Effective Date: April 18, 2026
This BriefLink Terms of Use, Liability Waiver, and User Acknowledgment (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and between BriefLink (“Company”) and the undersigned user (“User”) as of the date of User’s acceptance.
By clicking “I Agree,” creating an account, accessing the Service, uploading materials, or otherwise using BriefLink, User acknowledges and agrees to be bound by this Agreement.
BriefLink is a legal technology tool designed solely for cite-checking, citation formatting, hyperlinking where available, document comparison, and related ministerial workflow assistance.
BriefLink is not designed or marketed as a source of legal advice, legal analysis, legal strategy, legal conclusions, or legal judgment. BriefLink does not provide legal services and does not substitute for the judgment of a licensed attorney.
User acknowledges that all output from BriefLink is intended as a draft or reference aid only and must be independently reviewed and verified by counsel before use.
Company is not a law firm and does not employ attorneys for the purpose of providing legal representation to User.
Nothing in BriefLink, including any citation suggestion, document formatting, confidence indicator, automated edit, or exported output, constitutes legal advice, legal opinion, or legal representation.
Use of BriefLink does not create an attorney-client relationship, fiduciary relationship, or any other professional relationship between User and Company.
User acknowledges that attorneys remain solely responsible for compliance with all applicable professional responsibility obligations, including but not limited to: competence obligations, including technology competence; supervision obligations with respect to nonlawyer assistants and technology tools; confidentiality obligations; candor to tribunals; fee, communication, and client-consent requirements; and all state-specific ethical rules, opinions, and guidance governing legal technology and generative AI.
User further acknowledges that jurisdictional rules and ethics opinions may require disclosure, verification, client consent, or other safeguards depending on how any technology tool is used in a representation.
User agrees not to use BriefLink in any manner that would constitute the unauthorized practice of law, misrepresent the source of any work product, or replace the exercise of independent legal judgment.
User understands and agrees that BriefLink may produce inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or outdated information, including citation errors, linking errors, formatting errors, omissions, or other defects.
Accordingly, User must independently verify every citation, quotation, link, proposition, and document change before relying on, filing, serving, or distributing any output.
User shall not treat any output, confidence score, or status indicator as a substitute for attorney review. All final decisions regarding the content, accuracy, and use of any output rest solely with User.
User acknowledges that BriefLink’s coverage may be limited by court level, jurisdiction, date, and available source data.
Unless expressly stated otherwise in a signed writing, BriefLink is limited to the jurisdictions and court systems identified in the product interface, order form, or applicable service description.
BriefLink does not guarantee coverage of local, county, chamber, or judge-specific rules, and User is solely responsible for verifying any applicable filing, formatting, or citation requirements.
User acknowledges that materials uploaded to BriefLink may contain confidential, privileged, work-product-protected, sealed, or sensitive information, including personally identifiable information, protected health information, and criminal justice information.
User represents and warrants that User has all rights, consents, authorizations, and legal bases required to upload, process, store, or transmit such materials through the Service.
User understands that no system is perfectly secure, and Company does not guarantee that any data will be immune from unauthorized access, disclosure, loss, corruption, or misuse.
User is responsible for redaction, privilege review, confidentiality review, and compliance with applicable privacy and data-security obligations before upload.
To the extent User uploads or causes to be processed any information subject to HIPAA or similar health privacy laws, User agrees that: (1) User will only do so if legally permitted and properly authorized; (2) User will obtain any required notices, authorizations, or consents; (3) User will execute a separate business associate agreement (“BAA”) with Company if required for the intended use; and (4) absent a signed BAA, Company has no obligation to act as a business associate or to assume HIPAA-specific contractual duties.
If a signed BAA exists, that BAA controls solely with respect to PHI and HIPAA-related obligations.
Company may process user content in memory, temporarily store content, retain logs, or maintain records as reasonably necessary to operate, secure, audit, support, and improve the Service, unless otherwise specified in a signed enterprise agreement or applicable retention policy.
User acknowledges that retention settings, access controls, and storage practices may vary by product configuration, account type, and service plan.
Company may use infrastructure providers and subprocessors to provide the Service, subject to commercially reasonable security and confidentiality safeguards.
User acknowledges that automated systems may produce inaccurate or fabricated content, including incorrect citations, incorrect links, omitted authorities, and false or misleading confidence indicators.
BriefLink is intentionally designed not to guess at unrecognized citations where the source cannot be confidently resolved. Any request for clarification or confirmation is a safeguard, not a defect.
User agrees that all final output must be verified independently by counsel before being relied upon in any matter.
Each exported PDF or comparable final output may include the following disclaimer, or a substantially similar disclaimer selected by Company:
Cite-check produced by BriefLink; independent verification by counsel required.
