Terms of Service

1. Who we are and what these Terms cover

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and CaseParity LLC, a Colorado limited liability company ("CaseParity," "we," "us"). These Terms govern your access to and use of the CaseParity website at CaseParity.com, the Public Records Transparency Reports we deliver, and any related services (collectively, the "Service").

By creating an account, purchasing a report, or otherwise using the Service, you accept these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you are accepting on behalf of a law firm or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms, and "you" includes that organization.

2. What CaseParity is — and what it is not

What CaseParity is

CaseParity is a published-statistics product. We organize already-public criminal-court records into Public Records Transparency Reports — descriptive statistical analyses of past sentencing patterns for one specific charge in one specific jurisdiction, at the county, courthouse, and (where data permits) per-judge level. Reports are pre-rendered: every customer who orders a report for the same (charge × jurisdiction) parameters receives the same statistical content.

What CaseParity is NOT

This is the load-bearing distinction in these Terms. Please read carefully.

• Not a law firm. CaseParity does not provide legal services, legal advice, or legal representation. We are not licensed to practice law in any jurisdiction and we do not hold ourselves out as such.
• Not legal advice. The reports describe what happened in past public records. They do not interpret the law as applied to your specific facts, your specific case, or any specific person's situation. They do not recommend a strategy, a plea, a charge resolution, a sentence, or any other course of action.
• Not a prediction. Past sentencing patterns are not a forecast of any future case outcome. Many factors that shape a specific case outcome are not captured in the publicly-available data.
• Not an attorney-client relationship. Using the Service, purchasing a report, communicating with our support team, or interacting with our AI chatbot does not create an attorney-client relationship and does not give rise to attorney-client privilege.
• Not a substitute for an attorney. If you have a specific case, hire a licensed attorney in the relevant jurisdiction. For lawyer referrals: Florida Bar Lawyer Referral Service (800) 342-8011; Illinois State Bar Lawyer Finder (312) 554-2001.
• Not a case-lookup tool. CaseParity has no information about your specific case. We do not store or have access to defendant names, case numbers, charging documents, priors, or any other case-specific facts. The court records that feed our statistics are anonymized during ingest by the publishing agency before they reach us.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract to use the Service. The Service is intended for use within the United States. If you create an account from outside the U.S., you do so at your own risk and you accept that the Service and these Terms are governed by U.S. and Colorado law (subject to the carve-outs in §15).

Pro Standard (attorney) accounts additionally require that you (a) hold an active, in-good-standing license to practice law in a U.S. state or the District of Columbia at the time of signup and throughout the subscription, and (b) provide accurate bar-admission information (state and bar number) for verification. We verify bar numbers within one business day; if verification fails, we will refund the subscription in full and the account is closed.

4. Your account

You may authenticate via email and password, Sign in with Google, or Sign in with Apple. Pro Standard accounts require enrollment of a second authentication factor (TOTP or Passkey) before bar verification completes; you will be prompted to set this up after signup. PAYG accounts may optionally enroll a second factor at any time from the account dashboard. We do not support SMS-based one-time codes due to the security risks of SIM-swap attacks; if you require an SMS alternative for accessibility reasons, contact support@CaseParity.com and we will work with you on alternatives.

You are responsible for keeping your account credentials confidential and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us immediately at support@CaseParity.com if you suspect unauthorized access. We are not responsible for losses you incur because of unauthorized account use prior to your notice to us.

You must provide accurate information at signup and keep it current. One person may not create multiple accounts to circumvent purchase limits, referral-program limits, or per-account billing.

5. Pricing, billing, and refunds

Current pricing

• Single Report (PAYG): $249 per report. One-time purchase, no subscription. Includes report-update notifications for 6 months and free re-downloads via the account dashboard.
• Pro Standard (attorneys only): $499 per month on annual commit, or $599 per month month-to-month. Includes 4 reports per billing cycle; additional reports are $149 each. Unused reports do not roll over between cycles.

Prices are in U.S. dollars and exclude applicable taxes (we collect sales tax where required). We may change pricing on 30 days' notice; existing subscriptions are honored at the rate in effect when you signed up until the next renewal.

