Terms of Service

How These Terms Work

By accessing or using the USLege service, websites, and software applications (together, the “Service”), or any content or material made available through the Service (the “Content”), you agree to these Terms of Service (the “Terms”).

Our Privacy Policy, available at https://uslege.ai/privacy-policy, describes how we handle personal information. It is provided for transparency and is not incorporated into these Terms.

If your organization has entered into a signed agreement with USLege, that agreement controls. Where anything in these Terms conflicts with a signed agreement covering your access, the signed agreement governs, and changes we make to these Terms after that agreement was signed do not reduce the rights it gives you during its term. These Terms continue to apply to anything the signed agreement does not address.

These Terms are not intended to grant rights to anyone except you and USLege, and in no event create third-party beneficiary rights.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms. If we make material changes we will provide notice through the Service or by email to the address associated with your account. If you do not agree to the changes you may stop using the Service and cancel your account by contacting support@uslege.ai, or, where your organization holds the account, by asking your administrator. If we do not hear from you within thirty (30) days of notice, the revised Terms will apply to you.

Changes do not apply retroactively, and they do not alter the terms of any signed agreement then in effect.

Use License

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Service for your internal business purposes, subject to these Terms and to any signed agreement covering your access.

Each account is for one individual. Accounts and login credentials may not be shared by, or used by, more than one individual. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account.

Where a signed agreement governs your access, the scope, duration and number of licenses are set by that agreement.

What You May Not Do

You agree not to:

Copy, modify (in whole or in part), adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works of the Service without our prior written consent
Make available or distribute all or part of the Service or the Content to any third party by assignment, sublicense, or any other means, except through sharing functionality we make available for that purpose
Develop or use any API, scraping tool, or similar mechanism to extract or pull data from the Service
Access the Service in any way that bypasses its normal operation, including through automated tools, scripts, or software intended to scrape, harvest, or extract data
Use another person’s account, or allow another person to use yours
Attempt to obtain unauthorized access to the Service, or disrupt or interfere with its security or the servers and networks connected to it
Use the Service to send unsolicited mass email or other unsolicited communications
Introduce viruses or other harmful or disruptive code into the Service
Threaten, harass, or use hateful, abusive, libelous or obscene language toward other users, legislators, candidates, or witnesses
Use the Service for any unlawful purpose

Your Responsibility for How You Use What You Find

You are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of the Service, and your use, publication, distribution or other exploitation of any Content or work product derived from it, complies with all applicable laws, regulations and third-party rights. You assume all risk arising from your own use.

Without limiting the foregoing, you may not:

Edit, caption, excerpt or present any Content in a manner that is misleading or that misrepresents the statements, positions or conduct of any person, including any legislator, candidate, official or witness
Use any Content in political advertising or election-related communications except in compliance with all applicable election, disclosure and political advertising laws in the relevant jurisdiction
Use any person’s name, likeness or voice in a manner requiring a consent you have not obtained
Reproduce or distribute any third-party material appearing within the Content, including material displayed or played during a proceeding, without the rights to do so
Redistribute Content outside the sharing functionality we provide without first securing any rights, consents or clearances your intended use requires

This includes compliance with all applicable state and federal law governing lobbying and advocacy activity, including registration and reporting obligations in the jurisdictions where you operate. Some jurisdictions also specifically regulate the use of edited or synthetic audio and video depicting candidates or officials.

We make no representation that any particular use of the Service or Content is lawful in your jurisdiction or for your intended purpose, and we make no independent investigation into any user’s compliance. You are responsible for obtaining your own legal advice and for securing any consents, licenses or clearances your use requires.

Prohibition on Unauthorized Data Access and Scraping

Unauthorized access. You are strictly prohibited from accessing our websites, services, or APIs in any way that bypasses the normal operation of our platform, including through automated tools, scripts, or software used to scrape, harvest, or extract data.

Prohibition against data scraping. You agree not to engage in “screen scraping,” “screen recording or grabbing,” “database scraping,” or any other activity intended to obtain data from our websites or services without our prior written authorization.

