Top Legal Minds

Terms and Conditions

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

By using the Services in any way, you are a "user" and you are agreeing to comply with the Services Terms of Use and Top Legal Minds’s Privacy Policy. Should you object to any term or condition of the Terms of Service or any guideline of the Website, your only recourse is to immediately discontinue use of the Website. If you have any questions, please Contact Us.

CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF USE

The most current version of the Terms of Use will be linked from the footer of the Website. You must review the Terms of Use on a regular basis to keep yourself apprised of any changes. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, or alter the Terms of Use at any time. Such changes shall become effective immediately upon the posting thereof. 

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE

The Service currently provides users with access to a collection of content and services, including legal information, educational information and services, Internet search services, marketing information, marketing services, business information through its Services.

GENERAL USE

The purpose of Top Legal Minds Service is to give the visitor Information on legal issues and how to obtain legal assistance. The ideas, general principles and conclusions presented at this Service may differ depending on local, state and federal laws and regulations and court cases. Because the law varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, is subject to varying interpretations, and is constantly changing, the user is urged to consult professional legal counsel in his or her Country, State or Province regarding the applicability of any points of law discussed on this Service to any specific or general problem. This website should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice.

Our Services provide access to independent attorneys, Lawyers, Legal Professionals, Law Firms, self-help services, including general information related to the law, and lawyers designed to help users safely cope with their own legal needs. 

We are not lawyers or a law firm, and we do not provide legal, business or tax advice. None of our representatives are lawyers, and they also do not provide legal, business or tax advice. The accuracy, completeness, adequacy or currency of the content is not warranted or guaranteed. Our sites and services are not substitutes for the advice or services of an attorney. We recommend you consult a lawyer or other appropriate professional if you want legal, business or tax advice.

We strive to keep our content and documents accurate, current and up-to date. However, because the law changes rapidly, we cannot guarantee that all the information on the site and services is completely current. The law is different from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be subject to interpretation by different courts. The law is a personal matter, and no general information or legal tool like the kind we provide can fit every circumstance. Furthermore, the legal information contained on the site and services is not legal advice and is not guaranteed to be correct, complete or up-to-date. Therefore, if you need legal advice for your specific problem, or if your specific problem is too complex to be addressed by our tools, you should consult a licensed attorney in your area. Our Services are not intended to create any attorney-client relationship, and your use of our sites and services does not and will not in any circumstance create an attorney-client relationship between you and us. We are not a lawyer referral service and the sites and services and other resources and information are for personal use only.

Any reference made by Top Legal Minds Service to any specific commercial product, process, or service (or provider of such product, process or service) by trade name, trademark, hyperlink, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by Top Legal Minds. Content on this and any other Top Legal Minds Service may be provided by third parties and users. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers, users or others, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and do not necessarily state or reflect those of Top Legal Minds Service.

ADVERTISERS

Top Legal Minds website may contain advertising and sponsorship. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on this website is accurate and complies with applicable laws. Top Legal Minds will not be responsible for the illegality of, or any error or inaccuracy in, advertisers' or sponsors' materials, or for the acts or omissions of such advertisers or sponsors.

THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

Third-party content, messages and services may appear on this website or may be accessible through links from this website. Top Legal Minds is not responsible, and assumes no liability, for any mistakes, misstatements of law, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehood or obscenity in the statements, opinions, representations or any other form of content contained in any third party content appearing on or accessible from this website. You acknowledge that the information and opinions in the third party content are neither endorsed or controlled by, nor reflect the beliefs of, Top Legal Minds.

LINKING TO OUR WEBSITE

You may provide links to any publicly available page of this website, provided (a) you do not remove or obscure, by framing or otherwise, any portion of the pages and (b) you discontinue providing links to this website if requested by TopLegalMinds Inc..

SEO TECHNIQUE - KEYWORD STUFFING

Any listing, article or other content containing repetition of keywords or similar spamming tricks or techniques in order to try improving search engine ranking will be unpublished without notice from our directories. Premium Listings will be reinstated after proper cleaning of the keyword stuffing.

