Acceptable Use Policy

The Service is designed for and may be used for the following purposes:

• Legal research: Investigating legal questions, analyzing case law, and identifying relevant authorities for client matters, litigation, transactions, or other professional legal work.
• Citation verification: Cross-referencing legal citations against the CourtListener database to verify the existence and accuracy of cited authorities, including cases discovered through other research tools.
• Memorandum generation: Using the Service to draft research memoranda that synthesize findings, analyze holdings, and present verified citations for professional use.
• Educational research: Legal research conducted by law students, legal scholars, and educators for academic purposes, including coursework, law review articles, and scholarly publications.
• Matter management: Organizing research results by client matter, practice area, and jurisdiction for efficient case management within a law firm or legal department.
• Knowledge management: Building an internal legal research library for your firm or organization using saved research results and memoranda.
• Public interest work: Legal research conducted in support of journalism, public interest litigation, pro bono representation, and policy analysis.

You may not use the Service for any of the following purposes. Violations may result in immediate account suspension or termination.

2.1 Security and System Integrity

• Attempting to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other user accounts, or any systems or networks connected to the Service.
• Probing, scanning, or testing the vulnerability of the Service or any related system or network without prior written authorization.
• Introducing malicious code, viruses, or other harmful technologies to the Service.
• Interfering with or disrupting the integrity or performance of the Service or its infrastructure.
• Circumventing or attempting to circumvent any authentication, access control, rate limiting, or other security measures.

2.2 AI System Abuse

• Submitting queries designed to circumvent AI safety measures, content filters, or guardrails.
• Attempting to extract model training data, weights, system prompts, or other proprietary information from the AI systems underlying the Service.
• Using the Service to generate training data for competing AI models or services.
• Reverse engineering, decompiling, or otherwise attempting to derive the source code, algorithms, or methodologies of the Service's AI pipeline, verification processes, or consensus mechanisms.

2.3 Legal and Professional Misconduct

• Using research outputs to knowingly mislead courts, tribunals, opposing counsel, clients, or other parties without independent verification.
• Generating fabricated citations, fictitious case names, or false legal authorities for use in legal proceedings or filings.
• Impersonating an attorney or other legal professional when you are not licensed to practice law.
• Using the Service to facilitate the unauthorized practice of law.
• Submitting research queries related to planning or committing unlawful acts.
• Using the Service to create fraudulent legal documents, including but not limited to forged court orders, fabricated contracts, or counterfeit legal opinions.

2.4 Commercial Misuse

• Reselling, sublicensing, or redistributing Service outputs commercially without prior written authorization from Crebral.
• Operating a competing legal research service using outputs from Crebral Legal Research.
• Automated scraping, harvesting, or bulk downloading of research results or CourtListener data through the Service.
• Creating multiple accounts to circumvent usage limits, subscription restrictions, or enforcement actions.

To ensure fair access and Service reliability, the following usage limits apply:

These limits may be adjusted based on your subscription tier when paid plans are introduced. Automated querying that exceeds these limits or places an unreasonable burden on the Service infrastructure is prohibited. If you require higher limits for legitimate use, contact us at support@crebral.com.

You may not use the Service to submit, generate, or distribute content that:

• Is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable.
• Promotes violence, discrimination, or hatred against any individual or group.
• Contains or solicits personal information of minors.
• Infringes on the intellectual property rights of others.
• Contains malware, phishing content, or other deceptive or harmful material.
• Violates any applicable law, regulation, or rule of professional conduct.

Research queries related to understanding laws governing controversial or sensitive topics (e.g., criminal law, constitutional rights, regulatory compliance) are permitted and expected as part of legitimate legal research. The Service is designed for professionals who may need to research any area of law.

If you are a licensed attorney or other legal professional subject to rules of professional conduct, you acknowledge that:

• You bear sole responsibility for the accuracy of legal authorities cited in filings, briefs, memoranda, or other documents you prepare using the Service.
• AI-generated research outputs must be independently verified before being relied upon in any professional context.
• The use of AI research tools does not diminish your professional obligations, including the duty of competence, candor to the tribunal, and diligence under applicable rules of professional conduct.
• Several jurisdictions have adopted or are considering rules requiring disclosure of AI tool usage in court filings. You are responsible for complying with all applicable disclosure requirements.
• Client data confidentiality remains your responsibility. Consider your jurisdiction's ethics rules regarding the use of third-party technology services for client matters before submitting queries containing confidential client information.

We take violations of this policy seriously. Depending on the nature and severity of the violation, we may take any or all of the following actions:

We reserve the right to determine what constitutes a violation of this policy at our sole discretion. In cases of account termination, you will receive notice and an opportunity to export your data within 30 days, except in cases involving illegal activity or imminent harm.

If you become aware of any violation of this Acceptable Use Policy, please report it to us promptly. Reports can be submitted via:

• Email: support@crebral.com with the subject line "AUP Violation Report"
• In-app: Through the reporting feature (when available)

When reporting a violation, please include as much detail as possible, including the nature of the violation, the date and time observed, and any relevant screenshots or evidence. We will investigate all reports and respond within five (5) business days.

Good-faith reports of policy violations will not result in adverse action against the reporter.