How billing works

• Single Report: charged at checkout via Stripe. Report becomes available immediately on your account dashboard.
• Pro Standard month-to-month: charged on each monthly anniversary of signup until cancelled.
• Pro Standard annual commit: charged monthly at the annual-commit rate. Minimum commitment is 12 monthly payments. Cancellation requests submitted during the commit period are queued — the subscription continues monthly billing through the end of the 12-month commitment and then ends automatically. There is no option to exit early; if you may need flexibility, choose the month-to-month plan instead.
• Late or failed payments: we will automatically retry the payment up to 4 times over the 21 days following the initial failure (Stripe Smart Retries). If all retries fail, the subscription is suspended; you can reactivate any time within 60 days by updating your payment method, without losing your account or report history. After 60 days suspended without reactivation, the Pro tier closes; your account remains accessible at PAYG.

Refunds

• Single Report: 14-day no-questions-asked money-back guarantee from the date of purchase. Email support@CaseParity.com to start a refund.
• Pro Standard new subscription: 30-day money-back guarantee from the date of first charge. After the first 30 days, monthly subscriptions can be cancelled anytime and you are not charged for the next cycle (no prorated refund for the unused portion of the cycle in progress).
• Pro Standard annual commit: within the 30-day money-back window, full refund. After that, cancellation requests are queued for the end of the 12-month commit period; monthly billing continues through the commit end date and no refund is issued for monthly payments already charged or for payments due through the commit end date.
• Refunds beyond these terms are at our discretion and will be considered case-by-case for documented service failures (e.g., a report not delivered, a material data error we acknowledge).

6. License to use reports

When you purchase or access a report, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to view, download, and use the report for your own personal or internal-business purposes (including, for attorneys, use in advising your own clients). This license includes:

• Downloading the report as a PDF and saving it locally for your own records.
• Printing the report.
• Sharing the report with a single licensed attorney (or your client, if you are the attorney) for the purpose of discussing it.
• Quoting brief excerpts (under 200 words or one chart) in your own work product with attribution to "CaseParity Public Records Transparency Report" and a link to CaseParity.com.

This license does not include:

• Reposting the report (in whole or substantial part) on any public website, blog, or social-media post, including paid platforms (Substack, Medium, etc.).
• Reselling, sublicensing, or transferring the report to any third party.
• Using the report to train, fine-tune, or evaluate any machine-learning model.
• Scraping, crawling, or bulk-downloading reports beyond the per-account purchase limits.
• Removing any copyright notice, version stamp, attribution, footer banner, or watermark.

If you are publishing journalism, research, or academic work that relies materially on CaseParity data, please email press@CaseParity.com to discuss a broader-use license; we are generally happy to grant one at no cost for accountability journalism and academic research.

7. Pro Standard — attorney-only terms

Pro Standard subscriptions are restricted to individuals holding an active U.S. state bar license. By subscribing, you represent that:

• You hold an active license in good standing in the state you specified at signup, on the date of signup and throughout the subscription.
• You will notify us within 30 days if your bar status changes (suspension, disbarment, transfer to inactive status, or transfer to a different state).
• You will not share your Pro Standard account credentials with non-attorneys (including paralegals, assistants, or interns) in a way that effectively gives them unmetered access. You may delegate report retrieval to non-attorney staff on a case-by-case basis, but the account itself remains yours.

We re-verify bar status annually using the public licensee directory of your bar's state. If we discover you no longer hold an active license, we will (a) immediately downgrade the account, (b) refund the unused portion of the current billing cycle, and (c) close the Pro Standard subscription.

8. Referral program

Each account has a unique permanent referral code. When another person purchases their first report using your code: (a) they receive 10% off that purchase, and (b) you receive a 10% credit applied to your next report or subscription charge. There is no cap on how many people you can refer.

• Credits expire 12 months after they are issued if unused.
• Self-referral (using your own code on your own account) is blocked and any credits issued for self-referral will be reversed.
• Credits are non-transferable and have no cash value.
• We reserve the right to revoke referral credits for fraudulent or abusive use (e.g., creating throwaway accounts to harvest credits).
• Pre-populated social-share copy that we provide for the referral feature uses UPL-compliant language; please do not modify it in a way that implies CaseParity provides legal advice or predicts case outcomes.

