LEGAL
Terms of Service
Last Updated: August 2026
1. Introduction and Acceptance
These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of moritzlegal.com (the “Site”), the client platform at app.moritzlegal.com (the “Platform”), our intake and matter-submission forms, and related services (together, the “Services”). The Services are provided by Moritz Law, which does business as Moritz (“Moritz,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By accessing or using the Services, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Services. You must be at least 18 years old and have legal capacity to enter into these Terms. If you use the Services on behalf of an entity, you represent that you are authorized to bind that entity. If you have accepted an engagement agreement or engagement letter with Moritz (an “Engagement Agreement”), the Engagement Agreement controls over these Terms as to any subject it addresses, including the attorney-client relationship, fees, confidentiality, use of client matter content, and disputes concerning legal services.
2. Who Operates the Services
The Platform is operated for us by technology service providers engaged under written confidentiality and security obligations consistent with our professional responsibilities. Certain non-legal operational and administrative services are provided by a management services organization that is not a law firm and does not practice law. Your agreement for the Services is with Moritz. References to “we” or “us” include these providers, but they are not your attorneys, and no attorney-client relationship arises with them.
3. Information, Not Legal Advice
Content on the Site, including articles, guides, FAQs, templates, and other materials, is general information only. It is not legal advice, does not account for your circumstances, and must not be relied on as a substitute for advice from counsel. Transmission or receipt of Site content does not create an attorney-client relationship. Our attorneys are admitted in one or more United States jurisdictions, and we do not practice the law of any jurisdiction in which we are not admitted; where a matter requires other qualifications, we may associate independent co-counsel as described in the applicable Engagement Agreement.
4. When an Attorney-Client Relationship Begins
No attorney-client relationship is formed by visiting the Site, creating an account, submitting an intake or matter form, requesting or receiving a quote, or corresponding with us about a potential engagement. An attorney-client relationship begins only when (a) we have completed our conflicts check, (b) you have accepted an Engagement Agreement, including by clicking “Accept” or a similarly captioned button where we present it electronically, and (c) we have accepted the specific matter, which we may do by commencing work on it or by confirming acceptance in writing or through the Platform. We are not obligated to accept any prospective client or matter.
5. Prospective Clients; What to Send Us
Until an engagement begins under Section 4, you are a prospective client. We treat information you submit through our intake and matter forms as confidential in accordance with the rules of professional conduct, but please do not send confidential, sensitive, or privileged details before we confirm that we can take on your matter. Information you volunteer before an engagement begins may not be protected to the same extent, and may limit our ability to represent you or others. Submitting a form or a matter does not suspend, extend, or satisfy any statute of limitations, filing deadline, or other legal deadline, and we take no responsibility for deadlines before an engagement begins.
6. Submitting Matters and Quotes
Where the Platform allows you to submit a matter, we may respond with a quote setting out the scope and fee for that matter. A quote is a commercial proposal, not legal advice, and does not commit us to represent you; declining a quote costs you nothing. Turnaround times and service levels displayed on the Platform are targets, not commitments, unless your Engagement Agreement provides otherwise. Fees, billing, and payment for legal services are governed by your Engagement Agreement and the applicable quote. We do not charge for access to the Site or the Platform.
7. Accounts and Security
Platform accounts require accurate and current registration information. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials, for enabling multi-factor authentication where offered, for all activity under your account, and for promptly notifying us at legal@moritzlegal.com of any suspected unauthorized access. Where you are a client, the Platform is our primary channel for communications about your matters. You may not share account access with anyone not authorized to receive your confidential information.
8. Your Content
“User Content” means any material you submit through the Services. “Client Matter Content” means User Content you provide in the course of an engagement. You grant Moritz and its service providers a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, transmit, process, display, and reproduce User Content, and to create derivative works from it, in order to provide, secure, and improve the Services and to comply with law and our professional obligations. Our use of Client Matter Content is governed by your Engagement Agreement, which controls over this Section. You represent that you have the rights necessary to submit your User Content and to grant this license, and that doing so does not violate any obligation you owe to a third party.
9. Acceptable Use
You will not use the Services to:
Violate any law or third-party right
Submit content that is fraudulent, defamatory, obscene, or infringing
Upload malicious code
Probe, scan, reverse engineer, or interfere with the Services or their security
Scrape or harvest data by automated means, except that public pages may be indexed by conventional search engines and clients’ Authorized Agents (as defined in the applicable Engagement Agreement) may access the Platform through the interfaces we provide
Send spam or unsolicited communications
Resell or commercially exploit the Services
Use the Services in violation of sanctions, export control, or anti-money laundering laws
We may investigate suspected violations and suspend or terminate access.