TRAFFIC

Top Legal Minds Service does not guarantee traffic to and from its listings or other form of advertisement, nor does it guarantee its internet placement in the search engines for any keyword(s). 

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND SERVICES

To the extent that this Service and any other Top Legal Minds properties contain links to outside services and resources, Top Legal Minds does not control the availability and content of those outside services and resources. Any concerns regarding any such service or resource, or any link thereto, should be directed to the particular service or resource.

REGISTRATION AND ACCOUNT INFORMATION

Certain sections of this website may require you to register as a user or create an account. By registering or creating an account, you agree to provide accurate and complete information and to inform us of any changes to that information. Please note that we may store and process your personal information in systems located outside your home country. Please view our Privacy Policy for more information about how we may store and use your personal information. Each registration is for a single user only, unless otherwise expressly provided on the registration page. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. In case of misuse, we may terminate further access or take such other action as we, in our sole discretion, deem appropriate. If you believe there has been unauthorized use, you must notify us immediately via our Contact Us form.

SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION

The website includes areas in which users may post content and information, including personal and business profile data, messages, comments, data, text, photos, blogs, graphics or other materials (the "User Content"). You are solely responsible for your use of such areas and use them at your own risk. By using the website, you agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through the website any of the following:

  • User Content that is false, misleading, unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory or fraudulent, including without limitation any personal profile information, recommendation, endorsement, rating or review of an attorney with whom you have not had direct, personal experience in a professional legal context or as a client of such attorney;
  • User Content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, violate any applicable rules of professional conduct or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law or regulation;
  • User Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party. By posting any User Content, you represent and warrant that you have the lawful right to distribute and reproduce such User Content as provided under these Terms;
  • User Content that impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;
  • Unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising or solicitations, including without limitation any advertisements for legal services, legal service providers or lawyer referral services;
  • Duplicate Content, text content of more than one paragraph which has been published on other internet websites and has already been found by search engines. 
  • Viruses, spyware, malware, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files; and
  • User Content that, in the sole judgment of Top Legal Minds, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the website, or which may expose Top Legal Minds or its users to any harm or liability of any type.

Top Legal Minds takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, nor is Top Legal Minds liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter. Any use of the Top Legal Minds website in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms and may result in termination or suspension of your right to use the Services. Top Legal Minds reserves the right to restrict, alter or remove any User Content posted or stored on the website at any time and for any reason without notice.

CONTENT OWNERSHIP

"Publicly accessible" areas of the Service are those areas of the Top Legal Minds properties that are intended by Top Legal Minds to be available to the public. By way of example, publicly accessible areas of the Service would include the Top Legal Minds Legal Services Directory, Articles, Search Pages and any other Service properties not secured by a password.

Top Legal Minds  does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service. However, with respect to content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Service, you grant Top Legal Minds  the following world-wide, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sub-licensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other works in any format or medium now known or later developed.

DISCLAIMERS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF LEGAL INFORMATION

While Top Legal Minds  strives to provide and to allow users to provide useful information regarding lawyers and legal services, legal topics; there are some things that we cannot guarantee. You acknowledge that such information consists of third party data and contributions, that there are certain inherent limitations to the accuracy or currency of such information, that legal and other information may be incomplete, may contain inaccuracies, or may be based on opinion. 

TOPLEGALMINDS DOES NOT SCREEN SUCH INFORMATION FOR ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TOPLEGALMINDS AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS AND DISTRIBUTORS MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE. THE SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS." TOPLEGALMINDS ALSO DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:

a. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TOPLEGALMINDS  EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WARRANTIES OF TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

b. TOPLEGALMINDS  MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.

c. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

d. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM TOPLEGALMINDS  OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL TOPLEGALMINDS OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM (A) THE OUTCOME OF ANY LEGAL MATTER; (B) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE; (C) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE; OR (D) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION OF LEGAL INFORMATION.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF TOPLEGALMINDS, AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY MANNER TO THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE, IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US TO USE THE SERVICES TO WHICH SUCH CLAIM RELATES IN THE 12-MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE FILING OF SUCH CLAIM. IN THE INTEREST OF CLARITY, THIS LIMITATION ALSO APPLIES TO ALL PREMIUM SERVICES.

