Terms & Conditions

This is the fine print, letting you know what the terms and conditions are for your visiting and use of LegalZen.com website. LegalZen.com is a website. It consists of web pages that are operated by LegalZen. Throughout these terms and conditions, LegalZen.com and LegalZen will be collectively referred to as “LegalZen.”

These terms and conditions are an agreement between you, the LegalZen user, and LegalZen. This agreement covers your use of the services, information, products, and software that are part of the LegalZen website.

Your Use of this Site

  • You have accessed this site. That means you have agreed to indemnify and hold LegalZen, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, harmless from any and all damages, directly or indirectly resulting from the use of LegalZen, now and in the future.
  • Your use of the site means you accept all the terms and conditions on LegalZen, without modification. This means you agree to the terms and conditions; notices; any provisions for arbitration; and the class action lawsuit waiver included in these terms and conditions.
  • LegalZen expressly reserve the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the LegalZen website is offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with the use of this site.

What LegalZen Is

  • LegalZen is a document website that lets you create the documents you need.
  • LegalZen is not a law firm. We do not provide ANY legal advice or representation. This is covered in detail the Legal Disclaimer.
  • LegalZen offers general information on legal issues you may have encountered. There is never a substitute for consulting with an attorney or law firm when you have questions about your legal issues.
  • LegalZen will not provide any advice, explanation, opinion, or recommendation to a consumer about possible legal rights, remedies, defenses, options, selection of forms or strategies.

NO Attorney Client Relationship

  • LEGALZEN IS NOT YOUR LAWYER.
  • Using this site does not create an attorney-client relationship with LegalZen or their respective subsidiaries, members, partners or affiliates.
  • LegalZen and its website are not substitutes for an attorney’s advice.
  • Use of LegalZen does not constitute the practice of law or the advice of an attorney.
  • LegalZen does not represent you in any capacity.

Fees and Rates

  • LegalZen offers various subscriber fees, rates, and terms. LegalZen, may change those fees, rates, and terms from time to time.
  • All fees and rates are non-refundable.
  • Renewal of your membership is automatic. Payment will be collected using the valid payment method we have on file for your subscription.

Free Trials

  • LegalZen may, from time to time, offer free services and/or documents to the public. Any specific terms and conditions applicable to the free trials will be disclaimed within the offer for the free trial.
  • LegalZen will not refund any user for payment of appropriate, specific fees that may be collected by LegalZen for documents or services that are not part of the free trial.

Termination or Cancellation of Subscription

  • As a LegalZen subscriber, you may terminate your subscription at any time within 30 days of enrolling.
  • Failure to pay your LegalZen subscription rate on time results in cancellation of your subscription.
  • Any documents that you have created on the LegalZen site are still accessible by you. You can still access documents that have been uploaded by you.
  • Violation of the terms and conditions for the LegalZen site will result in immediate termination of your subscription. You will not be able to access the site or services.

Modification of Terms and Conditions

  • LegalZen, reserve the right to modify or change the terms, conditions, notices, and fee schedules for the website and its products and services.
  • Use of the LegalZen website, products, and services after the change of terms and conditions is treated as acceptance of the modified terms and conditions.

Information On This Site

  • The information included on LegalZen is not legal advice. It should not be relied upon as being legal advice.
  • Laws change. They often change quickly. Because of the nature of the law, neither LegalZen, can guarantee that all the information contained on the LegalZen site is current or correct.
  • No one is legally reviewing any document you download or view.
  • LegalZen takes every reasonable effort to ensure that the information on this website and its documents are up-to-date; however, the information on this site is not guaranteed to be correct, complete or up-to-date. Why?
    • Laws change
    • Laws differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction
    • Laws are subject to varying interpretations by different courts and certain government and administrative bodies

Copyright, Trademark, and Patent Protection

  • All documents, forms, articles, letters, blog posts, and content found on LegalZen are protected by intellectual property rights, including copyright, trademark, and patent rights.
  • You may not resell any content from the LegalZen website.
  • Your acceptance of the terms and conditions of the LegalZen website, indicated through your use of the LegalZen website, signifies your agreement to not resell any LegalZen content.
  • All other trademarks, service marks and logos used in the LegalZen website are the trademarks, service marks or logos of their respective owners.

Where to Find Legal Advice

  • If you need legal advice for your specific problem you should consult a licensed attorney in your area.
  • You can get free or low cost representation through your state bar association or local legal aid office.

