TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT
This Terms of Use Agreement (this “Agreement”) constitutes a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“user” or “you”) and Pride Legal, A Professional Law Corporation and its affiliated entities (collectively, “Pride Legal,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the www.PrideLegal.com
website, as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website, landing page, or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Website”).
The Website provides, without limitation, the following services: general legal and educational information, attorney and law firm marketing, intake forms and contact channels for potential legal representation, and other related content, tools, and services (collectively, the “Company Services”). Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Website from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated into this Agreement by reference.
1. NO ATTORNEY–CLIENT RELATIONSHIP / NO LEGAL ADVICE
The Website and Company Services are provided for general informational, educational, and marketing purposes only.
No Attorney–Client Relationship: Your use of the Website, including your submission of information via any contact form, email, text, chat, phone call, or other method through or referenced on the Website, does not create an attorney–client relationship between you and Pride Legal or any attorney affiliated with Pride Legal or listed on the Website.
An attorney–client relationship is formed only if and when:
Pride Legal (or a specific attorney) agrees to represent you, and you execute a written engagement agreement with Pride Legal (or such attorney), and all required conflict checks are completed and cleared.
No Legal Advice: All information on the Website is general information and is not legal advice for your particular situation. You should not rely upon any content on the Website as a substitute for independent legal advice from a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction. Laws change, and legal outcomes depend on specific facts.
No Confidentiality or Privilege (Until Retained): Any information you submit through the Website is not confidential or privileged unless and until you become a client pursuant to a written engagement agreement. Do not send sensitive or time-sensitive information through the Website, forms, or unencrypted email.
2. ATTORNEY ADVERTISING / JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES
The Website may be considered attorney advertising under the rules of professional conduct of certain jurisdictions. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Any case results, testimonials, or endorsements on the Website are illustrative only and do not promise or predict results.
Pride Legal is based in California and the Website is controlled and operated by Company from within the United States. We make no representation that the Website or Company Services are appropriate or available in other locations. The information provided on the Website is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use: would be contrary to law or regulation; or would subject Company to any registration or licensing requirement in such jurisdiction or country.
Those persons who choose to access the Website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent those laws are applicable.
3. ELIGIBILITY; MINORS
All users who are minors in the jurisdiction in which they reside (generally under the age of 18) must have the permission of, and be directly supervised by, their parent or legal guardian to use the Website. If you are a minor, your parent or guardian must read and agree to this Agreement prior to your use of the Website. Company does not knowingly solicit or accept personal information from children under 13 through the Website.
4. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
BY ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE OR COMPANY SERVICES, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY UPDATED VERSIONS POSTED IN THE FUTURE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT USE OR ACCESS THE WEBSITE OR COMPANY SERVICES.
5. USER REPRESENTATIONS – REGARDING CONTENT YOU PROVIDE (“CONTRIBUTIONS”)
The Website may invite you to chat, submit forms, upload files, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, reviews, testimonials, and other functionality. The Website may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to Company and/or via the Website, including, without limitation:
- text, writings, and messages,
- video, audio, and photographs,
- graphics, designs, or other creative works,
- comments, suggestions, or feedback,
- personally identifiable information or other material
(collectively, “Contributions”).
Unless and until you become a client under a written engagement agreement, any Contributions you transmit through the public or semi-public portions of the Website will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.
When you create or make available any Contribution, you represent and warrant that:
A. The creation, distribution, transmission, public display, performance, access, downloading, and copying of your Contribution does not and will not infringe the proprietary rights of any third party, including any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights.
B. You are the creator and owner of, or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases, and permissions to use and authorize Company and Website users to use your Contributions as necessary to exercise the licenses granted by you under this Agreement.
C. You have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in the Contribution to use that person’s name or likeness to enable inclusion and use of the Contribution in the manner contemplated by the Website.
D. Your Contribution is not, and will not be, obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable (as determined by Company in its sole discretion); is not libelous or slanderous; does not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone; does not advocate the violent overthrow of any government; does not incite, encourage, or threaten physical harm against another; does not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule; and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party.
E. Your Contribution does not contain material that solicits personal information from anyone under 18 or that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, and does not violate any federal or state law concerning child pornography or other laws intended to protect minors.
F. Your Contribution does not include offensive comments connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, or health status.
