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You are purchasing a subscription to the ICLE Partnership. Your price is based on the number of lawyers in your firm, the Partnership option (Premium or Basic) you select, and your payment choice. Lawyers must be Michigan Bar members in good standing.
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Firm lawyers. You represent that the number of lawyers you provide at signup—which includes lawyers "of counsel" to your firm—is accurate. You must promptly inform ICLE in writing of any changes in the firm's lawyers, name, address or disciplinary status.
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Online Resources. "Online Resources" means resources provided in electronic form as part of the Partnership option you select.
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Premium Partnership. The Premium Partnership provides access to:
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- Online Resources which include continually updated online books (does not include MI Real Property Law); on-demand seminars; free attendance for live-streamed Partnership seminars; the How-to Kit collection; the Formbank; Legal Updates; SCAO forms; Top Tips in Ten Minutes; archived materials from recent Partnership seminars; and MI Law Online.
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- Access to the ICLE Online Community as described in section 6.
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Discounts. Discounts on ICLE products and non-Partnership seminars as specified on the ICLE website.
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Basic Partnership. The Basic Partnership provides access to:
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Online Resources including only on-demand seminars; Legal
Updates; MI Law Online; and Top Tips in Ten Minutes.
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Access to the ICLE Online Community as described in section 6.
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The Basic Partnership does not include access to Online Books; the
How-To Kit collection (select kits may be included periodically); the
Formbank; SCAO forms; free access to live-streamed Partnership
seminars; or the full collection of archived seminar materials.
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Discounts. Basic Partners receive the same discounts as Premium
Partners plus a discount on live-streamed Partnership seminars.
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The ICLE Online Community. ICLE Partners who are practicing lawyers
have access to the ICLE Online Community, an online forum at the ICLE
website. Partners who are Michigan Bar members are automatically listed
in the Community but may opt out. Each user must adhere to the
Community Code of Conduct (posted in the Community) or ICLE may
terminate that user’s Community access with no refund of Partnership
fees. Usage of the Community and Community content is governed by the
Community Code of Conduct and not by the terms of this Agreement.
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Annual Payment. If you select annual payment, full payment is due at
signup and is nonrefundable. No early cancellation for refund is permitted.
Each year, you will receive a renewal notice.
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Monthly Payment
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- Monthly payment must be by credit card.
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Initial 12-month commitment. If you are a new purchaser or
switching to monthly payment at renewal, you are committing to pay for
the following 12 months. If you fail to make any monthly payment, ICLE
may require immediate full payment of the remaining months, and your
liability for that full amount will survive termination of this agreement.
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“Month by month” after the first 12 months. After the first 12
months, we will continue to charge your credit card for monthly payments
until you cancel your subscription. You will not receive a renewal notice.
We will notify you if the price or subscription benefits change. We will
require updating of your attorney list and will adjust your monthly fee if
the firm size category changes.
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Canceling after 12 months. After the first 12 months, you may cancel
your subscription by notifying ICLE in writing with 30 days’ notice. There
is no proration of monthly fees. If you re-subscribe after cancellation, you
are considered a new purchaser. If you select monthly payment, you must
commit to an initial 12-month subscription period.
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Late payments; customers who cannot select monthly payment.
Monthly payments are due on the first of each month for service in that
month. Customers with an outstanding overdue balance with ICLE, who
have been repeatedly delinquent in paying outstanding balances, or who
are repeatedly late making monthly payments (as determined by ICLE in
its sole discretion) cannot select monthly payment.
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Intellectual Property. Resources provided as part of the Partnership,
including but not limited to Online Resources, are copyrighted; all right,
title, and interest (including intellectual property rights) belong to ICLE or
its third-party contributors.
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License.
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In consideration of the subscription fee, ICLE grants you and the
authorized users in your firm a nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited
license to access, retrieve, and view the Online Resources provided with
your subscription while it is in force and to use them
only for purposes of
your (and other authorized users’) law practice or legal study
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license includes the right to: (i) print out reasonable portions of the Online
Resources for your internal use, (ii) download and adapt selected forms
and jury instructions for use in client matters, (iii) quote and excerpt from
the other Online Resources (appropriately credited) by electronic or other
means in memoranda, briefs, and similar work product created in the
regular course of legal research and law practice. Downloading, electronic
copying or electronic transmission of significant portions (as determined
by ICLE) of the Online Resources is prohibited, except for use of the
download function provided with forms and jury instructions in the normal
course of activities permitted by this license. ICLE determines reasonable
use in its sole discretion.
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Aside from the limited rights described in section 10(a),
any other
sharing, electronic copying, downloading, distribution, display,
republication, transmission, reuse or resale of the Online Resources is
strictly prohibited.
Subscribers under this Agreement are prohibited
from copying, scraping, extracting, downloading, uploading or
otherwise using any content, data, or information from the Online
Resources for the purpose of training or inputting into any machine
learning system, artificial intelligence (AI) tool, large language model
(LLM), or other algorithmic system or technology that uses such
content to develop or improve automated or generative capabilities.
This prohibition applies regardless of whether such use is for
commercial or non-commercial purposes
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Authorized Users; Monitoring of Usage. ICLE will provide a unique user
name and password for each lawyer and the legal assistants in your firm.
This user name and password may be used only by that lawyer or legal
assistant and only while employed by the firm. All users must not disclose
this information to anyone else and must treat this information with the
same care as the firm’s confidential business information. You must
communicate these obligations to lawyers, legal assistants and support
staff and promptly report any known breach to ICLE. ICLE monitors
individual usage and may share usage reports with the individual user
and/or the firm, or as required by law.
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Email from ICLE. By receiving access to the Partnership, all users consent
to receiving periodic email notices from ICLE. However, all emails
(except routine business notices) include the right to opt out of further
emails.
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DISCLAIMER. ALL SERVICES AND INFORMATION, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ONLINE RESOURCES, FURNISHED
AS PART OF THE ICLE PARTNERSHIP ARE PROVIDED ON AN
“AS IS” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. ICLE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. THESE SERVICES AND INFORMATION DO NOT
CONSTITUTE LEGAL ADVICE, AND THEIR USE IS NOT A
SUBSTITUTE FOR LAWYERS’ OR THE FIRM’S INDEPENDENT
PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT. ICLE ASSUMES NO
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING INTERNET ACCESS.
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Liability. ICLE (including ICLE’s employees, officers, agents, sponsoring
organizations, and contributors) is not liable for any loss, injury, claim,
liability, or damage resulting from errors or omissions in the ICLE
Partnership or any interruption in providing access to the Partnership.
ICLE’s liability in connection with any other claim shall not exceed the
amount of the initial 12-month subscription fee. ICLE shall not be liable
for any direct, special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages of
any kind arising in connection with the use of the Partnership.
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Termination; Nonrenewal. ICLE reserves the right to terminate this
Agreement immediately if you or any members of your firm materially
breach this Agreement, including but not limited to failure to make timely
monthly payments, misuse of the Online Resources, or disclosure of user
names and passwords. ICLE also may terminate access for any lawyer
who has been disbarred or suspended from the practice of law in
Michigan. ICLE reserves the right to change the terms on which it offers
the Partnership (or to cease offering it). This agreement (as modified by
ICLE and communicated to you by ICLE) governs usage of the
Partnership while your subscription is in force. Obligations under ¶9,
¶10b, and ¶¶13–14 survive termination, nonrenewal, or cancellation.
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General. This agreement is nontransferable, is the entire agreement of the
parties, is governed by Michigan law, and its provisions are severable.
ICLE’s failure to enforce any provision does not waive further
enforcement rights.
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