Terms and Conditions for Legal Plan’s Online Services
Please carefully read and understand these terms and conditions (“Terms”) before using this website or any of its associated services. These Terms contain an explanation of ethical requirements, a Limitation on Liability, Governing Law and Jurisdiction, and Mandatory Binding Arbitration, among other important considerations.
By accessing or using our website, mobile app, or any other digital properties on which these Terms are posted or referenced (together, “Online Services”), you are entering into a binding agreement with Legal Plan (herein “Legal Plan,” “the Company,” “we,” or “us”), which controls and operates the Online Services from its headquarters at 72-47 139th Street, Flushing, NY 11367.
By using our Online Services, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms, including our Privacy Policy, incorporated herein by reference and linked on the Website’s homepage or via the link below. If you do not agree to these Terms, then you must immediately stop using the Online Services.
The information contained in our Online Services is provided for educational and informational purposes only, and the contents are not and should not be construed as legal advice. This information is not legal advice and should not supplement or inform in any way your legal decisions or a decision to seek legal advice. See “Disclaimer of Legal Advice” for more information.
Legal Plan respects your privacy and adheres to all applicable laws regarding the privacy of information submitted by users of our Online Services. A full statement of our Privacy Policy is linked on the homepage of our Website or, for your convenience, here: https://legalplan.com/page/privacy-policy. Please carefully read the Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein and also governs your use of our Online Services.
All information we collect through our Online Services is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using these services, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.
We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time at our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately upon posting and apply to all access to and use of the Online Services. The date of any changes or updates to these Terms will be indicated by the “Effective” date at the top of this page.
Your continued use of our Online Services following the posting of the revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page each time you access this Website to be aware of any changes since they are binding on you.
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend access to our Online Services and their content at our sole discretion without notice. We are not liable if, for any reason, all or any part of our Online Services are unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of our Online Services at our discretion.
If other persons access our Online Services through your internet connection, you are responsible for ensuring that all persons who so access our Online Sercvices are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.
To access our Online Services, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use that all the information you provide is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.
If you choose or are provided with a username, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to password-protected features of our Online Services using your username, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.
We have the right to disable any user name, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
Our Online Services, including contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof), as well as our software, systems, technology, and know-how, (collectively, “Our IP,” “the Company IP”) are owned by Legal Plan, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
Our business name, brand name, and logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of Legal Plan or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without our prior written consent. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.
These Terms of Use permit you to use our Online Services for your personal, non-commercial use only. You shall not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Online Services or other of Our IP (“IP Prohibited Uses”), unless we give written consent.
You shall not:
If you wish to make any use of material on the Website other than that set out in this section, please address your request to: info@legalplan.com.
If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of our Online Services in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use these services will terminate immediately, and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of Our IP you have made. Any use of the Online Services not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
Except as expressly set forth herein, nothing herein shall be construed to confer any grant or license of any of Our IP, whether by estoppel, by implication, or otherwise. You are strictly prohibited from using Our IP except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use. You are also advised that Legal Plan and its licensor will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.
You may use our Online Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use.
You shall not use our Online Services:
Additionally, you shall not:
You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not Legal Plan, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness.
We have the right to:
Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through our Online Services. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMPANY DURING, OR TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF, INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER THE COMPANY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
However, we cannot review all material before it is posted on our Online Services and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for the performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.
To ensure that consumers’ inquiries are handled accurately, courteously, and promptly, phone calls between you and the Company or any of our affiliates, agents, case managers, paralegals, and/or attorneys may be recorded. We may, from time to time, make calls and/or send text messages to you at any telephone number associated with your account. The manner in which these calls or text (SMS) messages are made to you may include but is not limited to, the use of prerecorded/artificial voice messages and/or an automatic telephone dialing system. You certify, warrant, and represent that the telephone numbers you have provided to us are your contact numbers. You represent that you are permitted to receive calls at each of the telephone numbers you have provided to us. You agree that Legal Plan may send emails to you at any email address you provide us or use other electronic means of communication to the extent permitted by law.
The content provided on our Online Services, such as documents, text, graphics, images, videos, news alerts, or other materials, is for informational purposes only. The information is not intended to be a substitute for professional legal advice. Always consult an attorney directly for any questions you may have regarding a legal matter.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Online Services may present information or opinions about legal matters, which are for informational purposes only. Such information is not necessarily the most current information on the subject and may or may not be updated based on the latest information concerning such matters. Do not make any decisions regarding legal matters based on materials or information contained on our Online Services.
