Terms of Service
SettleScore (settlescore.com) Last Revised: September 24, 2026
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY. THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS ON OUR LIABILITY, AND THEY DESCRIBE WHAT SETTLESCORE IS AND, JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, WHAT IT IS NOT. SETTLESCORE IS NOT A LAW FIRM, DOES NOT PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE, AND CANNOT PROTECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS OR PRESERVE ANY DEADLINE APPLICABLE TO YOUR CLAIM.
1. Acceptance of These Terms
1.1 Best Pi Firm, LLC (also referred to as BestPIFirm, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company operating as SettleScore ("SettleScore," the "Company," "we," "us," or "our"), provides and makes available the website located at SettleScore.com, together with the additional BestPIFirm.com site domain and all related subdomains, applications, features, data products, and services (collectively, the "Site" or the "Services"). All use of the Site is subject to these Terms of Service (this "Agreement").
1.2 By accessing, browsing, registering for, or otherwise using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Agreement and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference. If you do not accept this Agreement, you must not access, browse, or use the Site.
1.3 By clicking "I Agree," "Accept," "Sign Up," "Subscribe," "Submit," or any similar button or checkbox, or by continuing to use the Site after being presented with this Agreement, you (a) acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Agreement in its entirety; (b) represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity and authority to enter into a binding agreement on your own behalf or on behalf of the entity you represent; and (c) consent to the use of electronic records and electronic signatures in connection with this Agreement as permitted under the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., and applicable state law. We maintain records of acceptance of this Agreement, including the date, time, and IP address associated with each acceptance, and those records may be used as evidence of your acceptance.
1.4 We may change this Agreement at any time. The revised terms become effective when posted, and we will update the "Last Revised" date above. For material changes affecting paid subscriptions, we will provide notice as described in Section 7. Your continued use of the Site after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. If any change is unacceptable to you, your sole remedy is to stop using the Site and, if you are a subscriber, to cancel your subscription as provided in Section 7.
1.5 If you enter into a separate written subscription agreement, order form, insertion order, or data license with us, that agreement governs to the extent of any conflict with this Agreement with respect to the subject matter it covers.
2. What SettleScore Is, and What It Is Not
2.1 We are an information and research platform. The Site publishes profiles of personal injury law firms and attorneys, case result data, comparative rankings and scores, and related research tools and analytics.
2.2 We are not a law firm and we do not provide legal advice. No content on the Site — including any profile, ranking, score, article, comparison, data set, analytic output, or communication from us — is legal advice, and none of it is a substitute for consultation with a licensed attorney about your specific situation.
2.3 No attorney-client relationship is created. Using the Site, creating an account, submitting a case inquiry or matching request, or receiving information from us does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and SettleScore or between you and any law firm listed on the Site. An attorney-client relationship with a law firm is created only if and when that firm agrees in writing to represent you. Until that happens, no attorney is responsible for your matter.
2.4 Information you submit to us is not privileged or confidential. Information you submit through the Site is not protected by the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work-product doctrine, and submitting it may in some circumstances affect the confidentiality of that information. Do not send us confidential or privileged information, and do not send more information than is necessary to describe your inquiry. Our handling of information you submit is governed by our Privacy Policy.
2.5 We are not a lawyer referral service, and we do not recommend any particular attorney. We do not exercise professional judgment in selecting counsel for you, we do not undertake to match you with the attorney best suited to your matter, and we do not vouch for the competence, character, fitness, or fee terms of any firm listed on the Site. Our matching tool applies objective, disclosed criteria — such as practice area, geography, and the firm's own published case result data — to present firms responsive to the parameters you enter, and you alone decide which firms, if any, to contact. We receive no compensation on a per-inquiry, per-lead, per-click, or per-case basis, and we neither request nor accept any share of, or payment out of, any legal fee, settlement, or recovery.
2.6 Deadlines are your responsibility. Personal injury claims are subject to statutes of limitations, notice-of-claim requirements, contractual deadlines, and other time limits that can bar a claim permanently if missed, and some of them are very short — for example, claims against municipalities and public authorities in New York generally require a notice of claim within 90 days. Submitting an inquiry through the Site does not commence any action, does not toll, extend, preserve, or satisfy any deadline, and does not obligate any firm to accept your matter or to respond to you at all. If your claim may be subject to a deadline, consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction immediately.