G. Your Contribution does not otherwise violate, or link to material that violates, any provision of this Agreement or any applicable law or regulation.
6. CONTRIBUTION LICENSE
By posting Contributions to any part of the Website, or making them accessible to the Website by linking your account to any social network or other external account, you automatically grant, and represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Company an: unrestricted, unconditional,unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right and license to: host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, archive, store, cache, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in part), and distribute such Contributions (including, without limitation, your image and voice) for any purpose, including commercial, advertising, or otherwise; prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Contributions; and grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing rights.
The use and distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media channels now known or later developed. This includes our use of your name, company name, and any trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, personal and commercial images you provide.
Company does not claim ownership over your Contributions; as between you and Company, you retain full ownership of all intellectual property rights in your Contributions, subject to the broad license you grant to Company as described above.
Company has the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to: edit, redact, or otherwise change any Contributions; re-categorize any Contributions to place them in more appropriate locations; and pre-screen or delete any Contributions that are determined to be inappropriate or otherwise in violation of this Agreement or Company’s policies.
By uploading your Contributions to the Website, you additionally authorize Company to grant each end user a personal, limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully-paid license to access, download, print, and otherwise use your Contributions for their internal, personal purposes and not for redistribution, transfer, sale, or commercial exploitation of any kind.
7. MOBILE APPLICATION LICENSE
If you access Company Services via a mobile application, then Company grants you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to install and use the application on wireless handsets owned or controlled by you, and to access and use the application strictly in accordance with this Agreement and any application-specific terms.
You shall not: decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code of the application; make any modification or derivative work from the application; violate any law in connection with your use of the application; remove or obscure any proprietary notice; use the application for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise for which it was not designed; make the application available over a network permitting simultaneous use by multiple devices; use the application to send automated queries or unsolicited commercial email; or use any proprietary information or interfaces of Company to create competing products or services.
Terms Applicable to Apple and Android Devices
If you obtain the application from Apple’s App Store or Google Play (each, an “App Distributor”), you acknowledge: This Agreement is between you and Company, not the App Distributor. The license is limited to a non-transferable license to use the application on devices you own or control and as permitted by the usage rules in the App Distributor’s terms. The App Distributor has no obligation to provide maintenance or support. Company is solely responsible for any warranties and for addressing any claims relating to the application. You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the application. The App Distributors and their subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and may enforce it against you.
8. SUBMISSIONS (NON-CONTENT FEEDBACK)
You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or other information about the Website or Company Services (collectively, “Submissions”) provided by you are non-confidential and become the sole property of Company. Company shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these Submissions for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you.
9. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
You may not access or use the Website for any purpose other than that for which Company makes it available. The Website may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those specifically endorsed or approved by Company.
Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:
A. attempting to bypass any measures designed to prevent or restrict access to the Website, or any portion thereof;
B. impersonating another user or person or using the username of another user;
C. engaging in criminal or tortious activity;
D. deciphering, decompiling, disassembling, or reverse engineering any software related to the Website;
E. deleting or altering any copyright or proprietary rights notice from any Website content;
F. engaging in any automated use of the system (data mining, robots, scraping, etc.);
G. using, launching, or distributing any automated system (spiders, bots, cheat utilities, scrapers, offline readers, scripts) that accesses the Website, except as a standard search engine or web browser;
H. harassing, annoying, intimidating, or threatening any Company employees or agents engaged in providing Company Services;
I. interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the Website or its networks;
J. making any unauthorized use of Company Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or creating user accounts under false pretenses;
K. selling or otherwise transferring your profile;
L. systematic retrieval of data or content to create a compilation or database without written permission from Company;
M. tricking, defrauding, or misleading Company or other users, including attempts to obtain confidential account information;
N. using any information obtained from the Website to harass, abuse, or harm another person;
O. using Company Services as part of any effort to compete with Company or to provide a competing service;
P. using the Website in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
The content on the Website (“Company Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (“Marks”) are owned by or licensed to Company, and are protected by U.S. and foreign intellectual property laws. Company Content includes, without limitation, all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, graphics, and aggregated data. All Company graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks or trade dress of Company. You may not use Company’s trademarks, trade dress, or Marks: in connection with any product or service that is not Company’s; in any manner that is likely to cause confusion; or in any way that disparages or discredits Company, without prior written consent. Provided that you are eligible to use the Website, you are granted a limited license to access and use the Website and Company Content and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Company Content solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Company reserves all rights not expressly granted to you.
11. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND CONTENT
The Website may contain links to third-party websites (“Third-Party Websites”) and content originating from third parties (“Third-Party Content”). Company does not investigate, monitor, or check for accuracy or completeness of Third-Party Websites or Third-Party Content, and Company is not responsible for them. Inclusion of, linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party Website or Third-Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement by Company. If you leave the Website and access Third-Party Websites or use/install Third-Party Content, you do so at your own risk, and this Agreement and our policies no longer govern.
12. RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ATTORNEYS AND LAW FIRMS
Pride Legal is a California law firm. The Website may describe legal services offered by Pride Legal attorneys and may also reference or involve attorneys in other law firms with whom Pride Legal may, when appropriate, associate as co-counsel, act as local counsel, or to whom a matter may be referred. Pride Legal is not a State Bar–certified lawyer referral service. From time to time, and only when permitted by applicable rules of professional conduct, Pride Legal may: refer potential clients to other attorneys or law firms, accept referrals from other attorneys or law firms, associate counsel into matters, act as co-counsel or local counsel. Any attorney or law firm who is not employed by Pride Legal is an independent attorney or law firm, and Pride Legal does not supervise or control the legal services provided by such independent attorneys or firms.
No attorney–client relationship is formed with any attorney unless and until: all required conflict checks are completed, the attorney agrees to accept the matter, and the client signs a written engagement agreement.
Any fee-sharing or referral arrangements between attorneys comply with the California Rules of Professional Conduct, including Rule 1.5.1, and applicable law, and are made only with client knowledge and consent where required. Clients are always free to choose their own counsel and are under no obligation to work with any attorney or law firm mentioned or introduced through the Website.
13. SITE MANAGEMENT
Company reserves the right, but does not have the obligation, to:
A. monitor the Website for violations of this Agreement;
B. take appropriate legal action for violations, including reporting to law enforcement;
C. refuse, restrict access to, or disable any user’s Contributions or account in Company’s sole discretion;
D. remove any files or content that are excessive in size or burdensome to systems;
E. otherwise manage the Website to protect Company’s rights and property and facilitate proper functioning.
Company may also block certain IP addresses at any time in its sole discretion.
14. PRIVACY POLICY
We care about your privacy. By using the Website or Company Services, you agree that your personal data will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference.
15. TERM AND TERMINATION
This Agreement remains in full force and effect while you use the Website or Company Services. You may terminate your use at any time by ceasing to access the Website.
WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, TO: deny access to and use of the Website and Company Services to any person for any reason or no reason, including for breach of this Agreement or any law; terminate your use or participation; delete your profile and any content you posted at any time. Provisions that must survive termination to fulfill their purpose (e.g., disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, arbitration) will survive.
16. MODIFICATIONS
To Agreement
Company may modify this Agreement from time to time. All changes will be posted on the Website and indicated by the “Last Updated” date. You agree to be bound by any changes when you use the Website after such modification becomes effective. It is your responsibility to review the Agreement periodically.
To Services
Company reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue temporarily or permanently the Company Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice. Company shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance.
17. DISPUTES WITH COMPANY
A. Governing Law; Venue
This Agreement and all aspects of the Website and Company Services shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles. Except as otherwise provided in the arbitration clause below, you agree that any action not subject to arbitration shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California, and you consent to personal jurisdiction and venue in such courts. No claim, action, or proceeding related to the Website or Company Services may be brought more than two (2) years after the cause of action arose.
B. Informal Resolution
To expedite resolution and control costs, you and Company agree to first attempt to negotiate any dispute (“Dispute”) informally for at least ninety (90) days before initiating arbitration or litigation. Informal negotiations begin upon written notice from one party to the other.
C. Binding Arbitration; Class Action Waiver
If a Dispute cannot be resolved through informal negotiations, either you or Company may elect to have the Dispute finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. Arbitration shall be commenced and conducted under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) or JAMS, at Company’s election. The arbitration shall take place in Los Angeles County, California, unless otherwise required by law. The arbitrator must follow applicable law, and any award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to do so.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY AGREEING TO ARBITRATION YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL.
