawg.esq@lawblog.law  

8. Copyright, Trademark, the DMCA, and Takedowns

LB respects the intellectual property of others and requires that users of our Services do the same. We have a policy that includes the removal of any infringing material from the Services and for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users of our Services who are repeat infringers. If you believe that anything on our Services infringes a copyright or a trademark that you own or control, please email quickdrawmclaw@lawblog.law and/or law.dawg.esq@lawblog.law

Also, please note that if you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Service is infringing, you may be liable to LB for certain costs and damages.

9. Intellectual Property

The Services are owned and operated by LB. The visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, information, data, computer code, products, services, trademarks, and all other elements of the Services (“Materials”) provided by LB are protected by intellectual property and other laws. All Materials included in the Services are the property of LB or its third-party licensors. You acknowledge and agree that you shall not acquire any ownership rights whatsoever by downloading Materials. Except as expressly authorized by LB in writing, you may not make commercial use of the Materials. LB reserves all rights to the Materials not granted expressly in these Terms.

10. Indemnity

Except to the extent prohibited by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold LB, its owner(s), administrator(s), blogger(s), poster(s), attorney(s), and/or moderator(s), its affiliates, and their respective, directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents, contractors, third-party service providers, and licensors (collectively the “LB Entities”) harmless from and against any claim or demand made by any third party, and any related liability, damage, loss, and expense (including costs and attorneys’ fees) due to, arising out of, or in connection with: (a) your use of the Services, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of applicable laws or regulations, or (d) Your Content. We reserve the right to control the defense of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims.

11. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

Nothing in these Terms will prejudice the statutory rights that you may have as a user of the Services. Some countries, states, provinces or other jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of liability as stated in this section, so the below terms may not fully apply to you. Instead, in such jurisdictions, the exclusions and limitations below shall apply only to the extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdictions.

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, LEGAL, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE LB ENTITIES DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR FREE. LB DOES NOT CONTROL, ENDORSE, OR TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR LINKED TO THE SERVICES OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY THIRD PARTY OR USER. WHILE LB ATTEMPTS TO MAKE YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR SERVICES SAFE, WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT OUR SERVICES OR SERVERS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

IN NO EVENT WILL ANY OF THE LB ENTITIES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICES, INCLUDING THOSE ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE ON THE SERVICES THAT IS ALLEGED TO BE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL. ACCESS TO, AND USE OF, THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE OR COMPUTER SYSTEM, OR RESULTING LOSS OF DATA. IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE LB ENTITIES EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100) OR ANY AMOUNT YOU PAID LB IN THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS SECTION WILL APPLY TO ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, INCLUDING THOSE BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE LB ENTITIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF ANY REMEDY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

12. Governing Law and Venue

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services shall be governed by the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to its conflict of laws rules; all disputes related to these Terms or the Services shall be brought solely and exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Clark County, Nevada, and you consent to personal jurisdiction in these courts.

13. Changes to these Terms

We may make changes to these Terms from time to time. If we make changes, we will post the revised Terms and update the effective date above. If the changes, in our sole and absolute discretion are material, we may also notify you by sending an email to the address associated with your Account (if you have chosen to provide an email address) or by otherwise providing you with notice through our Services. By continuing to access or use the Services on or after the Effective Date of the revised Terms, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop accessing and using our Services before the changes become effective.

14. Additional Terms

Because we offer a variety of Services, you may be asked to agree to additional terms, policies, guidelines, or rules before using a specific product or service offered by LB (collectively, “Additional Terms”). All Additional Terms are incorporated by this reference into, and made a part of, these Terms, and to the extent any Additional Terms conflict with these Terms, the Additional Terms govern with respect to your use of the corresponding Services.

If you use LB for advertising, you must also agree to our Advertising Policy.

15. Termination

You may terminate these Terms at any time and for any reason by deleting your Account and discontinuing use of all Services. If you stop using the Services without deactivating your Account, your Account may be deactivated due to prolonged inactivity.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we may suspend or terminate your Account, or ability to access or use the Services at any time for any or no reason, including for violating these Terms or our Content Policy.

The following sections will survive any termination of these Terms or of your Account: 5 (Your Content), 7 (Things You Cannot Do), 10 (Indemnity), 11 (Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability), 12 (Governing Law and Venue), 15 (Termination), and 16 (Miscellaneous).

16. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, the Advertising Policy, and any other agreements expressly incorporated by reference into these Terms, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding your access to and use of the Services. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. If any part of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the unenforceable part will be given effect to the greatest extent possible, and the remaining parts will remain in full force and effect. You may not assign or transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms without our consent. We may freely assign any of our rights and obligations under these Terms.

These Terms are a legally-binding agreement between you and LB. If you have any questions about these terms, please contact us at quickdrawmclaw@lawblog.law and/or law.dawg.esq@lawblog.law