Terms of Use | Vert Law

Welcome to Vert Law Group (hereinafter: "the Company" or "Vert")! The Company provides its users a convenient tool through which they will be able to manage and resolve cases, as well as perform various actions that will be offered from time to time on the platform. The following sets forth terms of using our service. By using the platform in any way, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the Terms, and you agree to be bound by their instructions and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding your use of the platform and services. The Company reserves the right to update these Terms from time to time (hereinafter: the "Terms" or "Terms of Use"), at its sole discretion but will provide notice as prescribed by law. The change in Terms will take effect from the moment they are published on the Platform (in their latest version at any given time).

1. Limitations

It is hereby clarified and stated that neither the Company nor the platform provide legal advice or legal services in any way by simply using the platform. This platform is not a substitute for consulting a licensed attorney and an attorney-client relationship is not formed until a separate engagement agreement is signed with a licensed attorney.

2. Eligibility

The platform and services are intended solely for persons aged eighteen (18) years or older. If you are less than eighteen (18) years of age, please refrain from accessing and using the Platform. By accessing or using the Platform, you confirm that you are over eighteen (18) years of age.

3. General Conditions & Scope of Services

3.1. The use of the platform and the content displayed on it are subject to the Terms and privacy policy.

3.2. The purpose of the Terms of Use is to regulate the relationship with any person and/or body and/or entity or anyone acting on behalf of those who use the platform (hereinafter: "the User" or "You").

3.3. The Company provides non-legal service by paralegals, case managers and legal assistants. Non-legal services might include coordinating case activities, document updates on the case, answer the client's questions and guide on next steps, filing documents in court, serve opposing parties, and more.

3.4. The Company is a law firm and may provide legal services by licensed attorneys. When a client asks the company to provide legal services, the client will be asked to sign an Engagement Agreement. Once the client signed the Engagement Agreement, the client is not yet represented, and the Company is not legally responsible for the client's case. Legal services will be provided only after an attorney signed the engagement agreement with the client. The scope of the legal services provided by the Company to the client is limited, as defined in the engagement agreement between the client and the assigned attorney.

4. License to Use the Platform

Subject to the Terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby grants you a personal, limited license, which is non-exclusive, non-assignable or transferable, which does not allow the granting of sub-licenses, and which may be canceled in full, to make use of the Platform in accordance with these Terms and conditions.

5. Restrictions on Use

You undertake not to perform the following actions and/or assist in their performance and/or enable their performance: (a) using, modifying and/or integrating the platform or any part thereof into another software, or creating works derived from any part of the platform; (b) sale, granting of a license (or sub-license), lease, transfer, pledge or sharing of the rights granted to you under this agreement and/or your customer agreement (if applicable) to any other person; (c) impersonating any person or entity, including but not limited to a representative, employee or manager of the Company and/or providing a false description or false representation of a relationship between you and a third party; (d) claiming, uploading or posting to the platform of any false and misleading material or material which is intended to deceive a person or any entity directly and/or indirectly; (e) claiming, uploading or sending any material to the platform containing any type of computer virus or any other computer code, designed to destroy, interrupt, or limit the use of the platform; (f) operating or enabling any computer application or other means, including software of any kind: crawlers, bots and the like, for the purpose of searching, scanning, copying or automatically retrieving content from the platform; (g) modifying, disassembling, performing reverse compilation operations, reverse engineering, updating or improving the platform or attempting to discover the source code of the platform; (h) disclosing the results of the performance of the platform, or the use of those results for the development or development purposes of any competing software you own; (i) copying, distributing or transcribing the platform and/or the pages contained therein and commercial use thereof; (j) removing or altering of any copyright, trademark, patent or other identifying marks contained within or on the platform or any copy thereof; (k) any use of the Company's name, logo or trademarks without the prior written permission of the Company; (l) infringement of any copyright, trademark, or any other proprietary right contained in the platform, the Company and/or any third party; and (m) using the platform and/or services in any way that is not in accordance with this agreement and/or contrary to any law.

6. Registration for the Services

6.1. In order to access the platform and use it, you must create an account (hereinafter "Account"). If you create an Account, you agree: (a) to not allow anyone else access to or use of your Account; (b) to not create an Account for a third party; (c) that you shall bear sole responsibility for all activities that you undertake regarding your Account, including providing access rights to content (as defined below) in connection with your Account; and (d) to notify the Company immediately about any incident of security or unauthorized use made from your Account.

6.2. You agree to provide only true, accurate and complete information about you, and you hereby confirm that the information provided by you is as such. You agree to keep in confidence your username and password given to you and to make sure that only you make use of them. All use of your username and password by any person or party is at your own risk.

7. User Data

7.1. When using the Platform, you may choose to upload and provide the platform with data, information and other content (collectively, the "User Data"). The ownership rights and intellectual property of the User Data are and will remain the exclusive property of the user.

7.2. You acknowledge that you have obtained the rights and/or agreements required to enable the Company to make use of the User Data as stated in this agreement.

7.3. You warrant that no User Data will be uploaded to the platform that: (1) is protected by copyright, is protected as a trade secret or is otherwise subject to the proprietary rights of third parties; (2) is illegal, constitutes libel, or is defamatory, threatening, inappropriate, malicious, or fraudulent; (3) is misleading, inauthentic and/or incorrect and inaccurate; and/or (4) violates this Agreement.

8. Contents

The platform has a variety of content and information, including verbal, visual, audio, audio-visual content or any combination thereof as well as their design, processing, editing, distribution and presentation, and any other information that will be made available to users by any means, existing or available in the future regarding the services provided and the providers of the platform (the "Content"). It is hereby clarified that the Company and anyone acting on its behalf is not responsible towards you, anyone acting on your behalf and towards your authorized users, in regards to the Content, quality and/or accuracy of the User Data provided by you and/or other users of the Platform, and/or any error or omission.