Legal consequences. Unauthorized scraping or misuse of our APIs is a violation of these Terms. We reserve the right to pursue legal action, including seeking injunctive relief, damages, and any other remedies available under applicable law.

Monitoring and enforcement. We reserve the right to monitor access to our websites and APIs, to block attempts at unauthorized data extraction, and to suspend or terminate access where we detect a violation.

Reporting. If you become aware of or suspect a violation of these Terms, please report it to support@uslege.ai.

Intellectual Property

We own the Service and the Content, except as described below. All Content, the selection, compilation, arrangement and presentation of all materials, and the overall design of the Service are protected by United States and international law.

This includes our AI-generated summaries, transcripts, extracted data, and the compilation of legislative material we assemble and maintain. Underlying public records, including bill text and other government documents, are not claimed as our property; our rights are in the platform, the derived materials we create, and the compilation itself.

Recordings of public proceedings. Video and audio recordings of government proceedings made available through the Service originate from the relevant governmental body or its designated provider. Rights in those recordings remain with their respective owners. You may access and use them only through the Service and in accordance with these Terms and any signed agreement covering your access.

Third-party material. Photographs and other third-party materials displayed through the Service are obtained from official or public sources, and rights in them remain with their respective owners.

Reporting infringement. If you believe material available through the Service infringes your rights, contact support@uslege.ai and we will review it promptly.

Privacy

How we collect, use, share, retain and delete personal information is described in our Privacy Policy at https://uslege.ai/privacy-policy. That policy is a description of our practices rather than a term of these Terms.

Two commitments are stated here, in these Terms, because they are the ones customers most often need in binding form:

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with advertisers.
We do not use your content to train, fine-tune or otherwise develop machine learning or artificial intelligence models, and we do not use it to train, improve or evaluate any model made available to other customers or third parties. This does not restrict us from processing your content with artificial intelligence in order to provide the Service to you, nor from using aggregated and de-identified usage information that cannot reasonably be associated with you.

Where a signed agreement covering your access addresses data handling, that agreement controls.

Permitted Users

You must be 18 or older to use the Service, and by using it you represent that you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract.

Disclaimer of Warranties

We will strive to prevent interruptions to the Service and to be good stewards of your data. However, except as expressly provided in a signed agreement, the Service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will meet your requirements, that it will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that defects will be corrected.

Data accuracy. We do not certify or guarantee the correctness of the data provided through the Service. Decisions you make based on information in the platform are made at your own discretion and risk.

Limitation of Liability

Where a signed agreement covering your access addresses limitation of liability, that agreement controls and this section does not apply.

If you use the Service without charge, your remedy for any problem with it is to stop using it. Otherwise, our liability to you is limited as set out in this section and in any signed agreement covering your access.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY, OR ITS OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, DIRECTORS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS, OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, REGARDLESS OF LEGAL THEORY.

THE FOREGOING EXCLUSIONS, AND THE CAP BELOW, DO NOT APPLY TO YOUR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS, YOUR BREACH OF THE USE RESTRICTIONS OR ANTI-SCRAPING PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS, EITHER PARTY’S BREACH OF ITS CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS, EITHER PARTY’S VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAW, OR EITHER PARTY’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. OUR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATION UNDER THE SECTION BELOW IS SUBJECT TO THE CAP.

SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNTS ALLOCABLE TO THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, WHETHER OR NOT INVOICED OR PAID DURING THAT PERIOD, OR ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS ($100).

ANY CLAIM MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE DATE THE PARTY ASSERTING IT FIRST KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW OF THE ACT, OMISSION, OR DEFAULT GIVING RISE TO IT.

Indemnification

Where a signed agreement covering your access addresses indemnification, that agreement controls and this section does not apply.

By you. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD USLEGE, INC. HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND EXPENSES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS) ARISING OUT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY CLAIM RELATING TO: (1) YOUR BREACH OF THESE TERMS; (2) ANY CONTENT YOU SUBMIT; (3) ANY ACTIVITY YOU ENGAGE IN ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE; (4) YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY LAW OR THE RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY; OR (5) YOUR PUBLICATION, EDITING OR DISTRIBUTION OF CONTENT, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OF DEFAMATION, FALSE LIGHT, OR VIOLATION OF PUBLICITY OR ELECTION LAW.

