Last updated: August 4, 2022
Terms of Use
Welcome to Superlegal.
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.
This Site is owned and operated by Legalogic Ltd., or its subsidiaries (collectively “Legalogic”) and is accessed by you under the following terms.
Yes, this is actually a contract, even if you don’t sign it or click “I agree.” Since you’re among the rare few who actually read terms of use, we’re going to reward you by giving you a short lesson in contract law while we explain our own terms.
So, by using this Site or downloading any materials from it you agree that you have read and understood these Terms and you agree to be bound by them and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the use of this Site. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use this Site.
The contract boils down to this:
Define your terms.
You may have noticed that certain words are capitalized in the sentence above. If you were paying attention in second grade English, you know that plain old vanilla nouns like “services” aren’t normally capitalized when they appear in the middle of a sentence. Lawyers often use capital letters to show that certain terms in a contract have a special meaning. For example, in this contract:
“Site” means www.superlegal.ai, rather than just some random other website.
The “Tool” means the Superlegal 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 – the stuff you’re reading right now.
Using defined terms actually makes contracts shorter. For example, you don’t have to explain which “site” you’re talking about every time you use the word if you’ve defined “Site” once. We put defined terms in bold when we first define them so that when these odd capitalized words show up later you can look back and remind yourself what they mean.
Who are we?
“Superlegal” is the name of our Site and Tool. When we talk about “us” and “we” and Superlegal we’re talking about Legalogic, 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.
We might change stuff.
Laws change and our Services might change too. Stuff happens. So we might change these Terms from time to time. If we do change stuff, 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 stuff 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…. obviously.
Not for Kids
The Site and Services aren’t intended for people under the age of 18. So if we find out you’re really a seven-year-old with an obsession for the law, we’re going to cancel your account and/or block your access to the Site.
This isn’t legal advice.
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. It’s like that mole on your back. You can find lots of websites with pictures of moles and information about moles, but that’s not the same thing as advice on what to do about YOUR mole. It’s good to know about contracts, just like it’s good to know about moles. Being educated helps you make smarter decisions – including decisions about when to see a lawyer or a dermatologist. 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. “Common” doesn’t necessarily mean “good” for your situation and “uncommon” or “missing” doesn’t necessarily mean the contract is bad for you.
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.
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.
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. (These Terms count as writing.)
You can’t use the Site to send SPAM. (We’re not sure how you COULD do this, but just in case…)
You can’t use the Site or Services to send viruses or other harmful code. (Again, we don’t think you can do this, but we’re being extra careful here.)
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.
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 Superlegal 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.
Fees:
We may charge fees for the use of our Services. In such cases, the payments are processed via an online payment service provider (“Online Payment Processor”). We may add or change the Online Payment Processor in our sole discretion. The Online Payment Processor allows you to send payments securely online using a credit card. We do not control and are not affiliated with such Online Payment Processor. The Online Payment Processor is an independent contractor and has no employment or agency relationship with us. We are responsible in any way for the actions or performance (or lack thereof) of the Online Payment Processor. It is your responsibility to abide by all the terms specified by the Online Payment Processor in their terms of use and privacy policies. You acknowledge that you are fully assuming the risks of conducting any transactions via the Online Payment Processor.
No Trespassing
The stuff on the 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 the site: the text, the documents, the software, the graphics, the photos, the logos, the sounds, (“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. “Superlegal,” the Superlegal 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 Stuff
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, 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 “Customer Data” and how we deal with these contract uploads will be dealt with in a separate agreement between us once you purchase a subscription to use the Services.
While no online company can absolutely guarantee security, we follow industry standards to protect your information.
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 a mensch.
BTW, other people might not play by the rules and you may be exposed to all of the above. Sorry. You’re a grownup. Deal with it. And don’t take legal advice from strangers you meet on the Internet.
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. (It cuts both ways! These Terms are also OUR license for you to use OUR stuff! Cool, right?) By sending us your User Submissions, you’re giving us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, sub-licensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of the 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.
ACK, you say. what does all THAT mean? Basically, it means that we can use your stuff in pretty much any way we want. So if you don’t want us to use your stuff, don’t send it to us.
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. (This is one of those “duh” clauses that everyone has in their terms and conditions. We’re including it just in case it turns out to be important.)
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 SUPERLEGAL, 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, SUPERLEGAL 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
SUPERLEGAL 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 SUPERLEGAL 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, SUPERLEGAL 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. SUPERLEGAL 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 SUPERLEGAL USERS. IF YOU HAVE A DISPUTE WITH ANY OTHER USER OF THE SITE, YOU AGREE THAT SUPERLEGAL IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH SUCH A DISPUTE. SUPERLEGAL 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 SUPERLEGAL, 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 SUPERLEGAL 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 SUPERLEGAL’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 SUPERLEGAL 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.
Phew. OK, sorry about all that.
What that all boils down to is that it’s not our fault if bad stuff happens to you because you use the Site or Service. If any bad stuff DOES happen to you (which we really hope it won’t), we’re not going to pay you more than $100 indemnity
More legal stuff.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless SUPERLEGAL, 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.
What that means is that if WE get sued because of something YOU did you have to pay the damages and also pay our lawyer’s bills. So don’t do anything that gets us sued.
Boilerplate
We’re almost done!
This is the section at the end of the contract where we put all the stuff that doesn’t fit anywhere else and that even people who read contracts don’t read. Here goes:
We can stop offering the Site or Service, or any part of them, at any time.
This contract is governed by the laws of New York without regard to its principles of conflict of laws.
These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole enchiladas 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 is 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 dilly dally for more than one year, your cause of action is permanently barred. But please don’t sue us. Seriously – for $100? How is that worth it?