9. Management of the Procedure

9.1. The Company or its representatives are not responsible for the outcome of the proceeding or any part thereof, including any compromise, mediation, or a decision by an arbitrator whether the User's claim is accepted or not; nor does the Company guarantee or declare that a compromise will be reached and/or that another solution or arbitration decision acceptable to either party in any proceeding will be reached.

9.2. The Company will not be responsible for the behavior of any User in relation with the use of the platform and/or management or execution of the proceeding.

10. Payments

10.1. Before submitting and/or initiating a Procedure involving such payment, you will be asked to pay the amount in accordance with the conditions that will be presented to you.

10.2. The Company may from time to time change the prices of the various services offered on the Platform.

10.3. If you choose to submit your case to court, you will pay any and all costs of filing the lawsuit, which may include payments to the court, for service of process, and any other related expenses.

10.4. Nothing in this agreement or statements made by Vert should be construed as a guarantee or promise regarding the outcome of the case of the client.

10.5. All payments for non-legal services are non-refundable and earned upon receipt.

11. Monthly Subscription

11.1. By purchasing Vert Coverage, you agree to an initial and recurring fee (hereinafter: "Monthly Subscription") at the then-current monthly subscription rate, and you accept responsibility for all recurring charges until you cancel your subscription.

11.2. Once you subscribe to Vert Coverage, Vert will automatically process your Monthly Subscription fee in the next billing cycle.

11.3. You may cancel your Monthly Subscription at any time by contacting Vert at service@vertfirm.com.

12. Consent to be Contacted

By submitting information to the Company's platform, you consent to be contacted by phone, text, or email by Vert or its agents.

13. Consent to be Recorded

You consent to the monitoring and/or recording, at any time, by Vert of any and all communications. In compliance with applicable federal and state laws, Vert may monitor and/or record calls that are made to and from Vert for quality assurance, training, compliance, and security purposes. Call recordings will be held for a period of 12 months and then deleted.

14. Consent to Sharing Information with Co-Counsel and Vert's Affiliates

You consent for Vert to share your information with any co-counsel that Vert determines, in its discretion, may be suitable for your legal matter. You also consent for Vert to share your information with Vert's affiliates, which provide technological, case management, document management, accounting, marketing, financing, and other services in connection or in support of Vert's legal services.

15. Intellectual Property

15.1. This agreement grants you a limited license to use the Platform only; the Platform is not sold to you under this agreement. All title and intellectual property rights in the Platform are and will remain the exclusive property of the Company.

15.2. For the purposes of this Agreement, "intellectual property rights" entails all rights therein towards any trade secrets, patents, copyrights, service marks, trademarks, know-how, or intellectual property rights that are similar to those.

16. Confidentiality

Each party may have access to certain non-public and/or proprietary information of the other party, in any form or media, including and without limitation, trade secrets and other information regarding the other party's products, software, technology, data, knowledge, or business (hereinafter: "Confidential Information"). Each party shall take reasonable measures to protect the Confidential Information of the opposing party from disclosure to a third party.

17. Privacy Policy

The Company will use information about you collected by the Company or which the Company will have access to as a result of your use of the platform in accordance with the Company's Privacy Policy which forms an integral part of this Agreement.

18. Indemnification

You hereby commit to indemnify the Company, its employees, managers or anyone acting on its behalf for any claim, demand, damage, loss, loss of profit, payment, or any expense incurred to them - including (reasonable) attorney's fees and legal expenses - due to breach of the Terms, Privacy Policy and/or the law by you and/or a claim and/or demand of any third party as a result of any violation of these Terms.

19. Lack of Representations

The Company provides the platform as well as any information, content and service provided through or in relation with the Platform as well as the services as they are ("As Is") and on the basis of availability ("As Available"), without any representations or commitments whatsoever. The Company has no obligation to provide support, maintenance, upgrades, modifications, or new versions of the platform. Your use of the platform and the services and Content contained therein, and reliance on them, are at your own risk.

20. Limitation of Liability

20.1. The Company shall not be liable, in any event and by any legal cause whatsoever, whether by virtue of a contractual, tortious, or any other cause, towards you or any other person, for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages of any kind resulting from the platform and/or services.

20.2. In no case will the liability aggregate maximum of the Company in respect of damages, loss, or damage arising out of or related to services and/or the platform be higher than the consideration paid by you to the Company during the period of 12 months prior to the date on which the cause of action was formed.

21. Period of the License and Its Termination

21.1. This Agreement will be effective from your approval and/or the commencement of your use of the Platform. The Company will be entitled to terminate this Agreement and these Terms at any time.

21.2. Upon termination of this Agreement: (a) you will cease all use of the platform; (b) we will terminate your access rights to the Platform; and (c) you will pay us without delay any consideration which we are entitled to.

22. Miscellaneous

22.1. These Terms and all the rights and licenses they confer are not transferable and/or you may not grant them to anyone, but are transferable, and/or may be granted by the Company, without any limitation and/or prior notice.

22.2. If it is determined in a judgment or a final judicial decision that there is no validity to any portion of these Terms, only that portion shall be void and the rest of the conditions shall remain in effect.

22.3. Only the laws of the State of Arizona shall apply to these conditions. The exclusive jurisdiction in any matter relating to this Agreement and the use of the Platform are the authorized courts in Arizona.

22.4. You may only resolve disputes with us on an individual basis and may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, consolidated, or representative action.

Last updated: February 2024