Privacy Policy

Effective date: May 10, 2019

This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy) and our Terms of Service (“TOS”, found here: https://app.contingentsee.ca/contingentSee_Terms_of_Service.pdf ) govern Your (“You”, “Your”, “Yours”, and “Yourself” refer(s) to you, the user; whether Client User/CU or Lawyer User/LU, as the case may be) access to and use of contingentSee, as owned and operated by Moharram Ventures Inc., a corporation having its registered address at 300 Dundas St., Suite 100, London, ON N6B 1T6, Canada (referred to in these Terms as “we”, “us” or “MVI”). Terms capitalized but not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meanings set out in the TOS. MVI is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and security of any Personal Information, Traffic Data, and User Data (as defined below) shared by/collected from contingentSee users. MVI strives to facilitate opportunities for CUs and LUs to become connected through just, merit-based professional relationships for the purpose of taking/considering legal action while, at the same time, respecting Your privacy expectations and protecting Your Personal Information, Traffic Data, and User Data. To demonstrate our commitment to protecting Your privacy, we have developed this Privacy Policy, which describes how we will collect, use, disclose, and protect various types of Your information. By accessing and/or using contingentSee, You agree to all the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy (and the TOS, which are incorporated herein by reference). If You do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy (and the TOS), please do not use contingentSee. MVI may amend or change this Privacy Policy in its sole discretion at any time, and in accordance with the amendment provisions set out in the TOS. The use of the information we collect at any given point is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of collection. If we make any material changes, we will attempt to notify You by e-mail and we will also post the most current Privacy Policy on contingentSee. Your use of contingentSee is subject to the most current Privacy Policy as-posted at the time of each use. We encourage You to periodically check our Privacy Policy for the latest information on our current policy.

If You have questions or concerns regarding our policy or practices, please contact our privacy officer by e-mail at the following address: devs@moharramventuresinc.com. If You do not receive an acknowledgment of Your inquiry and/or Your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, please contact MVI ownership at: tarek@moharramventuresinc.com.

We may provide areas on contingentSee where You can post information about Yourself and others and communicate with others or upload content. Such postings are governed by the MVI's TOS. In addition, such postings may appear on other areas of the Internet or when searches are executed on the subject of Your posting. We cannot control who reads Your posting or what other users may do with the information You voluntarily post. Therefore, we urge You to exercise discretion and caution with respect to Your Personal Information.

Registration is required if You wish to use contingentSee. As part of the registration process, we will require that You enter and submit certain information that is relevant to the purposes of contingentSee. You may need to register twice, once to register with contingentSee and a second time after You have downloaded certain files from contingentSee.ca. We collect the following user-submitted information (“Personal Information”) from LUs at registration: first name, last name, date of birth, sex, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address/username, password, office address, firm size, Law Society of Ontario number, years of experience practicing law, area(s) of claimed subject matter expertise, spoken language(s), and credit card, debit card, and/or other types of payment account information. We collect the following user-submitted information (“Personal Information”) from CUs at registration: the first three characters from the registrant’s postal code. Following CU registration, we may require a valid e-mail address to be entered by a CU in order for that CU to accept a bid and receive the LUs contact information; however, we do not store this e-mail address on our system.

There are certain types of device data that contingentSee cannot access without Your consent. The various application marketplaces through which MVI may offer contingentSee to the public will notify You the first time contingentSee requires permission to access certain types of data and will let You decide whether or not to consent to that request. All types of data which is not covered by the definition of Personal Information or Traffic Data (defined below) is considered to be “User Data”.

Upon registration or the use of our location-enabled services (for example, when You access contingentSee from a mobile device), we may need to collect and process information about Your actual Global Positioning System location (including the latitude, longitude, and/or altitude of Your mobile device) and the time the location information was recorded. Some of these services require Your Personal data for the feature to work and we may associate location data with Your device identification and other information we hold about You. If You wish to use the particular feature, You will be asked for Your consent. If You do not want Your location information collected when You use contingentSee, please contact Your device manufacturer or platform provider to determine how to disable the collection of this information. When You use contingentSee, we automatically collect and store certain information about Your computer or device and Your activities including but not limited to: a) the IP address of Your computer; b) the unique mobile device identifier; c) technical information about Your computer or mobile device such as the type of device, mobile device identification number, Web browser, other browser information (e.g. size, connection speed, and connection type), and/or operating system or platform; d) Your preferences and settings (time zone, language, etc.); and/or e) Your Internet Service Provider or mobile carrier name.

You may send electronic information or physical documentation to us in the following forms: messages or transaction information relating to Your interactions with other users; receipts, Personal Information in text and/or picture form; and/or other subscriber-generated content provided to us in the normal course of Your use of contingentSee, including but not limited to posts, profiles, comments, suggestions, forwarded messages, feedback information, usage information, transaction information, and/or Traffic Data (as defined below). We may collect Your Personal Information when You transmit it to us by use of one of our Web forms or other interactions with contingentSee, by e-mail, or by any other means of communication. We may collect and store information (including Personal Information) locally on Your device using mechanisms such as browser Web storage (including HTML 5) and application data caches.