CLASS ACTION WAIVER:
To the fullest extent permitted by law: no arbitration shall be joined with any other; there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a class or representative basis; and there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other persons.
You may bring claims only in your individual capacity.
D. Exceptions
The informal negotiations and arbitration provisions do not apply to: any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect Company’s intellectual property rights; any Disputes related to theft, piracy, invasion of privacy, or unauthorized use; any claim for injunctive relief; or small-claims court actions brought on an individual basis.
If any portion of this arbitration clause is found unenforceable, that portion shall be severed, and the remainder shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law.
18. DISCLAIMERS
COMPANY CANNOT CONTROL THE NATURE OF ALL CONTENT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. BY OPERATING THE WEBSITE, COMPANY DOES NOT REPRESENT OR IMPLY THAT: COMPANY ENDORSES ANY USER CONTRIBUTIONS OR THIRD-PARTY CONTENT; COMPANY BELIEVES SUCH CONTENT TO BE ACCURATE, USEFUL, OR NON-HARMFUL.
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND COMPANY SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, COMPANY, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING: IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT; ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF CONTENT; ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.
COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT, AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR:
(A) ERRORS OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT;
(B) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE;
(C) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF SECURE SERVERS OR ANY PERSONAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION;
(D) INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION;
(E) BUGS, VIRUSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE;
(F) ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT.
COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY THIRD PARTIES THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE.
19. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY OR ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY: DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES; LOSS OF PROFIT, REVENUE, DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES
ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR COMPANY SERVICES, EVEN IF COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, COMPANY’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO COMPANY FOR COMPANY SERVICES DURING THE TWO (2) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100), WHICHEVER IS GREATER OR LESS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW (YOU CAN PICK WHICH YOU PREFER WHEN IMPLEMENTING; many choose “the greater of $100 or amounts paid,” others choose “the amount paid, if any”).
If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code § 1542.
20. INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and their officers, agents, partners, and employees harmless from any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) made by any third party due to or arising from: your Contributions, your use of Company Services, your breach of this Agreement, and/or your breach of any representation or warranty herein.
Company reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification, and you agree to cooperate with such defense.
21. NOTICES
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices to Company shall be sent by email to the address in the Contact Us section. Any notices to you shall be sent to the email address you provided, if any. Notice shall be deemed given 24 hours after the email is sent unless the sending party is notified that the email address is invalid.
22. USER DATA
The Website may maintain certain data you transmit, as well as data regarding your use of the Website and Company Services. Although we perform routine backups, you are primarily responsible for all data you transmit or that relates to your activity. Company shall have no liability for any loss or corruption of such data, and you hereby waive any right of action arising from such loss or corruption.
23. ELECTRONIC CONTRACTING & SIGNATURES
Your use of Company Services includes the ability to enter into agreements and transactions electronically. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS CONSTITUTE YOUR AGREEMENT AND INTENT TO BE BOUND by such agreements and transactions.
Users may be allowed to transmit and receive electronic signatures under E-SIGN and UETA. Users’ identities and signatures are not independently authenticated by Pride Legal; you are solely responsible for the validity of any electronic signatures you provide or rely on.
24. MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement, together with any policies or notices posted by Company on the Website, constitutes the entire agreement between you and Company regarding the use of the Website and Company Services. The failure of Company to enforce any right or provision shall not operate as a waiver. If any provision is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision shall be severable without affecting the validity of the remaining provisions. You may not assign this Agreement without our prior written consent; Company may assign its rights and obligations at any time. No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship is created as a result of this Agreement or use of the Website. You agree that this Agreement will not be construed against Company by virtue of having drafted it. You waive any defenses based on the electronic form of this Agreement or lack of physical signatures.
25. CONTACT US
To resolve a complaint regarding Company Services or to receive further information about use of the Website, please contact:
Pride Legal, A Professional Law Corporation
Attn: Terms of Use / Legal
8746 Holloway Drive
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Email: david@pridelegal.com
Phone: (888) 789-7743
If you are a California resident and your complaint is not resolved, you may contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs, 400 “R” Street, Sacramento, California 95814, or by telephone at 1-916-445-1254.
Last Updated: January 7, 2026