2.7 Attorney advertising notice. Portions of the Site consist of, or may be deemed to constitute, attorney advertising by the law firms profiled on the Site. Profile content submitted by a subscribing law firm is that firm's own communication, and that firm is solely responsible for its compliance with the rules of professional conduct and advertising rules of every jurisdiction in which it practices. Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any other matter.
3. Rankings, Case Result Data, and Accuracy
3.1 Rankings are our editorial opinion. Rankings, scores, tiers, badges, and comparative assessments published on the Site are our editorial assessments, formed by applying the methodology we publish on the Site to the data available to us. They are statements of opinion, not statements of fact about the quality of any attorney's or firm's services, and they are not endorsements, certifications, guarantees, or predictions of any outcome.
3.2 No pay-for-ranking. No payment of any kind — subscription fee, advertising, sponsorship, or otherwise — influences a firm's ranking, score, tier, or placement in rankings or organic search results on the Site. Rankings are determined solely by our published methodology. Paid placements, if we ever offer them, will be conspicuously labeled as advertising and will be separated from rankings.
3.3 Sources and limitations of case result data. Case result data published on the Site is derived from publicly available sources — including the case results that law firms themselves publish, court records and dockets, published decisions, verdict and settlement reporters, and news reports — and from firm-submitted content that we verify before publication. Results reported as verdicts may have been reduced, vacated, reversed, settled for a different amount, or never collected. Reported amounts may be gross of fees, costs, liens, and subrogation claims. Published results necessarily reflect the specific facts, jurisdiction, venue, liability posture, insurance coverage, and damages of the matter in which they were obtained, and they are not a prediction of the value of any other matter. Firms that do not publish results, or that are subject to confidentiality obligations, may be underrepresented in the data. We do not represent that the data is complete, and coverage varies by state and over time.
3.4 No warranty of accuracy. While we take reasonable steps to verify information and to correct errors, we do not warrant the accuracy, reliability, completeness, currency, or usefulness of any content on the Site, including firm and attorney information, case result data, rankings, or analytics.
3.5 Corrections and removal. Attorneys and authorized firm representatives may request correction or removal of information about themselves or their firm by emailing privacy@bestpifirm.com with the page URL, the specific information at issue, the requested correction, and supporting documentation. We will investigate in good faith. We may decline to remove accurate information obtained from public records or from a firm's own published materials, or information whose publication is protected expression. We do not condition any correction on the purchase of a subscription, and we will not offer to remove or alter unfavorable accurate information in exchange for payment.
4. Consumer Features: Matching and Case Inquiries
4.1 The Site offers tools that allow you to identify law firms responsive to parameters you enter ("Find My Lawyer") and to transmit your contact information and a description of your matter to firms you select ("Send Your Case Details," and together with the matching tool, the "Consumer Features"). Use of the Consumer Features is free for consumers.
4.2 Your consent to be contacted. When you submit an inquiry, you authorize us to transmit the information you provide to the law firm or firms identified at the time of submission, and you consent to be contacted by us and by those firms at the telephone number, email address, and mailing address you provide, including by autodialed or prerecorded calls and by text message where you separately consent to text messages, for the purpose of discussing your inquiry and potential representation. Consent to receive calls or texts is not a condition of any purchase, and message and data rates may apply. You may revoke consent at any time by replying STOP to a text message, by asking a caller to stop contacting you, or by contacting us at privacy@bestpifirm.com; to stop communications from a law firm, you must contact that firm directly, because we cannot control a firm's communications after your inquiry is delivered to it.
4.3 Accuracy of what you submit. You represent that the information you submit is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge, that you are submitting it on your own behalf or as the parent or legal guardian of an injured minor or as the legal representative of an injured or deceased person, and that you have the right to submit any information about another person that you include.
4.4 What we do not do with your inquiry. We do not sell your inquiry, we do not auction it, we do not charge firms per lead or per case for it, and we do not include it in the analytics or intelligence products we offer to law firms, litigation funders, pre-settlement lenders, or others. See our Privacy Policy.
4.5 If you are already represented. If you are currently represented by an attorney in the matter, please do not submit an inquiry concerning that matter without first consulting your attorney. Contacting another firm while represented may affect your existing engagement, and the rules of professional conduct restrict communications with represented persons.