9. AI chatbot

Our marketing site includes "Ask CaseParity," an AI chatbot that answers quick questions about the product, pricing, and how reports work. By using the chatbot you acknowledge:

• The chatbot is not a lawyer and does not provide legal advice. It will refuse legal questions about specific cases and redirect you to a licensed attorney.
• The chatbot detects mental-health crisis keywords (suicide ideation, self-harm) and will immediately route you to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
• The chatbot's responses are not personalized to your situation and do not create an attorney-client relationship.
• The chatbot is a convenience; for any matter that depends on accuracy, contact us via email at support@CaseParity.com.

10. Translations — the English-authoritative rule

CaseParity delivers reports in English plus Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Polish (as of the effective date above). When you order a report in a language other than English, you receive both PDFs — the translated version and the English version — in the same dashboard download.

The English version is the source of truth for any legal interpretation. Translated versions are provided for the reader's convenience. Even our attorney-reviewed Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Polish templates have unavoidable interpretive differences from the English source — legal English carries syntactic and doctrinal nuance that does not translate cleanly. In any dispute about meaning, the English version controls. This applies to the reports themselves and to these Terms.

The marketing site is published in English. If you are viewing a machine-translated version via the Translate widget at the top of the page, the English version is authoritative.

11. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Use the Service to violate any law or third-party right.
• Scrape, crawl, or use automated tools to extract content beyond what is allowed by your account's purchase limits.
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the underlying data pipeline that generates reports.
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service, the infrastructure that supports it, or other users' access.
• Use the Service to harass, threaten, or harm any person, including by attempting to re-identify individuals whose records contributed to a report's statistics.
• Misrepresent the data in our reports, including by selectively quoting in a way that materially changes the meaning of a stated finding.
• Use the Service to train, fine-tune, or evaluate any machine-learning model.

12. Intellectual property

CaseParity (and its licensors) owns all intellectual property rights in the Service, the reports, the website design, the report-rendering templates, the statistical methodology, our trademarks (including "CaseParity," "Public Records Transparency Report," and "Sentencing Statistics Report"), and any related materials. The license in §6 is the only license you receive; we reserve all other rights.

The underlying public court records themselves are not subject to copyright (they are public records). Our copyright covers the selection, arrangement, statistical analysis, narrative explanation, design, and presentation of those records into a report — not the underlying facts.

If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a DMCA notice to dmca@CaseParity.com with the elements required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). CaseParity reviews and responds to valid DMCA notices in accordance with the procedures described in 17 U.S.C. § 512. The Service holds essentially no user-generated content (reports are produced from public records by CaseParity; the Pro "Your reference" field is private metadata only the account holder sees), so DMCA notices are expected to be rare. We will register a formal DMCA Designated Agent with the U.S. Copyright Office if and when we introduce any user-generated content surface (e.g., comments, public profiles, file uploads).

13. Disclaimers — AS-IS

THE SERVICE AND ALL REPORTS ARE PROVIDED AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, OR UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Without limiting the foregoing, we specifically do not warrant:

• That every number in every report is free from error. Numbers are derived from public records that may themselves contain errors, omissions, or delays.
• That the statute citations are current. Statutes change; check the official source for the latest text.
• That the courthouse, judge, or jurisdiction-specific data we present reflects the most current state of the court (e.g., a judge may have rotated to a different assignment since our last data refresh).
• That the patterns shown in past records will continue or repeat in any specific future case.
• That the translated versions of reports are legally equivalent to the English versions. They are not. See §10.

Your use of any number, citation, or pattern in the reports for a decision that matters is at your own risk. Verify against the source before relying on any specific figure. Every report includes a "Report Provenance" section listing the data sources used and pull timestamps so you can do exactly that.

14. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL CASEPARITY, ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability; in those jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law. Nothing in these Terms limits liability for our gross negligence, willful misconduct, or fraud.