TERMINATION

You acknowledge and agree that Top Legal Minds, in its sole discretion, may terminate your Service access if your conduct is found to be unlawful, inconsistent with, or in violation of, the letter or spirit of these Terms. Top Legal Minds shall not be liable to the User or any third party for termination of website access. 

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Top Legal Minds and its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, licensors and suppliers harmless from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable legal fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms by you.

GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

The Terms and the relationship between you and Top Legal Minds shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and Top Legal Minds agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Palm Beach, Florida.

ARBITRATION

Top Legal Minds may elect to resolve any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or our websites by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the county of Palm Beach, Florida, and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Either you or we may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in the county of Palm Beach, Florida, necessary to protect the rights or property of you or Top Legal Minds (or its agents, suppliers, and subcontractors) pending the completion of arbitration.

WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS

The failure of Top Legal Minds to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms remain in full force and effect.

NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES

You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms, there shall be no third party beneficiaries to this Agreement.

NO RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP AND NON-TRANSFERABILITY

You agree that your Top Legal Minds account is non-transferable and any rights to your Top Legal Minds I.D. or contents within your account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate, your account may be terminated and all personally identifiable information therein permanently deleted.

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Top Legal Minds Service must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

The section titles in the Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. IN SUCH STATES, OUR LIABILITY AND THAT OF OUR THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT COMPLIANCE

Top Legal Minds follows the terms of the United States' Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) as found under United States law (17 USC. § 512). If you believe any of your copyrights are infringed by our Content, please provide us with a notice via our Contact Us form that contains the following information:

  1. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
  2. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on our Website;
  3. Your address, telephone number, and email address;
  4. A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; AND
  5. A statement by you made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Top Legal Minds will only respond to those notices that substantially comply with the above requirements. We will investigate your claim and will notify you via email.

SUBSCRIPTION AND PREMIUM SERVICES

Top Legal Minds offers optional Premium Services for lawyers. By selecting a Premium Service, you agree to pay Top Legal Minds the subscription or usage fees (the “Subscription Fees”) indicated for that service. You further agree to provide Top Legal Minds with a valid payment method via PayPal, which will store and from which Top Legal Minds will automatically charge Subscription Fees as they become due. Subscription Fees will be charged on the day your Premium Service goes into effect and will cover the use of that service for the period indicated. Thereafter, you agree that payments will continue to be charged to your payment method on a recurring basis until you cancel your Premium Service. The amount of the recurring charge will be the then-current Subscription Fee applicable to the Premium Service you selected. You acknowledge that the amount of the recurring charge may increase if the applicable Subscription Fee increases. Top Legal Minds will collect and remit sales tax where required by state laws, based on the Top Legal Minds services and your primary office location.

If your payment method fails or your account is past due, Top Legal Minds reserves the right to either suspend or terminate your Premium Services. Any such suspension or termination will result in the cancellation of any promotional programs applicable to your Premium Services. You agree to submit any disputes regarding any charge to your account via a support from within sixty (30) days of such charge, otherwise such dispute will be waived, and such charge will be final and not subject to challenge.

Premium Services may include the publication of advertising or website content you provide to us. You retain all rights in, and are solely responsible for, the Premium Services Content posted on Top Legal Minds or websites supported by Top Legal Minds. You give Top Legal Minds, our affiliates, providers of third party services, and subcontractors a non-exclusive, fully-paid, perpetual, royalty-free, transferable, revocable, worldwide license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute the Premium Services Content (in whole or in part) in providing the Services.