4.6 No obligation and no guarantee. We do not guarantee that any firm will contact you, accept your matter, offer any particular fee arrangement, or achieve any result. We are not responsible for the acts, omissions, advice, fees, or representation of any law firm, including any firm you contact through the Site. Any engagement you enter into with a firm is solely between you and that firm.
5. Eligibility and Accounts
5.1 You must be at least 18 years old and a resident of the United States to use the Site.
5.2 Certain features require an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete registration information and to keep it updated. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for all activity under your account. Do not share your credentials. Notify us promptly in writing at legal@bestpifirm.com if you suspect any unauthorized access to or use of your account. If you fail to secure your access and that failure results in unauthorized or unlawful use of the Services, you will be solely liable for all claims arising from that unauthorized use and will indemnify us for third-party claims against us arising from it, and all notifications and indemnity claims related to the event will be at your expense.
5.3 We may refuse, suspend, or terminate any account or registration in our sole discretion.
6. License to Use the Site; Restrictions
6.1 Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right to access and use the Site and its content ("Content") for your own internal, non-commercial informational purposes, or, if you are a subscriber, for the purposes expressly permitted by your subscription tier.
6.2 The Content — including software, text, graphics, images, data compilations, rankings, scores, methodologies, database structures, and the selection, arrangement, verification, and normalization of case result data — is owned by us or licensed to us and is protected by United States and foreign intellectual property laws, including copyright and trade secret law and the law of unfair competition and misappropriation. You acquire no proprietary interest in the Content. You may not sell, transfer, assign, license, sublicense, modify, reproduce, republish, display, publicly perform, create derivative works from, distribute, or otherwise exploit the Content for any public or commercial purpose, or make the Content available to any third party, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or a separate written agreement with us.
6.3 You agree not to:
(a) use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, script, headless browser, or other automated or programmatic means to access, search, monitor, copy, harvest, or extract the Site or any Content, or to access the Site other than through manually conducted, discrete, individual search and retrieval activities conducted by a human, except through an API we expressly authorize in writing and subject to its terms;
(b) circumvent, disable, or interfere with any rate limit, access control, authentication, robots.txt directive, CAPTCHA, or other technical measure we use to protect the Site or the Content;
(c) create or contribute to any database, directory, index, ranking, model, or product — including any machine learning or artificial intelligence training data set, model, or output — derived from the Content, or use the Content to train, fine-tune, ground, or evaluate any model;
(d) take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionate load on our infrastructure, or use any device, software, or routine to interfere with the proper working of the Site;
(e) attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software comprising or making up the Site, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the Site, any account, or any system or network;
(f) delete, alter, or obscure any Content, any attribution, or any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notice;
(g) frame, mirror, or deep-link to the Site or any Content in a manner that obscures its source or our branding;
(h) use the Site or the Content to send unsolicited commercial communications, to solicit legal business in violation of any rule of professional conduct or any applicable statute, or to identify, contact, or solicit injured persons other than through the Consumer Features as intended;
(i) submit false, misleading, defamatory, fraudulent, or manipulated content, including false case results, fabricated reviews, or content submitted under a false identity or on behalf of a firm you are not authorized to represent;
(j) use the Site or the Content in any manner that infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property or proprietary rights of us or any third party, or that violates any applicable law, rule, or regulation, including the rules of professional conduct applicable to you; or
(k) use the Site for any competitive purpose, including to build or improve a competing product or service.
6.4 No eligibility determinations. You may not use the Site or any Content, in whole or in part, as a factor in establishing an individual's eligibility for credit or insurance for personal, family, or household purposes, for employment or retention as an employee or independent contractor, or for a government license or benefit, or for any other purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. The Site is not a consumer reporting agency, the Content is not a consumer report, and we do not assemble or evaluate consumer information for those purposes.
6.5 Our trademarks. The SettleScore name and logo and our other marks (the "Company Marks") are our trademarks or service marks. Other names and marks on the Site may be marks of third parties, including the firms we profile. Nothing on the Site or in this Agreement grants, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any mark without the prior written consent of its owner. You may not use the Company Marks to disparage us or our Services, in any manner that may damage the goodwill in them, or as part of a link to or from any website without our prior written consent. All goodwill generated by use of the Company Marks inures to our benefit.