Blogs

  • Any and all blog posts, from either LegalZen staff, or from outside visitors and bloggers are merely opinions and should never be viewed as or construed to be legal advice.
  • LegalZen does not endorse any blog post or other information disseminated by or through this site. If you are concerned about certain materials, please contact us at (800) 655-5685.

Links from this Site

  • There may be links from LegalZen to other resources. This DOES NOT mean that LegalZen is affiliated or associated with the links.
  • The terms and conditions that apply to your use of the LegalZen website DOES NOT apply to your use of any site linked to by LegalZen. It is to your benefit to review the terms and conditions of any third party site linked to by LegalZen.
  • The links on LegalZen are provided for your use in order to aid you in finding other resources that may be of interest to you. This DOES NOT mean that Dinover or LegalZen is legally authorized to use any trade name, registered trademark, logo, legal or official seal, or copyrighted symbol in the links provided.
  • LegalZen does not endorse any link provided on the website.
  • LegalZen does notcontrol the sites that are linked to. They are not responsible for any content on linked sites, including webcasts, written content, or streaming video.
  • LegalZen is not responsible for any loss or damage related to your use of this website or any site linked to this website. In short, your use of the website is at your own risk.
  • By using any product, service or functionality originating from the LegalZen domain, you consent that LegalZen may share such information and data with any third party with whom LegalZen has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of LegalZen users and customers.
  • As a condition of your use of LegalZen, you warrant to LegalZen that you will not use the website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.
  • Any reliance on information, blogging posts or other materials offered by or through the website shall be relied upon at your own risk.

Privacy

  • LegalZen is concerned about your privacy. Our complete Privacy Policy may be reviewed here.
  • In order to provide quality service, LegalZen may review the communications between you and any referred attorneys.
  • Note that any communication between you and LegalZen personnel ARE NOT confidential.

Your Behavior on this Site

  • LegalZen may contain message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group. You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service.
  • You expressly agree not to threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
  • You will not publish or disseminate any inappropriate or unlawful topic or information.
  • You may not upload any files that are protected by intellectual property rights unless you own those rights.
  • Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service.
  • Managers and hosts are not authorized spokespersons of either Dinover or LegalZen, and their views do not necessarily reflect either of the parties.

Communication on LegalZen

  • You may not use any communication options on the LegalZen website in a manner that is not related to the site or the communication option.
  • LegalZen may refuse to post or keep posted any information or material.
  • LegalZen is not responsible for monitoring discussion groups or communication avenues.
  • LegalZen will disclose information as necessary under the law in order to comply with legal processes and regulations.
  • Any chat groups, listservs, forums, communities, news groups, blog posts, web pages, or other options available now or in the future on LegalZen MAY NOT be used by you to:
    • Defame or harass anyone else.
    • Threaten or violate anyone else’s legal rights.
    • Post anything that is in any way inappropriate or profane.
    • Upload anything that is protected by intellectual property laws that you do not own the rights to.
    • Remove any identifying information that is protected by intellectual property laws, or otherwise.
    • Upload any files that are corrupted or contain viruses to damage anyone’s computers.
    • Download anything that should not be distributed legally.
    • Advertise any goods or services for sale or purchase, including any types of pyramid or Ponzi schemes.
    • Collect any user information without the user’s consent.
    • Violate the terms and conditions of the LegalZen website.

Your Warranty for Your Use of This Site

  • One of the conditions that predicate your use of this site is that you warrant to LegalZen that you will not use LegalZen unlawfully.
  • You may not use LegalZen in any way that is prohibited by the terms and conditions set out here, or any terms, conditions, and notices that may be conveyed to you during your use of the site.
  • You warrant to not LegalZen in any way that will harm the site. This means you will not use the website in any way that would or could damage, overburden, impair, or disable the site.
  • You will not use LegalZen in any way that will interfere with anyone else’s use of the site.
  • You warrant to not LegalZen in any way to obtain materials or services or information that is not specifically or intentionally made available to the users of LegalZen.

What Happens If You Violate the Terms and Conditions

  • Any violation of any of the terms and conditions can result in the absolute termination of your ability to use and/or access this site for any reason or no reason whatsoever.

Content or Materials You Post on LegalZen

  • By posting, you are granting LegalZen and their respective affiliated companies’ permission to use your post in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses, however necessary.
  • You will not be paid for use of your post.
  • Be cautious when giving out your identifying information. LegalZen specifically disclaim any and all liability for any information you have posted on the website.

