Veralex Terms of Service

1.1 Agreement to Terms

In order to use the Services, you must first agree to these Terms. If you are registering for or using the Services on behalf of an organization, you are agreeing to these Terms for that organization and promising that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

In that case, "you" and "your" will also refer to that organization, wherever possible. As the user of Veralex, you may be either a consumer or a legal professional.

1.2 Age Requirements

You must be over 13 years of age to use the Services, and children under the age of 13 cannot use or register for the Services.

If you are over 13 years of age but are not yet of legal age to form a binding contract (in many jurisdictions, this age is 18), then you must get your parent or guardian to read these Terms and agree to them for you before you use the Services. If you are a parent or guardian and you provide your consent to your child's registration with the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms with respect to your child's use of the Services.

1.3 Separate Agreements

If you have entered into a separate written agreement with Veralex for use of the Services, the terms and conditions of such other agreement shall prevail over any conflicting terms or conditions in these Terms with respect to the Services specified in such agreement.

1.4 Acceptance

1.5 Additional Terms

CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE SERVICES OR SITE MAY BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES, TERMS, OR RULES, WHICH WILL BE POSTED ON THE SERVICE OR SITE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH FEATURES. TO THE EXTENT SUCH TERMS, GUIDELINES, AND RULES CONFLICT WITH THESE TERMS, SUCH TERMS SHALL GOVERN SOLELY WITH RESPECT TO SUCH FEATURES. IN ALL OTHER SITUATIONS, THESE TERMS SHALL GOVERN.

2.2 Legal Professionals

By registering or using the Veralex platform to post, promote, or provide legal services, Legal Professionals (as defined below) represent and warrant that they, and the employees, agents, suppliers contractors, and subcontractors who may perform work for them, are properly and fully qualified and experienced, and licensed, certified, bonded, and insured, as required by applicable laws or regulations to which they may be subject in the jurisdiction(s) in which they offer their legal services.

Legal Professionals must comply with all applicable laws, including professional conduct rules (such as ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct), state bar regulations, attorney-client privilege requirements, confidentiality obligations, unauthorized practice of law restrictions, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Legal Professionals must ensure they do not engage in or facilitate the unauthorized practice of law through the platform. As used herein, "Legal Professional" means a User who uses, or is registered to use, the Platform to post, promote, or facilitate the provision of their legal services.

2.3 Platform Disclaimer

Veralex does not sell or otherwise provide legal services. Consumers understand that any such facilitation does not constitute a warranty in relation to the legal services. Consumers understand that any legal services they solicit and/or pay for using the Veralex platform are solicited directly from the Legal Professional providing such legal services.

3.2 User Content

You acknowledge that you may also be able to create, transmit, publish or display information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other images, legal documents, case analyses, or legal opinions) through use of the Services. All such information is referred to below as "User Content."

3.3 Responsibility for User Content

You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Veralex has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any User Content, and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which Veralex may suffer) in connection with such User Content.

If you are registering for these Services on behalf of an organization, you also agree that you are also responsible for the actions of associated Users and for any User Content that such associated Users might upload, record, publish, post, link to, or otherwise transmit or distribute through use of the Services.

Furthermore, you acknowledge that Veralex does not control or actively monitor Content uploaded by users and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You acknowledge that by using the Services, you may be exposed to materials that are offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Veralex be liable in any way for any such Content.

3.4 Content Management

Veralex may refuse to store, provide, or otherwise maintain your User Content for any or no reason. Veralex may remove your User Content from the Services at any time if you violate these Terms or if the Services are canceled or suspended.

If User Content is stored using the Services with an expiration date, Veralex may also delete the User Content as of that date. User Content that is deleted may be irretrievable. You agree that Veralex has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any User Content or other communications maintained or transmitted through use of the Services.

Veralex reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to monitor and remove User Content from the Services, in its discretion. You agree to immediately take down any Content that violates these Terms, including pursuant to a takedown request from Veralex. Veralex also reserves the right to directly take down such Content.

3.5 Content Licensing

By submitting, posting or otherwise uploading User Content on or through the Services you give Veralex a worldwide, nonexclusive, perpetual, fully sub-licensable, royalty-free right and license as set below:

• With respect to User Content that you submit, post or otherwise make publicly or generally available via the Services (e.g. public forum posts), the license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly perform, and publicly display such User Content (in whole or part) worldwide via the Services or otherwise, and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed for any legal business purpose; and
• With respect to User Content that you submit, post or otherwise transmit privately via the Services, the license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display such User Content for the purpose of enabling Veralex to provide you with the Services, and for the limited purposes stated in our Privacy Policy.

4.2 User Rights

Except as provided in Section 3, Veralex acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you create, upload, submit, post, transmit, share or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Veralex, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that Veralex has no obligation to do so on your behalf.

5.2 Technical Restrictions

You may not (and you may not permit anyone else to):

• Copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Services or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Veralex, in writing (e.g., through an open source software license); or
• Attempt to disable or circumvent any security mechanisms used by the Services or any applications running on the Services.

5.3 Service Integrity

You may not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).

5.4 Commercial Restrictions

You may not rent, lease, provide access to or sublicense any elements of the Services to a third party or use the Services on behalf of or to provide services to third parties.

You may not access the Services in a manner intended to avoid incurring fees or exceeding usage limits or quotas.

5.5 Competitive Use

You may not access the Services for the purpose of bringing an intellectual property infringement claim against Veralex or for the purpose of creating a product or service competitive with the Services.

You may not use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or other manual or automatic program or device to retrieve, index, "scrape," "data mine" or in any way gather Content from the Services.

5.6 Prohibited Content and Activities

You agree that you will not upload, record, publish, post, link to, transmit or distribute User Content, or otherwise utilize the Services in a manner that:

• Advocates, promotes, incites, instructs, informs, assists or otherwise encourages violence or any illegal activities;
• Infringes or violates the copyright, patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights of any third party or Veralex, or any rights of publicity or privacy of any party;
• Attempts to mislead others about your identity or the origin of a message or other communication, or impersonates or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with any other person or entity, or is otherwise materially false, misleading, or inaccurate;
• Promotes, solicits or comprises inappropriate, harassing, abusive, profane, hateful, defamatory, libelous, threatening, obscene, indecent, vulgar, pornographic or otherwise objectionable or unlawful content or activity;
• Is harmful to minors;
• Utilizes or contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, or any other similar software, data, or programs that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data, personal information, or property of another;
• Violates any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation (including without limitation the laws and regulations governing export control, unfair competition, anti-discrimination, or false advertising);
• Violates any applicable professional conduct rules, attorney-client privilege, or other legal professional standards;
• Constitutes or facilitates unauthorized practice of law; or
• Involves the creation, distribution, or use of deepfakes, AI-generated intimate imagery, or other AI-generated content that violates state laws regarding synthetic media or digital impersonation.

5.7 Eligibility

You may not use the Services if you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries, including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services. You affirm that you are over the age of 13, as the Services are not intended for children under 13.

For Different Types of Inquiries:

• General Questions: [email protected]
• Technical Support: [email protected] (subject line: "Technical Support")
• Billing Questions: [email protected] (subject line: "Billing Inquiry")
• Legal Notices: [email protected] (subject line: "Legal Notice")
• DMCA Notices: [email protected] (subject line: "DMCA Notice")

Response Times

We will respond to your inquiries within:

• General Inquiries: 2-3 business days
• Technical Support: 24-48 hours
• Legal Matters: 1-2 business days
• Billing Issues: 1-2 business days