15. Dispute resolution — informal first, then arbitration

15.1 Informal resolution (mandatory first step)

If you have a dispute with us, please email legal@CaseParity.com first with a written description of the dispute and what you are asking us to do. We will respond within 30 days. If we cannot resolve the dispute within 60 days of your initial email, either side may proceed to arbitration under §15.2.

15.2 Binding arbitration

Any dispute not resolved through §15.1 will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect. The arbitration will be conducted by a single neutral arbitrator. The seat of arbitration is Denver, Colorado; the arbitrator may conduct the proceedings remotely. The arbitrator's decision is final and binding.

We pay AAA's filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees for any individual consumer claim subject to AAA's Consumer Arbitration Rules. You remain responsible for your own attorney fees unless the arbitrator awards them under applicable law.

15.3 Carve-outs (you can go to court for these)

Notwithstanding §15.2, either party may bring a claim in court for:

• Disputes that qualify for small-claims court in the county where you reside, where the amount in controversy is within the court's jurisdictional limit (typically $10,000 or less).
• Claims for infringement of intellectual property.
• Claims for injunctive or other equitable relief to prevent imminent or ongoing harm.

15.4 Class-action waiver

YOU AND CASEPARITY EACH AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE WILL BE BROUGHT IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, REPRESENTATIVE, MASS, OR PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims or preside over any form of representative proceeding. If a court finds this waiver unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) will be severed and proceed in court; the remainder of these Terms remains in effect.

15.5 Mass-arbitration coordination

If 25 or more substantially-similar arbitration demands are filed against us by or with the coordination of the same counsel within a 60-day period, all such demands will be administered together by AAA in batches of up to 25, with a single arbitrator and a single set of bellwether proceedings per batch. The first batch will resolve common issues; subsequent batches will use those resolutions as a baseline.

15.6 30-day opt-out

You may opt out of this arbitration provision (including the class-action waiver) by emailing legal@CaseParity.com within 30 days of creating your account, with the subject line "Arbitration Opt-Out" and including your account email. Opting out does not affect any other provision of these Terms. If you opt out, disputes will be resolved in the courts of Colorado as provided in §16.

16. Governing law and venue

These Terms and any dispute arising out of them are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. This choice of law is subject to the non-waivable consumer-protection rights provided by the laws of your state of residence to the extent those rights cannot be contractually waived. For any claim not subject to arbitration under §15, the parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Denver, Colorado.

17. Indemnification

You agree to defend and indemnify CaseParity against any third-party claim arising from (a) your violation of these Terms, (b) your misuse of any report (including any prohibited use under §6), or (c) your violation of any law or third-party right in connection with your use of the Service. We will notify you promptly of any such claim and let you control the defense (with counsel reasonably acceptable to us); you may not settle any claim without our prior written consent.

18. Termination

You may close your account at any time from the account dashboard or by emailing support@CaseParity.com. We may suspend or terminate your access if you materially breach these Terms, with notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure where the breach is curable. We may terminate or modify the Service entirely with 30 days' notice to active customers; in that case, we will refund any unused subscription portion on a prorated basis.

Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including §§ 6 (License), 12 (Intellectual Property), 13 (Disclaimers), 14 (Limitation of Liability), 15 (Dispute Resolution), 16 (Governing Law), 17 (Indemnification), and 20 (General)) survive any termination.

19. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms. If a change is material, we will email all active account holders at least 30 days before it takes effect and update the "Effective date" at the top of this page. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree to a material change, your remedy is to close your account before the change takes effect (and you will receive a prorated refund of any unused subscription portion).

20. General provisions

• Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements.
• Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force, and the unenforceable provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.
• No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of that provision.
• Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of substantially all assets.
• Force majeure. Neither party is liable for delays or failures caused by events outside its reasonable control.
• Notices to us: CaseParity LLC, Attn: Legal, legal@CaseParity.com.
• Notices to you: by email to the address on your account.
• Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.

21. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email legal@CaseParity.com. For account or billing support, email support@CaseParity.com.

These Terms are provided in English. If you are reading a machine-translated version via the Translate widget at the top of the page, the English version of these Terms is authoritative and controls in any dispute over interpretation.