PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. SECTION 16 REQUIRES BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND WAIVES CLASS ACTIONS AND JURY TRIALS. SECTIONS 10 AND 11 LIMIT OUR LIABILITY. ALL FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE (SECTION 5).
This agreement is between Continuing Education And Training, LLC (CEAT LLC), an Arizona limited liability company, doing business as Open Claim Watch™ ("we," "us"), and the law firm buying a Sponsored listing ("you," the "Firm").
1. How you agree
You accept this agreement by checking the "I agree" box at checkout or by paying for a listing, whichever happens first. Your electronic acceptance is binding and is your signature under the federal E-SIGN Act and the Arizona Electronic Transactions Act. The person accepting confirms they have authority to bind the Firm. We may keep a record of your acceptance, including the date, time, and version accepted.
2. What you get
You get an advertising listing on openclaimwatch.com. Every listing is clearly labeled "Sponsored" so visitors know it is a paid ad. Sponsored listings never change which settlements we list, what we say about them, the order they appear in, or where official claim links go.
3. Price and payment
You pay a flat $299 per month, in advance, for each month your listing runs. The price is the same no matter how many people see, click, call, or hire you. You authorize us and our payment processor to charge your payment method each month until you cancel. You agree not to file a chargeback for any charge made under this agreement; if you do, we may remove your listing, and you will repay the reversed amount plus any processor fees, as the law allows.
4. Month to month; cancel anytime
There is no minimum term. You can cancel anytime by emailing [email protected]. Cancelling stops your next charge, and your listing stays up through the end of the month you have already paid for.
5. No refunds
All fees are non-refundable, of any kind and for any reason. That includes partial months, cancellation, dissatisfaction with results, and when we reject, change, or remove your listing for cause (for example, under section 8). The only exception is a refund that a law requires and that cannot be waived; then you get only the minimum the law requires.
6. Ad placement only - no guaranteed results
This is an ad placement only. We do not guarantee any views, clicks, calls, leads, clients, cases, placement, or results of any kind. Any numbers we share are estimates.
7. How we are paid (and how we are not)
The flat monthly fee is the only payment we receive. We do not receive any per-lead, per-click, or per-client payment, referral fee, share of legal fees, or any part of a settlement or recovery. We do not screen or refer visitors to you, and we do not recommend, endorse, rank, or rate you or any other firm.
8. Your ad content
You are responsible for your listing text, any linked page, and any disclaimer, and for making sure they follow the attorney advertising rules of every state bar that applies to you. That includes any "Attorney Advertising" label, responsible-attorney or office disclosure, or filing your state requires. Your content must be truthful and not misleading. You give us permission to display, format, and store your listing content to run the listing. We may reject, edit for length, pause, reposition, or remove any content at any time, for any reason, including if it becomes inaccurate.
9. You protect us (indemnity)
You are responsible for, and will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CEAT LLC and its owner, members, managers, and contractors against, any claim, fine, loss, or cost (including reasonable legal costs) arising from your ad content, your linked pages, your advertising-rule compliance, your breach of this agreement, or your dealings with anyone who contacts you. We may take over the defense at your expense, and you may not settle a claim against us without our written consent.
10. Services "as is"
The listing and the site are provided "as is" and "as available," with no warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, uptime, or non-infringement, to the fullest extent the law allows.
11. Limit of our liability
Our total liability to you for all claims related to this agreement is limited to the fees you actually paid us in the 1 month before the event giving rise to the claim. We are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost profits, leads, clients, or data. These limits apply under every legal theory, to the fullest extent the law allows. You will bring any claim only against CEAT LLC, not against its owner, members, managers, or agents personally.
12. We are not a law firm
Open Claim Watch™ is not a law firm, does not give legal advice, and is not a lawyer referral service. Nothing in this agreement creates a partnership, joint venture, agency, referral, or fee-sharing arrangement.
13. Changes
We may change the monthly price or these terms for future months by giving you at least 30 days' notice by email. Changes never apply to a month you have already paid for.
14. Time limit for claims
Any claim related to this agreement must be brought within one (1) year after it arose, or it is permanently barred, to the fullest extent the law allows.
15. Governing law
Arizona law governs this agreement, and the Federal Arbitration Act governs section 16. For any matter that is not arbitrated, and to compel, confirm, or vacate an arbitration award, exclusive venue is in the state or federal courts located in Maricopa County, Arizona, and both parties agree to those courts.
16. Binding individual arbitration; class-action and jury-trial waiver
Before starting any claim, the party with the claim must send a written notice to the other (ours: the contact address below) and both will try in good faith to resolve it for 30 days. If it is not resolved, any dispute related to this agreement or the listing will be decided only by final and binding individual arbitration, administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, in Maricopa County, Arizona. Either party may instead bring an individual claim in small-claims court in Maricopa County, Arizona. CLAIMS MAY BE BROUGHT ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR ARBITRATION. EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.
17. General
This is the entire agreement about Sponsored listings. If any part is unenforceable, it will be enforced as far as the law allows and the rest stays in effect. Our not enforcing a right is not a waiver. You may not assign this agreement without our written consent; we may assign it. Neither party is liable for delays caused by events beyond its reasonable control (such as outages, hosting or payment-provider failures, or government action). We may send notices and receipts by email.
Contact
Continuing Education And Training, LLC
dba Open Claim Watch™
500 Westover Drive, Suite 17707
Sanford, NC 27330
[email protected]