The law differs in every jurisdiction, and you should not rely on any opinion except that of an attorney you have retained, who has a professional duty to advise you after being fully informed of all the pertinent facts, and who is licensed in the applicable state, and is familiar with the applicable law. Internet subscribers, mobile application users, and online readers should seek professional counsel about their legal rights and remedies. You should not act or refrain from acting on the basis of any information found on our Online Services. Any actions or decisions about your legal rights should be based on the particular facts and circumstances of your situation and appropriate legal advice from an attorney retained by you. THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN OR NOT TAKEN BASED UPON ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENTS OF OUR ONLINE SERVICES.
Viewing our Online Services or communicating with the Company by e-mail or through the Online Services does not constitute or create an attorney-client relationship with anyone. The content and features on our Online Services do not create, and are not intended to create an attorney-client relationship and shall not be construed as legal advice. The content and features of the Online Services, including means to submit a question or information, do not constitute an offer to represent you or otherwise give rise to an attorney/client relationship.
Company lawyers are licensed to practice law only within a limited number of states, but we affiliate or form relationships with lawyers throughout the United States. The company may refer prospective clients to other law firms located throughout the country that form relationships with the Company and are experienced in handling such cases. The Company may also undertake legal representation in certain cases and will affiliate with other legal counsel located throughout the country to provide legal representation. The laws of each state are different. Our Online Services contain information about general or common rules that apply in some states. The Online Services also contain information about verdicts or settlements in past cases. You cannot assume that the same rules apply or that the same result would occur in your state or any particular state.
The Statute of Limitations is especially important. Every state has laws called the “statute of limitations,” which set a deadline to file a lawsuit. That means that a lawsuit filed too late may be thrown out, regardless of the defendant’s fault or the severity of the injuries. Some states have a two-year period for negligence injury claims; the time period in other states may be longer or shorter. Insurance policies, particularly homeowners insurance, may require that a lawsuit be filed within one year of a loss. Some states allow claims against government agencies but require a written notice very soon after the accident, perhaps within three months. Because investigation and research are needed to identify all possible defendants and theories of recovery, if you have an accident or injury, you should consult a lawyer as soon as possible.
Only individuals who have entered into a mutually signed retainer agreement with the Company are Company clients (“Company Clients”). Certain portions of our Online Services designated as such by the Company, such as the “My Case” feature of the mobile application, may be available for use only by Company Clients. When Company Clients use such portions of the Online Services designated by the Company to communicate with us pursuant to our representation of a Company Client, we will ensure that any information provided pursuant to such attorney/client relationship may not be shared with third parties except as is done with such precautions to preserve the confidentiality of the relevant information and any attorney/client privilege as may attach to such information. The Company takes commercially reasonable measures to secure and protect the information that we collect.
Legal Plan has tried to comply with all legal and ethical requirements in compiling our Online Services. We welcome comments about our compliance with the applicable rules and will update our services as warranted upon learning of any new or different requirements. To the extent that the professional responsibility rules of any jurisdiction require us to designate a principal office or an attorney responsible for our Online Services, the Company’s designated attorney and office address: Daniel Cohen, Esq., 72-47 139th Street, Flushing, NY 11367.
Because some material on our Online Services may constitute lawyer advertising, and our Online Services may be viewed from anywhere in the United States, particular disclosures are required by the rules of some states. Legal Plan adopts and makes the following disclosures:
No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.
Colorado does not certify attorneys as specialists in any field.
The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisement. Before you decide, ask us to send you free written information about our qualifications and experience.
The determination of the need for legal services and the choice of a lawyer are extremely important decisions and should not be based solely upon advertisement or self-proclaimed expertise. This disclosure is required by rule of the Supreme Court of Iowa. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: Memberships and offices in legal fraternities and legal societies, technical and professional licenses, and memberships in scientific, technical, and professional associations and societies of law or field of practice do not mean that a lawyer is a specialist or expert in a field of law, nor do they mean that such a lawyer is necessarily any more expert or competent than any other lawyer. All potential clients are urged to make their own independent investigation and evaluation of any lawyer being considered. This notice is required by rule of the Supreme Court of Iowa.
THIS IS AN ADVERTISEMENT
The Mississippi Supreme Court advises that a decision on legal services is important and should not be based solely on advertisements.
Neither the Supreme Court of Missouri nor the Missouri Bar reviews or approves certifying organization or specialist designations.
The State Bar of Nevada does not certify any lawyer as a specialist or expert.
ATTORNEY ADVERTISEMENT - NOT A REFERRAL SERVICE. Before making your choice of an attorney, you should give this matter careful thought. The selection of an attorney is an important decision.
LAWYER ADVERTISEMENT.
ATTORNEY ADVERTISING. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
ATTORNEY ADVERTISEMENT - NOT A REFERRAL SERVICE. Before making your choice of an attorney, you should give this matter careful thought. The selection of an attorney is an important decision.