USER CONDUCT

By participating in Top Legal Minds Service, you agree not to use any of the following:

  1. Upload, post, or otherwise transmit any content that:
    1. Contains any private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, government issued tax or identification numbers and credit card numbers..
    2. Violates any local, state, federal, or international laws.
    3. Infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party.
    4. Links directly or indirectly to any materials to which you do not have a right to link.
    5. Contains Website viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer Website or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or to extract information from our Website.
    6. Harms, threatens, defames, promotes violence or illegal activities, or is otherwise vulgar, obscene, abusive, harassing, tortuous, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethically or otherwise objectionable.
    7. Contains any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation.
    8. You do not have a right to transmit under any law (i.e. intellectual property laws) or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (i.e. non-disclosure Agreements).
    9. In the sole judgment of Top Legal Minds , is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying our Website, or which may expose Top Legal Minds  Service, our affiliates, or our Users to any harm or liability of any type..
  2. Use our content to:
    1. Develop a competing website, or help anyone else to do the same.
    2. Create compilations or derivative works as defined under copyright laws.
    3. Re-distribute it in any manner, including, but not limited to, sale, license, lease, rental, subscription, or any other distribution mechanism.
    4. Decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer our website or any functionalities related to the Service

ETHICS NOTICE; RULES

If you are a lawyer participating in any aspect of this Service, including but not limited to interactive areas, a) you agree not to provide specific legal advice in any of your content and to draft content which is appropriate, educational, and in accordance with lawyer ethics requirements, b) you represent and warrant that you are a lawyer in good standing with a license to practice law c) you agree to promptly notify Top Legal Minds  of any grievance, claim, reprimand, or censure brought against you, as well as resignation or other loss of license, d) you acknowledge that the Rules of Professional Conduct of the jurisdictions where you are licensed ("Rules") apply to all aspects of your participation and that you will abide by these Rules.

These Rules include, but are not limited to, the rules relating to advertising, solicitation of clients, rules regarding the establishment of lawyer-client relationships, failure to maintain client confidences, unauthorized practice of law, and misrepresentations of fact. Top Legal Minds  disclaims all responsibility for your compliance with these Rules. You further agree and acknowledge that when you participate on this Service, that you will not offer legal advice, but will only provide general information.

Top Legal Minds  highly recommends that you include a disclaimer regarding the aforementioned advertising and ethics issues. Top Legal Minds  will have no liability to you arising out of or related to your compliance or noncompliance with such laws and rules, or related to Top Legal Minds s inclusion or failure to include a disclaimer.

Top Legal Minds  does not verify or warrant the validity, truth, or accuracy of phrases such as, but not limited to, "pre-eminent," "widely recognized," "recipient of notable awards." These subjective phrases are intended to convey the general reputation which a law firm or lawyer may have attained, and which is expressly stated on their law firm's website.

Top Legal Minds does not warrant Local Bar Association  Compliance. Each user is solely responsible for including information that’s in compliance with their respective Local Bar Association Rules.

INQUIRIES AND CONTACT TERM

BY USING OUR SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT THAT SUBMITTING YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER TO US VIA THE SERVICES CONSTITUTES AN INQUIRY TO US, AND THAT WE OR OUR AFFILIATES MAY CONTACT YOU AT THE NUMBER SUBMITTED EVEN IF SUCH NUMBER APPEARS ON ANY STATE OR FEDERAL DO NOT CALL LISTS (TAKING INTO ACCOUNT INQUIRY EXCEPTION TIME FRAMES AS APPROPRIATE).

You authorize us to contact you by telephone at the number you have provided. Telephone calls may include prerecorded or artificial voice messages and calls using an automatic telephone dialing system. Your consent is not a condition of your purchase.

You agree that any calls to or from us may be monitored or recorded for training or quality assurance purposes.

You also understand and agree that the Service may include certain communications from Top Legal Minds, such as service announcements, administrative messages and the Top Legal Minds  Newsletter, and that these communications are considered part of Top Legal Minds membership, and you will not be able to opt out of receiving them.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Service, including the release of new Top Legal Minds properties, shall be subject to the TOS.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about these Terms, or about the content, information or services on this website, you may contact us via our Contact Us page.

TERMS OF SERVICE UPDATES

We will post any changes to these Terms of Service here. 

The Terms were last updated on January 1, 2023