The agreement
These Terms of Service are an agreement between you and JuraSum LLC, a California limited liability company ("JuraSum", "we", "us"). By creating an account, subscribing, or using any part of the JuraSum suite, you agree to these terms and to the Data handling page, which forms part of them.
If you use JuraSum on behalf of a law firm or other organization, you confirm that you are authorized to accept these terms for it, and "you" includes that organization.
What JuraSum provides
JuraSum is a suite of browser-based tools that perform arithmetic common in legal practice, including settlement disbursements, fee calculations, statutory interest, probate schedules, distributions and case exposure, and that produce printable statements headed with your firm's details.
Calculations are performed in your browser. Where you choose to save matters and have set up a vault, saved matters are encrypted on your computer before they are stored, as described in section 6 and on the Data handling page.
We may add, change or remove tools and features. Where a change materially reduces what a paid subscription includes, we will give you notice and, if you cancel as a result, a pro-rated refund of any prepaid amount for the unused period.
Not legal, financial or accounting advice
JuraSum is a calculation aid. It does not provide legal, financial, tax or accounting advice, and no attorney-client, fiduciary or advisory relationship is created by your use of it.
The figures a tool produces depend entirely on the inputs, rates, schedules and assumptions entered or confirmed by you. Where a tool offers a pre-filled rate or statutory schedule, it is provided as a convenience, may not reflect the current law of your jurisdiction, and must be confirmed by you before you rely on the result.
You are responsible for verifying every figure against the controlling documents and current authority before you file it, disburse against it, present it to a client or rely on it in any other way. A statement prepared with JuraSum is your work product, and professional judgment about it remains yours.
Your account
You sign in with a single-use code sent to your email address. You are responsible for keeping access to that email account secure, and for all activity under your account. Notify us promptly at [email protected] if you believe your account has been used without authorization.
The information you give us when subscribing must be accurate, and you must keep your email address current so that we can reach you about your account and your data.
Subscriptions and billing
Plans. JuraSum offers a free tier and paid subscriptions as described on the Pricing page. Firm plans are offered on terms agreed in writing.
Billing. Paid subscriptions are billed monthly in advance through our payment processor, Stripe, and renew automatically until cancelled. We do not receive or store your card number. Any free trial period is stated at checkout; your first charge falls on the date shown there.
Founding rate. A subscription opened at a founding rate keeps that rate for as long as it remains continuously active. If the subscription is cancelled or ends for non-payment, the founding rate is not available on a later subscription.
Price changes. We may change our prices. We will give at least 30 days' notice by email before a change applies to your subscription, and you may cancel before it takes effect.
Cancellation. You may cancel at any time from your account page. Your subscription remains active until the end of the period already paid for. Except as stated in these terms or required by law, payments are non-refundable and we do not provide refunds for partial periods.
Taxes. Prices exclude any applicable taxes, which will be added where required.
Failed payments. If a payment fails, we may retry it and may suspend paid features until it succeeds. Your stored data is handled as described in section 6.
The vault and your data
Your data is yours. You retain all rights in the figures, matters, notes and statements you create with JuraSum ("your data"). You grant us only the limited permission needed to store and transmit your encrypted data so that the service works.
Encryption. Saved matters and your firm profile are encrypted in your browser with a key derived from your vault passphrase before they are sent to us. We store only the encrypted form and cannot read it.
Your passphrase and recovery key. You are solely responsible for keeping your vault passphrase and recovery key safe. We cannot reset your passphrase or recover your data if both the passphrase and the recovery key are lost, and we have no liability for data that becomes inaccessible for that reason.
Backups. You are responsible for keeping your own records of anything you need to retain. Printed or exported statements are the appropriate record for your files; the vault is a convenience for working across computers, not an archive.
Retention and deletion. Deletion and retention follow the schedule on the Data handling page. In particular, if your paid subscription ends, your stored data remains available to read and export for 60 days, after which it is deleted, following notice by email.
Information we hold. We hold your email address and subscription records, and our sub-processors hold what is listed on the Data handling page. We will disclose that information only as described there or as required by law.
Professional obligations
Your obligations under the rules of professional conduct that apply to you, including duties of confidentiality and competence and any requirement to obtain client consent before using technology services, remain yours. You are responsible for deciding whether and how to use JuraSum with client information.
We recommend that you identify clients by initials or a matter reference rather than by name. JuraSum does not require client names to function.
Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- use JuraSum in violation of any law or professional rule;
- share your account or sign-in codes with anyone outside your organization, or allow more people to use a subscription than it covers;
- interfere with, probe, overload or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the service, its servers or other users' data;
- circumvent the service's subscription controls;
- copy, resell or offer the tools, or any substantial part of their design or content, as a competing product or service; or
- remove or alter proprietary notices, other than a statement credit line that your plan permits you to remove.
Ownership
JuraSum, including its software, design, text, tool logic and name, is owned by us and protected by intellectual property law. These terms give you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the service for your organization's own legal work during your subscription. They do not transfer any ownership to you.
If you send us suggestions or feedback, we may use them without obligation to you.
Beta features
Features identified as beta or preview are offered to gather feedback, may change or be withdrawn without notice, and are provided as they are, without the commitments in section 2 regarding notice of changes.
Disclaimer of warranties
To the fullest extent permitted by law, JuraSum is provided "as is" and "as available". We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that any pre-filled rate or schedule is current or correct for your jurisdiction.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill or clients, or for any claim arising from a figure, statement or decision prepared with JuraSum, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Our total liability for all claims arising out of or relating to JuraSum or these terms will not exceed the greater of the amounts you paid us in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim, or one hundred US dollars.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
Indemnification
You will defend and indemnify us against claims by third parties, including your clients, arising from your use of JuraSum, your data, or your breach of these terms, except to the extent a claim results from our own breach of these terms.
Suspension and termination
You may stop using JuraSum and close your account at any time. We may suspend or end your access if you materially breach these terms, if required by law, or to protect the service or other users. Where reasonable, we will give notice first and an opportunity to cure.
On termination, your right to use paid features ends, and your stored data is handled as described in section 6. Sections 3, 6, 9 and 11 to 17 continue to apply after termination.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. For a material change we will give at least 30 days' notice by email and on this page before it takes effect. Continuing to use JuraSum after the effective date means you accept the updated terms. If you do not accept them, you may cancel before they take effect.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these terms or JuraSum will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in San Diego County, California, and both parties consent to their jurisdiction.
General
These terms, together with the Data handling page and any written agreement for a Firm plan, are the entire agreement between you and us about JuraSum. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. Our not enforcing a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of assets. We are not liable for delays caused by events beyond our reasonable control. Notices to you will be sent to the email address on your account.
Contact
Questions about these terms may be sent to [email protected] or through the contact page.
JuraSum LLC · PO Box 725, Cardiff, CA 92007