Liability

  • Typos may be made on this site.
  • There will be changes and updates to the information and the site itself.
  • Do not rely on this site for any decisions you will be making without discussing your issue with the appropriate professional.
  • Everything is provided “As Is,” without any type of warranty.
  • LgealZen will not provide any expressed or implied warranties, including but not limited to, accuracy, timeliness, merchantability, fitness or appropriateness for a particular use, and /or non-infringement of site content.
  • LgealZen does not warrant any material that on other sites that are linked to LegalZen.
  • LegalZen nor their employees or agents are responsible for any damages in any way, shape, or form.
  • Any services provided by LegalZen that are available on the website may change. Any changes are intended to be improvements, but are not guaranteed in any manner.
  • Nothing obtained on the LegalZen website should be relied upon. It is up to you to have an appropriate professional review your documents or information in order to ensure that it is applicable to you.
  • LegalZen makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy, reliability, or timeliness of the information, products, and services on this site for any purpose whatsoever.
  • LegalZen is not responsible for any computer viruses that may exist on this site or through this site.

Legal Terms

  • This agreement is governed laws in the state of Michigan.
  • To the maximum extent permitted by all applicable laws, LegalZen and its partners, suppliers, and affiliates, ARE NOT liable for any damages, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, punitive, consequential or incidental damages. This is without limitation and includes any damages for loss of profits, use, date, or information.
  • LegalZen and its partners, suppliers, and affiliates, ARE NOT liable for the performance or use, or the inability to use or failure to perform, the LegalZen website, its related services, the software, the graphics, the content, and content, without limitation.
  • To the extent allowable by law, LegalZen limits any and liability and damages in suits based on tort, negligence, contract, strict liability, or other claims.
  • Where your specific state does not allow for the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, this limitation may not apply.
  • If you do not agree to the limitations or terms and conditions, or are not satisfied with the website, your exclusive remedy is to cease using LegalZen.

Arbitration

  • If you have a complaint, contact our customer support group at 248.390.9541 or customersupport@LegalZen. If our dedicated team is unable to solve your issue, you agree to use arbitration as the means for resolving any claims.
  • Arbitration is less formal than a traditional lawsuit filed in court, but it is equally binding.
  • Arbitration is handled on a case-by-case basis. There are no class actions permitted.
  • This arbitration provision survives the termination of this agreement.
  • Arbitration claims include those arising out of any part of the relationship between you as the user and LegalZen.com; any prior agreements; any class action lawsuits where you are not a member of the certified class; and any claims that may arise once this agreement has been terminated.
  • Arbitration is the sole means of resolving any claims arising out of or in connection with the execution, interpretation, performance or nonperformance of this Agreement (each such dispute, a “Disputed Matter”) will be resolved by the procedures established below.
  • Each party will use reasonable efforts to resolve any Disputed Matter which arises from time to time between it and any of the other parties on a mutually acceptable negotiated basis.
  • In order to seek arbitration, the initiating party must notify the other with a written Notice of Dispute [Notice] that is sent by certified mail. The Notice must include the basis for the dispute and the relief sought. Notice should be sent to the following:

LegalZen
General Counsel
LegalZen
26700 Lahser Road, Suite 310
Southfield, MI 48033