By us. We will defend you against a third-party claim that the Service, as provided by us and used in accordance with these Terms, infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, and we will pay the damages finally awarded against you on that claim. This does not apply to any claim arising from your Content, your use of the Service other than as permitted, your editing or distribution of Content, or recordings of government proceedings and any third-party material appearing within them, rights in which remain with their respective owners. Our obligation under this paragraph is subject to the cap in the section above.

Procedure. The party seeking indemnity shall promptly notify the other in writing of the claim, give the indemnifying party sole control of its defense and settlement (provided that no settlement imposing any obligation or admission on the indemnified party may be made without its consent), and provide reasonable cooperation. A delay in notice reduces the indemnifying party’s obligation only to the extent it is prejudiced.

Force Majeure

Neither party shall be liable for any loss or failure to perform any obligation due to causes beyond its reasonable control, including industrial disputes, power loss, telecommunications failure, hosting failure, acts of God, or any other cause beyond its reasonable control.

Arbitration

Where a signed agreement covering your access addresses dispute resolution, that agreement controls and this section does not apply.

You and USLege agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising in connection with or relating to these Terms or your relationship with USLege as a user of the Service, whether based in contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation, or any other legal theory, and whether arising during or after termination, will be determined by mandatory binding individual (not class) arbitration. The arbitrator has exclusive power to rule on his or her own jurisdiction, including objections to the existence, scope or validity of this agreement to arbitrate.

Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. THERE IS NO JUDGE OR JURY IN ARBITRATION, AND COURT REVIEW OF AN ARBITRATION AWARD IS LIMITED. Discovery may be more limited than in court. The arbitrator must follow these Terms and may award the same damages and relief as a court, including attorney fees, except that the arbitrator may not award relief benefiting anyone but the parties to the arbitration. This provision survives termination.

Exceptions. Nothing in this section waives, precludes, or limits either party’s right at any time to bring an individual action seeking only temporary or preliminary individualized injunctive relief in a court of law, pending a final ruling from the arbitrator. It also does not stop either party from bringing issues to the attention of federal, state, or local agencies.

Rules. Any arbitration will take place under the Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in force, as modified here. The Federal Arbitration Act applies and governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. Hearings will take place in Travis County, Texas. A party seeking arbitration must first send written notice by certified mail setting out the nature of the dispute and the relief sought, and must allow the other party thirty (30) days to respond. If the dispute is not resolved and arbitration commences, each party shall split the arbitrator’s fee equally.

Government entities. Where a party is a governmental entity, agency or instrumentality that is prohibited by applicable law from agreeing to binding arbitration, or that is required by applicable law to resolve contract disputes through a specified statutory or administrative process, this Arbitration section does not apply to that party. Disputes with that party will instead be resolved through the process that applicable law requires or, where no such process is prescribed, in the courts identified under Governing law below. This section is not intended to, and does not, waive any sovereign or governmental immunity of that party.

Other Terms

Governing law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to bring any claim arising out of your use of the Service in the courts located within Travis County, Texas, and submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of those courts.

Survival. The sections on intellectual property, your responsibility for how you use what you find, the use restrictions and anti-scraping provisions, privacy, disclaimer of warranties, limitation of liability, indemnification, arbitration, and these other terms survive termination of these Terms or closure of your account.

Feedback. If you send us suggestions or ideas about the Service, we may use them without restriction or obligation to you.

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is unenforceable, it will be severed and replaced with a provision that most closely reflects the intent of the original, and the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect.

No waiver. No waiver of any provision is effective except in a written instrument signed by us expressly waiving compliance, and any waiver is effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose stated.

No agency. No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and us as a result of these Terms or your use of the Service.

Assignment. You may not assign any right, interest, or benefit provided under these Terms without our express prior written consent.

Entire agreement. These Terms set forth the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the Service and supersede any prior communications, agreements, and proposals, except where you or your organization has entered into a signed agreement with USLege, in which case that agreement controls. A printed version of these Terms and any notice given in electronic form is admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings to the same extent as other business documents originally generated in printed form.