Terms of Use and Attorney Advertising

Effective Date: March 8, 2021

This website (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Bound Legal Strategy, P.C. (“Bound Legal” or “we” or “us”).  These Terms of Use and Attorney Advertising notice (the “Agreement”) govern your use of the Site and you must accept the terms of the Agreement in order to use the Site as it constitutes a binding contract between you and Bound Legal with respect to your access and use of the Site. This Agreement will constitute the entire agreement between you and Bound Legal with respect to the Site and any and all communications or submissions of information or materials made by you to Bound Legal through the Site or otherwise (unless you are expressly informed otherwise by us).

I. No Legal Advice or Attorney Client Relationship 

The information on this Site is made available for general informational purposes and is not intended to constitute legal advice, legal opinion or legal services under any circumstances or in any way to substitute for specific advice from qualified counsel. Information made available on this Site may be incomplete or outdated, and may not be applicable in your jurisdiction. Your use of the Site is at your own risk.

Your access to or use of the Site and any links or information contained therein does not create an attorney-client relationship. Bound Legal enters into attorney-client relationships with its clients only in connection with certain procedures (including relating to conflicts of interest and considerations of professional responsibility) and upon execution of a written engagement letter. The Website is not an invitation to form an attorney-client relationship. 

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II. No Guarantees of Results

The Site may contain opinions or descriptions of prior matters or results. Any such opinions or descriptions of results as described on the Site do not guarantee or predict future successful outcomes, and do not imply that Bound Legal continues to represent any clients identified in such descriptions. Any references in the Site to designations or rankings achieved by Bound Legal should not imply the continued retention or future achievement by Bound Legal of such designations or rankings.

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III. No Confidentiality

You acknowledge and agree that unless you are an existing client of Bound Legal any communications you initiate with Bound Legal through the Site (or otherwise, such as through email, telephone, voicemail, text message, direct message, or any other communication) will not be treated as confidential unless specifically indicated otherwise and  other than as strictly required by applicable laws and regulations. Further, due to the inherent insecurity of the Internet and email communication, Bound Legal cannot guarantee, and assumes no responsibility for, the confidentiality of any email you send to Bound Legal, whether in connection with an existing attorney-client relationship or otherwise.

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IV. No Unauthorized Jurisdictions

If the Site or any materials contained in the Site are non-compliant or inconsistent with your jurisdiction’s rules or state bar requirements regarding communication of legal services, Bound Legal does not seek to represent you or any other individual or entity in your jurisdiction.

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V. Limited License 

Subject to this Agreement, Bound Legal grants you a limited, nonexclusive, revocable, personal license to access and use the Site for noncommercial and informational purposes, only in unmodified form, and without removing or obscuring any attributive, copyright, or permission notices contained within the Site. Bound Legal reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify or delete any content on the Site for any reason or no reason and you agree to immediately remove any link or take down any materials used from the Site upon request from Bound Legal.

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VI. Disclaimer of Warranties 

This Site and its content are provided “AS IS” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

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VII. Limitation of Liability

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ACCESS TO THIS SITE AND ANY RELATED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED WITHOUT CHARGE BY BOUND LEGAL AND AGREE THAT BOUND LEGAL WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF SECURITY OF INFORMATION YOU HAVE PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY RELATED MATERIALS, EVEN IF BOUND LEGAL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN ADVANCE.

YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS SITE IS TO STOP USING THIS SITE.

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VIII. Links to Third Party Sites

Some links within the website may lead to other websites operated by third parties. This is done solely as a convenience to you, and Bound Legal makes no endorsement whatsoever of the linked site, its operator, or its contents.

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IX. Arbitration

Any legal claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Site, except with respect to legal action taken by us to collect or recover damages for, or obtain any injunction relating to, intellectual property ownership or infringement, shall be resolved solely by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of JAMS.  Any such claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party.  The arbitration shall be conducted in San Francisco, California.  To the extent permitted by law, each party shall bear one-half of the arbitration fees and costs incurred through JAMS, and each party shall bear its own attorneys’ fees.

WITH RESPECT TO ALL PERSONS AND ENTITIES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE OBTAINED OR USED THE SITE FOR PERSONAL, COMMERCIAL OR OTHER PURPOSES, ALL CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE PARTIES’ INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.  THIS WAIVER APPLIES TO CLASS ARBITRATION, AND, UNLESS WE AGREE OTHERWISE, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS.  YOU AGREE THAT, BY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, WE ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND.

X. Miscellaneous

Bound Legal may amend this Agreement at any time in its sole discretion, with or without notice to you (“Agreement Change”). When the Agreement is changed, the date of the latest revision will appear at the top of this page. By accessing or using the Site on or after the updated effective date, you indicate to us that you accept and agree to the amended Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any dispute between the parties that arose before the effective date of an Agreement Change is governed by the Agreement (including the binding individual arbitration clause) that was in place when the dispute arose. This Agreement and your use of the Site will be interpreted, construed, and enforced in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without reference to its choice of law rules. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in San Francisco County, California, for any actions for which we retain the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a our copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents or other intellectual property or proprietary rights, as set forth in the Arbitration provision above, including any provisional relief required to prevent irreparable harm. You agree that San Francisco County, California, is the proper forum for any appeals of an arbitration award or for trial court proceedings in the event that the arbitration provision of the Agreement is found to be unenforceable. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed and all other provisions shall remain in force. The failure of Bound Legal or you to exercise any right provided for herein will not be deemed a waiver of that or any further rights hereunder. You may contact Bound Legal with questions or concerns about the Site at support@boundlegal.com.