  • Once notice has been received, the parties will have 60 days to resolve the dispute. If the dispute is not resolved within that time, the parties will commence arbitration.
  • Use of the names “LegalZen” includes our affiliates, agents, subsidiaries, employees, successors, assigns, and predecessors in interest.
  • Use of “user” or “you” includes any users, whether authorized or unauthorized, as well as beneficiaries of services or products or devices.
  • Any Disputed Matters not resolved pursuant after a Notice is sent or otherwise settled between the parties will be finally resolved solely by arbitration, by a single arbitrator appointed in accordance with the rules and procedures (the “Rules”) of the American Arbitration Association, or if the American Arbitration Association is no longer conducting such arbitrations, a successor organization thereto or such other private arbitration service as the parties will mutually agree (the actual authority involved, the “Arbitral Body”).
  • The arbitrator is bound by the terms of this Agreement.
  • The AAA Rules will be administered by the AAA. The AAA Rules are available online at www.adr.org, by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879.
  • Claims that are for less than $10,000 may be conducted without the physical presence of the parties. Both parties may submit documents to the arbitrator, or the hearing may be conducted by telephone under the AAA Rules. The AAA Rules will determine the necessity of the type of hearing for claims over $10,000.
  • Except as set forth below, the parties abandon all recourse to litigation to resolve Disputed Matters and agree that the Award of the arbitrator will be final and subject to no judicial review.
  • The arbitrator will be selected pursuant to the rules and procedures of the Arbitral Body, but will be 1) impartial and will not have been employed by or affiliated with any of the parties to this Agreement or any of their respective Affiliates, 2) experienced in commercial dispute resolution, and 3) familiar with commercial business practices in the medical supplies procurement business or the business involved in the Disputed Matter.
  • If the Arbitral Body is unable to provide an arbitrator with the qualifications set forth above, the Arbitral Body will consult with the parties and consider their recommendations for the arbitrator.
  • Arbitration procedures may be initiated concerning a Disputed Matter by any of the parties by giving written notice to the other parties and in compliance with any of the applicable Rules.
  • If not specified by the Rules, such notice will be given to the parties to the Disputed Matter in the manner provided generally for notices in this Agreement.
  • Any notice will specify in reasonable detail the dispute being submitted to arbitration and comply with all other Rules concerning commencement of arbitration.
  • The arbitrator will conduct the proceedings, including arguments and briefs, in accordance with the Rules; provided that the provisions of these terms and conditions will prevail in the event of any conflict between the Rules and its provisions.
  • The arbitrator will decide the issues submitted in accordance with the provisions and commercial purposes of this Agreement, provided that all substantive questions of law will be determined under the laws of the State of Michigan.
  • The parties consent to venue in the State of Michigan.
  • Notwithstanding the provisions in these terms and conditions, all decisions of the arbitrator will be in writing and submitted to the parties, and the decision after hearing on the merits which announces resolution of the Disputed Matter (award) will, in addition, set forth findings of fact and conclusions of law to support the arbitrator’s resolution of the merits of the Disputed Matter.
  • The parties to the Disputed Matter will facilitate the arbitration by 1) making available to one another and to the arbitrator for examination, inspection and extraction all documents, books, records and personnel under their control if determined by the arbitrator to be relevant to the dispute, 2) conducting arbitration hearings to the greatest extent possible on successive days and 3) observing strictly the time periods and 10 procedures established by the Rules or by the arbitrator for submission of evidence or briefs, conduct of the hearing on the merits and preparations accordingly.
  • All costs of the arbitration will initially be borne equally by the parties as incurred, but upon completion of the arbitration, the arbitrator will award to the prevailing party, as determined by the arbitrator in accordance with principles of Michigan law for determining prevailing parties in litigation, all reasonable costs, fees and expenses related to the arbitration, including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants and other professionals or experts incurred by the prevailing party.
  • Judgment on the award may be entered in any court having proper jurisdiction and procedures.
  • Each party agrees that any award of an arbitrator against it and on which judgment is entered may be executed against the assets of any party which is a judgment debtor or otherwise enforced in any jurisdiction pursuant to the procedures in and protections of such jurisdiction which are generally applicable to enforcement of judgments, including provision in such jurisdiction for the enforcement of equitable remedies provided in the award.
  • Notwithstanding any provision in these terms and conditions, any party will be entitled 1) to seek a temporary restraining order or injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction with respect to a breach (or attempted or threatened breach) of this Agreement by any party or 2) to institute litigation or other formal proceedings to the extent necessary a) to enforce the award of the arbitrator, b) to avoid the expiration of any applicable limitations period or c) to preserve a superior position with respect to other creditors.
  • Nothing in these terms and conditions will prevent parties to this Agreement who become involved in a Disputed Matter and who have become parties to litigation instituted by a third party concerning facts involved in such Disputed Matter from resolving disputes between them arising in connection with such Disputed Matter through such litigation in lieu of arbitration under these terms and conditions.
  • Each party agrees to continue performing its obligations under this Agreement during the pendency of any dispute resolution process conducted in accordance with these terms and conditions.

Entire Agreement

  • These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between LegalZen and you pertaining to the subject matter of this Agreement.
  • In its sole discretion, LegalZen may modify these Terms and Conditions by posting the revised version on this Site and you agree that each visit by you to this Site is a new transaction governed by the Terms and Conditions linked on LegalZen.com at that time.