Terms of Service

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Advocate AI platform, including our websites, mobile applications, and related services (collectively, the "Services") provided by Advocate AI, Inc. ("Advocate AI," "we," "us," or "our"). By creating an account or using the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

1. Eligibility and Account Registration

The Services are intended for use by licensed attorneys, legal professionals, and authorized court staff. You must be at least 18 years of age and legally capable of entering into binding contracts to use the Services. By registering, you represent that all information you provide is accurate and current, and you agree to update your information as necessary to keep it accurate.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that we reasonably believe have been compromised or are being used in violation of these Terms.

2. Description of Services

Advocate AI provides a cloud-based legal technology platform that enables attorneys and legal professionals to capture, transcribe, analyze, and manage courtroom hearings and legal proceedings. Our Services include real-time transcription, AI-powered analysis and summarization, case management, document storage, and related tools.

Important: Advocate AI is a productivity and documentation tool. The Services do not constitute legal advice, and AI-generated outputs (including summaries, timelines, and analyses) are provided as drafts for attorney review. You are solely responsible for verifying the accuracy of any output and for all professional judgments and decisions made in reliance on the Services.

3. Acceptable Use

You agree to use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You shall not:

• Use the Services in violation of any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation, including court rules governing recording and transcription in judicial proceedings.
• Upload, transmit, or store any content that infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party.
• Attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Services or underlying technology.
• Use the Services to develop a competing product or service, or for benchmarking or competitive analysis.
• Share your account credentials with unauthorized individuals or allow third parties to access your account.
• Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Services, including by transmitting viruses, malware, or excessive requests.
• Use automated means (bots, scrapers, crawlers) to access or collect data from the Services without our prior written consent.

4. Your Content and Data

Ownership: You retain all rights, title, and interest in any content, data, and materials you upload or create through the Services ("Your Content"), including transcripts, case files, documents, notes, and any other data you provide. We do not claim ownership of Your Content.

License to Us: By uploading or submitting Your Content to the Services, you grant Advocate AI a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, store, process, and display Your Content solely as necessary to provide and improve the Services. This license terminates when you delete Your Content or close your account, except as necessary for backup and archival purposes.

AI Processing: You acknowledge that the Services use artificial intelligence and machine learning to process Your Content for purposes such as transcription, summarization, analysis, and other features. We do not use Your Content to train general-purpose AI models. Your Content is processed solely to deliver outputs to you within the context of your use of the Services.

Confidentiality: We understand that Your Content may include privileged, confidential, or sensitive legal information. We treat all user content as confidential and apply commercially reasonable security measures to protect it. However, you are responsible for ensuring that your use of the Services complies with all applicable professional responsibility rules, including those governing attorney-client privilege and work product protection.

5. Intellectual Property

The Services, including all software, algorithms, interfaces, designs, text, graphics, logos, and trademarks, are the exclusive property of Advocate AI or its licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws. These Terms grant you no right, title, or interest in the Services except for the limited right to use them in accordance with these Terms. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of the Services or included software, nor may you reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of any software, unless applicable law expressly permits it.

6. Subscription, Fees, and Payment

Certain features of the Services require a paid subscription. By selecting a paid plan, you agree to pay the applicable fees as described at the time of purchase. Fees are billed in advance on a monthly or annual basis depending on your chosen plan and are non-refundable except as required by applicable law or as otherwise stated in our refund policy.

We reserve the right to change our fees upon reasonable notice. If you do not agree to a fee change, you may cancel your subscription before the new fee takes effect. Your continued use of the Services after a fee change constitutes your acceptance of the new fees.

7. Account Deletion

You may delete your account at any time through the Settings menu in the application or by contacting us at info@theadvocate.ai. Upon deletion, we will permanently remove your account information, cases you solely own, associated transcripts and documents, and other personal data from our active systems. Data may persist in encrypted backups for a limited period before being automatically purged. If you participate in shared cases, your data will be removed from those cases but the case itself will remain accessible to other participants. Account deletion is irreversible.

8. Disclaimers

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. ADVOCATE AI DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR COMPLETELY SECURE.

AI-generated transcriptions, summaries, analyses, and other outputs may contain errors or inaccuracies. You acknowledge that such outputs are preliminary drafts and must be independently verified by a qualified professional before being relied upon in any legal proceeding or professional context.

We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any content processed through the Services, including transcription accuracy, speaker identification, or AI-generated analyses.

9. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ADVOCATE AI, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICES SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Advocate AI and its officers, directors, employees, contractors, and affiliates from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your use of the Services; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation of any applicable law or regulation, including court rules; or (d) Your Content or any content you transmit through the Services.

11. Termination

You may terminate your account at any time by using the account deletion feature or contacting us. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time, with or without cause, upon reasonable notice (except in cases of violations of these Terms, fraud, or legal requirements, where immediate action may be necessary).

Upon termination, your right to use the Services will immediately cease. We will make Your Content available for export for a reasonable period following termination, after which it may be deleted. Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including but not limited to ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnification, and limitations of liability.

12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in San Mateo County, California, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts.

13. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email or through a prominent notice within the Services at least 30 days before the changes take effect. Your continued use of the Services after changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop using the Services and close your account.

14. General Provisions

Entire Agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any other agreements expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and Advocate AI regarding your use of the Services.

Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of that right or provision.

Assignment: You may not assign or transfer your rights under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms without restriction.

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us: