This website, located at www.scalefirm.com (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Scale LLP (“Scale”, “us”, or “we”). Before you access or use the Site, please read these terms of service (the “Terms”) fully and carefully, as they constitute a binding contract between you and Scale with respect to your access and use of the Site.By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read these Terms and that you agree that these Terms will constitute the entire agreement between you and Scale with respect to:

your access and use of the Site and any of its features;any information or content, such as articles, blog posts, forms, templates, documents, or other materials (collectively, “Content”)any and all communications or submissions of information or materials made by you to Scale through the Site or otherwise (unless you are expressly informed otherwise by us).

Notwithstanding the above, if you have entered into an attorney-client relationship with Scale pursuant to an executed engagement letter, the terms of that engagement letter will govern in the event of a conflict with these Terms.‍Scale may amend these Terms at any time in our sole discretion, with or without notice to you. The latest version of the Terms will always be posted on this page. When we amend these Terms, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this page. Any such amendments to these Terms will be effective as of the updated Effective Date. By accessing or using the Site on or after the updated Effective Date, you indicate to us that you accept and agree to the amended Terms.

You acknowledge and agree that any information or data submitted by you or collected by Scale in connection with your access or use of the Site will be subject to Scale’s Website Privacy Policy, and you hereby consent to the collection, use, and disclosure practices described therein. If you are an existing client of Scale, additional privacy, data security, and data use terms may apply pursuant to additional agreements between you and Scale. If you have any questions about Scale’s information and data practices, please contact us at privacy@scalefirm.com.

Subject to these Terms, Scale grants you a limited, nonexclusive, revocable, personal license to access and use the Site and to view, reproduce and distribute the Content solely for noncommercial and informational purposes, only in unmodified form, and only with attribution to Scale and without removing or obscuring any attributive, copyright, or permission notices provided on or contained within the Content. Scale reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify or delete any Content for any reason or no reason. Though you may link to any publicly available page on the Site and share the Content pursuant to this limited license, you agree to immediately remove any link or take down any shared Content upon request from Scale.

As a condition of accessing and using the Site, you agree not to use the Site or any Content for any purpose that is prohibited by these Terms, and further agree not to use the Site in any manner that (a) violates any applicable law, rule, regulation, contract to which you are bound, or government or judicial order; (b) infringes the intellectual property or privacy rights of Scale or others; (c) constitutes the unauthorized transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail; (d) involves the transmission of defamatory or libelous materials; (e) violates, attempts to violate, or knowingly facilitates the violation of the system security of the Site, or otherwise interferes with or attempts to interfere with the normal operations of the Site; (f) involves software viruses or any other malicious computer codes, files, or programs; (g) impersonates any person or entity, including anyone affiliated with Scale; (h) constitutes fraud; (i) bypasses, circumvents or attempts to bypass or circumvent any measures used by Scale to prevent or restrict access to the Site (including without limitation by use of passwords associated with accounts that do not belong to you, whether or not authorized by the applicable accountholder); (j) harvests or scrapes any information from the Site; or (k) otherwise violates these Terms. You are responsible for all of your activity in connection with your access and use of the Site.

The Site may include links to third party sites or otherwise present information or material from third party sites. Such third party sites are not subject to these Terms or Scale’s Website Privacy Policy, and Scale assumes no liability with respect to any third party sites. Please review the terms and conditions and privacy policies applicable to those third party sites.

In the event you gain access to any information not intended to be accessed by you, you agree that you will immediately notify Scale at privacy@scalefirm.com and lawfully destroy all copies of such information in your possession.

The Site and the Content are provided “as is.” To the maximum extent permitted by law and the applicable rules of professional responsibility of the Bar Associations in the states in which Scale has offices, Scale disclaims all warranties (express, implied, statutory and otherwise), including any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy of information, timeliness of information, non-infringement, and uninterrupted or error free operation. Your access to and use of the Site and Content is at your own risk.

To the maximum extent permitted by law and the applicable rules of the Bar Associations in the states in which Scale has offices, in no event will Scale or its agents, partners, employees, vendors, or licensors be liable for any consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages (including without limitation damages for loss of data, revenue, or profits), foreseeable or not, arising out of your access or use of the Site or the Content, based on any claim whatsoever, and even if advised that such damages were possible. The maximum, aggregate liability of Scale to you arising out of or related to the Site or the Content will not exceed $1,000.00, which amount will be in lieu of all other remedies which you may have against Scale and the aforementioned persons. The above limitations may not apply to you to the extent prohibited by law or under the applicable rules of professional responsibility of the Bar Associations in the states in which Scale has offices.

You agree that any dispute arising out of or in connection with the Site, the Content, or these Terms will be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to conflict of laws principles, and that you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in San Francisco County, California. If the rules of the Bar Association in your jurisdiction require us to identify an attorney and office responsible for the Site, Scale designates Adam Forest of its San Francisco office in California as the responsible attorney and office. The failure of Scale or you to exercise any right provided for herein will not be deemed a waiver of that or any further rights hereunder. Scale reserves the right to update these Terms at any time in a manner consistent with the rules of the Bar Associations in the states in which Scale has offices by posting the updated Terms on this page. Your continued access and use of the Site following the posting of the updated Terms will indicate to us that you have read and agreed to the updated Terms.