6.6 If you violate any part of this Agreement, your right to access and use the Site and the Content terminates automatically.
7. Law Firm Subscriptions and Other Paid Services
This Section applies if you purchase a subscription or other paid service, whether as a law firm ("Firm Subscriber") or as a litigation funder, pre-settlement lender, or other analytics customer ("Data Subscriber").
7.1 Authority. If you subscribe on behalf of a law firm or other entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to bind that entity, and "you" refers to both you and that entity.
7.2 Fees and billing. Subscription fees, billing frequency, and the features included in each tier are as described at the point of purchase. Fees are stated in U.S. dollars, are exclusive of taxes, and you are responsible for all applicable taxes other than taxes on our income. You authorize us and our payment processor to charge your designated payment method for all fees when due, and you agree to keep your payment information current.
7.3 Automatic renewal and cancellation. Unless you cancel before the end of the then-current term, your subscription will automatically renew for a successive term of the same length at the then-current rate, and the payment method on file will be charged. If a free trial is offered, your payment method will be charged automatically at the end of the trial unless you cancel before it ends. You may cancel at any time from your account settings on the Site, or by emailing legal@bestpifirm.com; cancellation is effective at the end of the then-current term, and you will retain access to paid features until then. We will provide any renewal reminder or cancellation notice required by applicable law, including New York General Business Law § 527-a. We will give you notice before any increase to your renewal rate takes effect, and you may cancel before the increase becomes effective.
7.4 Refunds. Except where required by applicable law, fees are non-refundable, including fees for partial subscription periods and for periods in which you did not use the Services. If we materially reduce the features of your tier during a paid term, we will provide notice and, at your election, a pro rata refund of the unused portion of the fees you paid for that term.
7.5 Firm Subscriber content. Firm Subscribers may submit profile content, including descriptions, attorney biographies, practice areas, images, logos, and case results ("Firm Content"). By submitting Firm Content you:
(a) grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable, and transferable license to host, store, reproduce, adapt for formatting, publish, display, distribute, and otherwise use the Firm Content in connection with the Services and our promotion of the Services;
(b) represent and warrant that you own or have all rights necessary to submit the Firm Content and to grant this license; that the Firm Content is accurate and not misleading; that each case result you submit was in fact obtained by the firm or by an attorney then practicing at the firm, and that you can substantiate it on request; and that the Firm Content complies with all applicable rules of professional conduct and attorney advertising rules in every jurisdiction in which you practice, including, where applicable, New York Rules of Professional Conduct 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, and 7.5 and 22 NYCRR Part 1200, and includes any disclaimer those rules require;
(c) acknowledge that Firm Content is your own attorney advertising and that you, not we, are solely responsible for its compliance with those rules and for retaining any copy or record they require;
(d) agree that we may verify Firm Content before publication, may request substantiation, and may decline to publish, may edit for format and consistency, or may remove Firm Content that we are unable to verify, that we believe to be inaccurate or misleading, or that we believe violates this Agreement or applicable law; and
(e) acknowledge and agree that submitting Firm Content, holding a subscription, and paying any fee do not and will not affect your firm's ranking, score, tier, or placement on the Site, which are determined solely by our published methodology.
7.6 Data Subscriber restrictions. Analytics and intelligence products are provided at the firm level and in aggregate, contain no consumer case inquiry information, and are licensed for your internal business purposes only. Without our prior written consent you may not resell, sublicense, redistribute, publish, or make available to any third party any output, data set, report, score, or extract from those products, other than a de minimis quotation in an internal or investor document with attribution. Section 6.4 applies in full: you may not use these products to make any determination regarding an individual consumer's eligibility for credit, insurance, employment, or a government license or benefit. You are solely responsible for your own compliance with all laws applicable to your business, including any laws governing litigation funding, consumer lending, and the unauthorized practice of law and fee sharing.
7.7 Changes to paid Services. We may modify, enhance, add to, or discontinue features of the Services. For changes that materially and adversely affect a paid tier during a paid term, we will provide notice, and you may terminate your subscription by written notice to us within 30 days of the effective date of the change and receive a pro rata refund of fees paid for the unused portion of the term. Changes to this Agreement affecting paid subscriptions will be applied prospectively and to all similarly situated subscribers.