None of the attorneys in this firm are certified as Civil Trial, Criminal Trial, Business Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditor’s Rights, Medical Malpractice, Accounting Malpractice, Estate Planning or Elder Law specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. Certification as a specialist in all other listed areas is not currently available in Tennessee.
Unless otherwise stated, our attorneys claiming certification in an area of law are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
The Wyoming State Bar does not certify any lawyer as a specialist or expert. Anyone considering a lawyer should independently investigate the lawyer’s credentials and ability and not rely upon advertisements or self-proclaimed expertise.
When purchased, Legal Plan may perform certain attorney access services to introduce users of our Online Services to attorneys at Legal Plan or chosen outside counsel (together, “Company Attorneys”) to provide limited legal services through the Company’s pre-paid legal services membership plan (“Legal Plan”). Company Attorneys may only perform limited legal services offered through Legal Plan packages.
If you purchase the Legal Plan, which includes limited legal services provided by Company Attorneys, your relationship with Consumer Attorneys is governed by additional terms and conditions provided in the Consumer Attorneys Terms of Service and the Legal Plan Agreement (“Legal Access Agreement”), which are both incorporated herein by reference. Before purchasing Legal Plan services, please carefully read the Plan Terms and the Legal Plan Agreement. For services under the Legal Plan to begin, you shall acknowledge, agree, and sign the Legal Plan Agreement upon purchase of the Legal Plan.
The Protection and Monitoring package offered through the Legal Plan provides identity theft protection services (“ID Protection”). Although ID Protection is listed as an additional package offered under the Legal Plan, the ID Protection services are not performed by Legal Plan, PLLC. ID Protection services are offered through the Company and provided by a third party called Consumer Protection & Monitoring LLC. The Company has an interest in the ID Protection services provided by Consumer Protection & Monitoring LLC. Before engaging in ID Protection services under the Legal Plan, please carefully read the additional terms found here: https://www.kroll.com/en/privacy-policy. Please also read additional information
We may update the content on this Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.
If our Online Services contain links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to our Online Services, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.
We provide our Online Services for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that our Online Services or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to our Online Services may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access our Online Services from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
We adhere to the standard set out in our Privacy Policy and do not monitor or follow any Do Not Track browser requests.
Information sent to Legal Plan via the Internet, e-mail, or through our Online Services is not secure and is done on a non-confidential basis. The Company may make reasonable efforts to keep communications private, but because of the nature of Internet communications and the absence of an attorney/client relationship, we cannot promise or guarantee confidentiality.
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or our Online Services will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, as well as for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF OUR ONLINE SERVICES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THOSE SERVICES OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
YOUR USE OF OUR ONLINE SERVICES, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THESE SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. OUR ONINE SERVICES, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE ONLINE SERVICES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE ONLINE SERVICES, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR ONLINE SERVICES OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE OUR ONLINE SERVICES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THESE SERVICES WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The foregoing does not affect any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
The information presented on or through our Online Services is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to our Online Services or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
These Online Services may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers, and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators, and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content other than the content provided by the Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Company. We are not responsible or liable to you or any third party for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, ATTORNEYS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, OUR ONLINE SERVICES, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.
The foregoing does not affect any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Legal Plan, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and our and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Online Services, including, but not limited to, your contributions to the Online Services, any use of the Online Services' content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your use of any information obtained from the Online Services.
All matters relating to the Online Services and these Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction). You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.
Unless Legal Plan expressly states otherwise, we require you to submit any and all claims or disputes by you arising from or related to our Online Services, your Use of the Online Services, the Terms of Use, or the Privacy Policy, including disputes arising from or concerning your interpretation, violation, invalidity, non-performance, or termination, to final and binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association applying New York state law.
Both your agreement to arbitrate all controversies, disputes, and claims and the results and awards rendered through the arbitration will be final and binding on you and may be specifically enforced by legal proceedings. Such arbitration will be the sole means of resolving such controversies, disputes, and claims, and you waive your rights to resolve such controversies, disputes, and claims by court proceedings or any other means. You agree that judgment may be entered on the award in any court of competent jurisdiction and, therefore, any award rendered shall be binding. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims and may not otherwise preside over any form of representative or class proceeding. You understand that by agreeing to arbitration as a mechanism to resolve all of your controversies, disputes, and claims, you are waiving certain rights, including the right to bring an action in court, the right to a jury trial, the right to broad discovery, and the right to an appeal. You understand that in the context of arbitration, a case is decided by an arbitrator (one or more) but not a judge or jury.
No waiver by Legal Plan of any term or condition set out in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of Legal Plan to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. No consent or waiver by Legal Plan hereof will be deemed effective unless in writing.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.
The Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, the Plan Terms, the Legal Access Plan Agreement, and any other referenced document herein or applicable terms constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Legal Plan regarding our Online Services and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding such Services.