10. Intellectual Property
The Site, the Platform, and all software, designs, text, and other content we provide, excluding User Content, are owned by Moritz or its licensors and protected by intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Services for their intended purpose. If you send us suggestions or feedback about the Services, you grant Moritz a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, sublicensable right to use it without obligation to you. If you believe content on the Site infringes your copyright, send a notice with the information required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to dmca@moritzlegal.com.
11. Privacy; Electronic Communications
Our handling of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy. You consent to receive communications from us electronically, including by email, through the Platform, and by posting to the Site, and you agree that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that a communication be in writing. Withdrawing this consent may make it impractical for us to provide the Services.
12. Third-Party Services
The Services may link to or rely on third parties, including payment processors, identity verification providers, electronic signature platforms, artificial intelligence infrastructure providers, and analytics tools. Those services are governed by their own terms. We do not control them, are not responsible for them, and do not endorse a third party by linking to it.
13. Disclaimers
This Section and Section 14 do not apply to claims arising out of our legal services, including claims for legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, or fee disputes, which are governed by your Engagement Agreement and the rules of professional conduct. Except as those documents provide, the Services are provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, or uninterrupted or error-free operation.
14. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Moritz and its service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, or loss of goodwill, arising out of or relating to the Services, whatever the theory of liability. Our aggregate liability for all claims relating to the Services will not exceed the greater of the amounts you paid us for the Services in the twelve months before the claim arose and one hundred dollars ($100). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, and this Section applies only to the extent permitted.
15. Indemnification
You will indemnify and hold harmless Moritz and its service providers from third-party claims and related losses arising out of your User Content, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of law or of any third-party right. This Section does not apply to claims arising out of our legal services. We may assume the exclusive defense of any indemnified claim, and you will not settle any claim in a way that imposes an obligation or admission on us without our prior written consent.
16. Suspension and Termination
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Services, or suspend or terminate your access, at any time, with or without cause or notice, including for any violation of these Terms. Suspension or termination of access to the Services does not by itself terminate an attorney-client relationship; termination of a representation is governed by your Engagement Agreement and the rules of professional conduct, and we will not withhold access to your client file in a manner inconsistent with those rules.
17. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms by posting a revised version with a new “Last Updated” date. For material changes we will provide additional notice, by email or a notice on the Site or the Platform. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date constitutes acceptance. Changes that materially affect an active engagement will be communicated to you separately, consistent with our professional responsibilities, and will not alter your Engagement Agreement except as that document provides.
18. Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Class Waiver
Please read this Section carefully. It affects how disputes between you and Moritz are resolved.
This Section applies to disputes arising out of your use of the Site, the Platform, or the technology services described in these Terms (“Covered Disputes”). It does not apply to claims arising out of our legal services, including legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, fee disputes, and professional conduct claims, which are governed by your Engagement Agreement; to any procedure a bar association requires; to claims that qualify for small claims court; or to requests for injunctive relief to protect intellectual property.
Before commencing arbitration of a Covered Dispute, the parties will attempt in good faith to resolve it through mediation administered by JAMS within sixty (60) days of written notice. If mediation does not resolve it, the Covered Dispute will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by JAMS before a single arbitrator, seated in San Francisco, California, under the Federal Arbitration Act.
You and Moritz waive the right to a jury trial and agree that Covered Disputes will be arbitrated only on an individual basis; class, collective, and representative proceedings are not permitted. We will pay JAMS fees to the extent required for consumer arbitrations; otherwise each party bears its own attorneys’ fees. You may opt out of this Section by emailing legal@moritzlegal.com within thirty (30) days of first accepting these Terms. If the class waiver is held unenforceable, this entire Section is void; all other provisions are severable.
19. Governing Law
These Terms and any Covered Dispute are governed by the laws of the State of California and applicable United States federal law, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply. Disputes concerning legal services are governed by the choice of law and forum in your Engagement Agreement. Where you reside in a jurisdiction whose law grants you consumer rights that cannot be waived by agreement, nothing in these Terms limits those rights.
20. General
We operate from the United States; if you access them from elsewhere, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local law.
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any Engagement Agreement, are the entire agreement between you and Moritz regarding the Services, and the Engagement Agreement controls in the event of conflict. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. If a provision is held unenforceable, it will be limited or severed and the remainder will remain in effect.
You may not assign these Terms without our written consent; we may assign them to a successor to our practice or business, subject to our professional responsibilities. Except for our service providers, which are intended third-party beneficiaries of Sections 8, 10, 14, and 15, these Terms create no third-party rights.
Notices to you may be sent by email, posted on the Site, or delivered through the Platform; notices to us go to legal@moritzlegal.com. Sections 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 20 survive termination.
21. Contact
Moritz Law, 455 Market St, Ste 1940, PMB 320349, San Francisco, California 94105-2448
General and legal notices: legal@moritzlegal.com
Privacy: privacy@moritzlegal.com
Copyright notices: dmca@moritzlegal.com