7.8 Suspension for non-payment or breach. We may suspend or terminate your access for non-payment or for breach of this Agreement, in the case of non-payment after notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure.
8. User Content; Reviews; Third-Party Content
8.1 If the Site permits you to submit reviews, comments, questions, or other materials ("User Content"), you retain ownership of your User Content and grant us the license described in Section 7.5(a) with respect to it. You represent that your User Content is your own, is truthful, reflects your genuine experience, and does not violate the rights of any third party or any applicable law. You may not submit User Content in exchange for compensation, submit content about your own firm or a competitor's firm as though you were a client, or submit content that is defamatory, harassing, obscene, or that discloses another person's confidential or privileged information.
8.2 We may, but are not obligated to, review, screen, edit, refuse, or remove User Content or Firm Content at any time and for any reason, including content we believe violates this Agreement. We are not responsible for content submitted by users, firms, or other third parties, and the views expressed in it are not ours.
8.3 The Site contains links to third-party websites, including law firm websites ("External Sites"). Links are provided for convenience and are not an endorsement. We do not control External Sites and are not responsible for their content, accuracy, or practices. If you access an External Site, you do so at your own risk.
8.4 Copyright complaints. If you believe content on the Site infringes your copyright, send a notice complying with 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) to our designated agent at legal@bestpifirm.com or at the address in Section 15, including: identification of the copyrighted work; identification of the allegedly infringing material and its location on the Site; your contact information; a statement that you have a good faith belief the use is not authorized; a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf; and your physical or electronic signature. We will respond as provided in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and may terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.
9. Feedback
You may from time to time provide suggestions, comments, or other feedback concerning the Site or the Content ("Feedback"). We have full discretion whether to act on any Feedback. You grant us a royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide, transferable, sublicensable, irrevocable, perpetual license to (a) copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, and create derivative works of the Feedback, and (b) use the Feedback and any subject matter of it, including to develop, market, sell, offer, provide, and license products and services that practice or embody it, without attribution or compensation to you.
10. Disclaimer of Warranties
10.1 THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE MEMBERS, MANAGERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, AND LICENSORS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "COMPANY PARTIES") DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.
10.2 THE COMPANY PARTIES MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION CONCERNING THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, OR USEFULNESS OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, INCLUDING FIRM AND ATTORNEY INFORMATION, CASE RESULT DATA, RANKINGS, SCORES, AND ANALYTICS, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ERROR, MISTAKE, OMISSION, OR INACCURACY IN THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, INCLUDING ANY OMISSION OR INACCURACY IN COURT-PROVIDED OR FIRM-PROVIDED DATA, OR FOR ANY DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN THE AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE OR ANY DATA STREAM. YOU AGREE THAT YOU USE THE SITE AND THE CONTENT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
10.3 THE COMPANY PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT THE SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR THE CONTENT ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. IF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, NO COMPANY PARTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROVISION OF CONTENT AND SOFTWARE ENTAILS THE LIKELIHOOD OF SOME HUMAN AND MACHINE ERROR, DELAY, INTERRUPTION, AND LOSS, INCLUDING THE INADVERTENT LOSS OF DATA.
10.4 NO COMPANY PARTY WARRANTS OR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERVICES, ADVICE, FEES, CONDUCT, COMPETENCE, FITNESS, OR RESULTS OF ANY LAW FIRM OR ATTORNEY IDENTIFIED ON OR CONTACTED THROUGH THE SITE, AND NO COMPANY PARTY IS LIABLE FOR ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY SUCH FIRM OR ATTORNEY, FOR ANY OUTCOME OF ANY LEGAL MATTER, OR FOR ANY CLAIM, DEFENSE, OR DEADLINE THAT IS LOST, WAIVED, IMPAIRED, OR MISSED.
10.5 Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you, and in those jurisdictions our liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
11. Limitation of Liability
11.1 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NO COMPANY PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOST BUSINESS, LOST GOODWILL, LOST OR CORRUPTED DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SITE, OR THE CONTENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STATUTE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY COMPANY PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
11.2 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY PARTIES FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SITE, OR THE CONTENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICES IN THE TWELVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100). YOUR RIGHT TO MONETARY DAMAGES IN THAT AMOUNT IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REMEDIES.
11.3 The limitations in this Section do not apply to your indemnification obligations, to your infringement or misappropriation of our or our licensors' intellectual property or proprietary data, or to liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so some of the above may not apply to you.
11.4 The provisions of Sections 10 and 11 constitute your sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any dispute with us concerning the Site or the Content, and they allocate risk between us and form an essential basis of the bargain.
12. Indemnification
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company Parties from and against any claims, actions, demands, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' and accountants' fees, arising out of or relating to (a) your breach of this Agreement; (b) your access to, use, or misuse of the Site or the Content; (c) any Firm Content or User Content you submit, including any claim that it is inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, or infringing, or that it violates any rule of professional conduct or advertising rule; (d) your violation of any applicable law or of the rights of any third party; and (e) any unauthorized use of your account resulting from your failure to secure it. We will provide you notice of any such claim. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification, in which case you agree to cooperate with reasonable requests in connection with that defense, and you will not settle any such matter in a manner that imposes any obligation on, or admits any liability of, any Company Party without our prior written consent.
13. Term; Suspension; Termination
13.1 This Agreement applies for as long as you access or use the Site.
13.2 We may restrict, suspend, or terminate this Agreement and your access to all or part of the Site or the Content at any time, in our sole discretion, with or without cause and, except as provided in Section 7 for paid subscriptions, without prior notice or liability. We may also change, suspend, or discontinue all or part of the Site or the Content at any time, subject to Section 7.7.
13.3 On termination, your license under Section 6.1 ends, and you must cease all use of the Content and, on request, delete or return any Content in your possession, other than archival copies required by law or professional obligation.
13.4 Sections 2, 3, 4.4, 6, 7.4, 7.5(b)–(d), 7.6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 survive termination of this Agreement.
14. Governing Law; Venue; Jury Trial Waiver
14.1 This Agreement and any dispute arising out of or relating to it, the Site, or the Content are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of laws principles, and excluding the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
14.2 You and we agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Site, or the Content shall be brought exclusively in the state courts located in Kings County, New York, or in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and you and we irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts and waive any objection based on venue or forum non conveniens. Nothing in this Section prevents either party from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the infringement or misappropriation of its intellectual property or confidential information, or prevents you from bringing a qualifying claim in small claims court.
14.3 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AND WE EACH KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SITE, OR THE CONTENT.
14.4 Any claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Site, or the Content must be commenced within one year after the claim accrues, except where a longer period is required by applicable law, in which case the shortest period permitted by that law applies. This Section does not apply to any claim you may have against any law firm or attorney, which is governed by the law otherwise applicable to that claim.
15. Notices
Notices to us must be in writing and sent to legal@bestpifirm.com, with a copy by mail to:
Best Pi Firm, LLC Attn: Legal 2430 East 7th Street, 2nd Floor Brooklyn, New York 11235
We may provide notice to you by email to the address associated with your account, by posting on the Site, or by other reasonable means. Notice is deemed given on the date mailed, if mailed; on the date first posted or displayed, if provided through the Site; and on the date sent, if sent by email.
16. Compliance with Law; Export
16.1 The Site is hosted in the United States and is intended for use in the United States. We make no representation that the Site or the Content is appropriate or available for use outside the United States. If you access the Site from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and are solely responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.
16.2 You agree to comply with all applicable United States export control and sanctions laws and not to export or re-export any Content in violation of them, and you represent that you are not located in, organized under the laws of, or ordinarily resident in a country or territory subject to comprehensive United States sanctions, and are not a person or entity with whom United States persons are prohibited from dealing.
16.3 United States government rights. The Content is provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the United States government is subject to the restrictions in 48 C.F.R. § 52.227-19 and 48 C.F.R. § 252.227-7013 et seq., or their successors. Use of the Site or the Content by the government constitutes acknowledgement of our proprietary rights in them.
17. Miscellaneous
17.1 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be interpreted, construed, and reformed to the extent reasonably necessary to render it valid and enforceable consistent with its original intent, or, if that is not possible, severed, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
17.2 No waiver. Our failure to act on or enforce any provision of this Agreement is not a waiver of that or any other provision. No waiver is effective against us unless made in writing, and no waiver applies to any other or subsequent instance.
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