User agrees not to remove or obscure such disclaimer where technically feasible, except as expressly authorized by Company in writing.
If available, Company may provide an audit trail, exportable CSV, or other record of changes made by the Service.
Such records are provided for workflow and review purposes only and do not constitute a guarantee of correctness, completeness, or legal sufficiency.
User is solely responsible for preserving any record needed for compliance, litigation, or internal file maintenance.
User shall not: use the Service to impersonate an attorney, law firm, court, clerk, or other legal actor; represent automated output as legal advice or legal analysis where it is not; upload materials without authority to do so; use the Service in violation of any law, court rule, protective order, privacy law, or ethical rule; bypass or attempt to bypass access controls, rate limits, or security measures; reverse engineer, scrape, or misuse the Service or its data; or use the Service in any manner that exposes Company to regulatory, professional-responsibility, or civil liability arising from User’s misuse.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE AND ALL OUTPUT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR QUIET ENJOYMENT.
COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE ERROR-FREE, UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR FREE OF MISCITATIONS, OMISSIONS, OR HALLUCINATIONS.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY OR ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, LICENSORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR RELIANCE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOSS ARISING FROM PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE, SANCTIONS, MALPRACTICE CLAIMS, OR ADVERSE LITIGATION OUTCOMES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, COMPANY’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) THE AMOUNTS PAID BY USER TO COMPANY FOR THE SERVICE IN THE THREE (3) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT OR CLAIM GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY; OR (B) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100), IF NO FEES WERE PAID.
Nothing in this Agreement limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.
User shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Company and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and service providers from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, proceedings, investigations, losses, damages, liabilities, fines, penalties, judgments, settlements, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or relating to: User’s use or misuse of the Service; User’s violation of this Agreement; User’s violation of any law, rule, regulation, court order, or ethical obligation; any materials, data, or content submitted by User; any alleged privilege waiver, confidentiality breach, privacy violation, or infringement arising from User-provided materials; any claim that User relied on the Service without independent verification by counsel; and any claim resulting from User’s failure to obtain required consent, notice, disclosure, or authorization.
Company may participate in the defense of any indemnified matter with counsel of its choosing at its own expense, and User shall not settle any indemnified matter in a manner that imposes liability or admission on Company without Company’s prior written consent.
User understands and agrees that all obligations relating to legal ethics, professional responsibility, client communication, supervision, privilege, confidentiality, privacy, UPL, and court compliance remain solely User’s responsibility.
Company may provide operational guidance, onboarding materials, product instructions, or workflow recommendations, but none of these constitute legal advice or a guarantee of compliance.
User is responsible for determining whether the use of BriefLink is appropriate for the matter, jurisdiction, court, or client engagement at issue.
Company’s Privacy Policy, Data Processing Addendum, BAA, security addendum, enterprise order form, and any product-specific or jurisdiction-specific supplemental terms are incorporated by reference to the extent applicable.
If there is a conflict among documents, the following order of precedence applies unless a signed writing expressly provides otherwise: (1) a signed BAA, but only as to PHI; (2) a signed enterprise order form or master services agreement; (3) a signed data processing addendum; (4) this Agreement; (5) the Privacy Policy.
Company may suspend or terminate access immediately if Company reasonably believes User has violated this Agreement, misused the Service, created a security risk, attempted unauthorized access, or used the Service in a manner inconsistent with applicable law or professional obligations.
Termination does not relieve User of obligations that by their nature should survive, including confidentiality, indemnification, disclaimer, and liability provisions.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except to the extent preempted by federal law or superseded by a signed enterprise agreement.
Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in San Miguel County, Colorado, and User consents to personal jurisdiction and venue there, except where prohibited by law.
If any provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. If permitted by law, any unenforceable provision shall be reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable while preserving the parties’ intent.
This Agreement, together with any incorporated supplemental terms, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties regarding the subject matter hereof and supersedes prior discussions on the same subject.
Electronic acceptance, click-through assent, or continued use of the Service constitutes valid and binding acceptance.
I acknowledge that I am fully responsible for assuring that all work done by BriefLink is accurate, and I take full responsibility for filing any brief prepared by BriefLink.
I further acknowledge and agree that I alone am responsible for: reviewing, editing, and verifying all content produced by BriefLink; confirming all citations, quotations, authorities, formatting, and links; ensuring compliance with all applicable court rules, ethical rules, and filing requirements; and deciding whether any brief, motion, memorandum, or other filing prepared with the assistance of BriefLink is accurate, complete, and appropriate for submission.
Questions about this Agreement may be sent to: info@brieflink.ai