"Traffic Data" is collected by contingentSee and our Third-Party (defined below) traffic analysis provider(s) through the use of software that is included on contingentSee as well as cookies that are stored temporarily on Your computer/device. Together, these technologies help us manage our content by identifying which content is effective.

Cookies are small data files that are stored on a user’s computer/device for record-keeping purposes. Cookies track where You travel on contingentSee and what You look at. A session ID cookie may expire when You close Your browser. When You log into contingentSee, Your browser may ask if You want it to remember You as a registered user of contingentSee. If You accept, the session ID may become a persistent cookie, which remains on Your hard drive for an extended period of time. Although cookies are used by most major websites and are accepted by default on most Web browsers, it may be possible to disable cookies via Your browser settings. We may use session cookies and usage data to make it possible to navigate the secure environment inside contingentSee and to keep, and periodically track, information about You for the purpose of creating a personalized Web experience and improving contingentSee or measuring and conveying to others the performance levels of contingentSee. We may link the information we store in cookies to any personally-identifiable information You submit while on contingentSee. This is for the purpose of creating a personalized experience within contingentSee, to assist MVI in understanding its users and designing improvements to contingentSee, and/or for the purpose of collecting usage and performance metrics. contingentSee may, from time to time, implement other Third-Party analytics services that also use cookies. We will ensure that no personally-identifiable information is included in those cookies. If the use of cookies by any service provider differs materially from the practices already listed, we will revise this document accordingly and notify existing customers of the change(s). Other cookies which may be created by contingentSee are used to secure Your login session and to help ensure the security of Your account. Such cookies are unrelated to the aforementioned traffic analysis and are never shared with Third-Parties. When You access contingentSee using a Web browser or other application, we may gather and store certain types of information including: Traffic Data from Your browser, Your IP address, location, GPS signals sent by a mobile device, cookie information, and the pages You visit on contingentSee. Traffic data is helpful in identifying and fixing problems with contingentSee. MVI will not use or disclose Personal Information (defined above) for purposes other than the identified purposes of contingentSee. We may use Your Personal Information to: a) operate contingentSee and its various functional capabilities, as they evolve from time to time; b) enforce our TOS; c) provide customer service and support, administrative messages, resolve disputes, and troubleshoot problems including helping Third-Party service providers fulfill their functions; d) fulfill Your requests for certain features of contingentSee; e) customize, measure, and improve contingentSee including by analyzing trends, tracking user movements on contingentSee, gathering demographic statistics about contingentSee's user base as a whole, and to assist MVI in measuring contingentSee’s performance and the effectiveness of contingentSee content, and to share contingentSee's performance information with others; f) share with You information relating to receipts, technical notices, updates, and security alerts; g) directly or indirectly offer or provide You with products and services that are based upon MVI's analysis of Your needs as determined by MVI's analytics and/or the analytics of MVI's Third-Party processors, unless You opt out; h) comply with legal or regulatory requirements (as described below); i) disclose data solely in aggregate, anonymous, and non-identifiable form that is in no way connected an individual user; and/or j) fulfill other purposes, subject to Your express consent (where required by law).

Where a Third-Party to this Privacy Policy directly or indirectly provides MVI with the ability to provide contingentSee to You, MVI may supply Personal Information to such Third-Party in exchange for fulfilling MVI’s purpose and providing corresponding value to the Third-Party. MVI may share information from or about You with subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control, in which case MVI will require them to honour this Privacy Policy. We may share Personal Information or feedback with affiliates, Third-Party vendors, consultants and other service providers who work for us.

We may share LU first names and user comments or feedback with Third-Parties. We will not tie any other information, other than Your first name, that can identify You to Your comments or feedback. However, Third-Parties may be able to tell who You are from Your comments, particularly if You provide Your full name or Your contact information in the comments. We may post/re-post Your social media content and other information shared by You.

From time to time, MVI may offer You the opportunity to participate in contests, giveaways, and other promotions. Any information submitted in connection with such activities will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy, except as specifically set forth in the rules for those contests, giveaways, and/or promotions. From time to time, MVI may also ask You to participate in surveys designed to help us improve contingentSee. Any Personal Information provided to MVI in connection with any survey will be used only in relation to that survey and as elsewhere set forth in this Policy.

In the event that MVI, or all or a portion of our business, or one or more of its divisions, is acquired by one or more Third-Parties as a result of an acquisition, merger, sale, reorganization, consolidation, liquidation or another similar transaction, Your Personal Information shall be one of the transferred assets.

We may retain Your Personal information while You have an account with us and thereafter for as long as we need it for purposes not prohibited by applicable laws and subject to the provisions in our TOS.

User Data may be kept by MVI for an indefinite period; however, this does not constitute a guarantee that MVI will keep the data indefinitely. Retained data will primarily be used in aggregate and anonymized format to drive business intelligence and analytics, amongst other purposes.

Other than information that MVI is required to retain and provide to You by law, You should have no expectation of data retention whatsoever. From time-to-time, MVI will create a backup of all data in contingentSee’s system. This backup is for use by MVI only in the case of disaster recovery or to maintain business operations in the case of an emergency. No data will be backed up (except for such disaster recovery purposes and MVI's internal usage). Backing up Your own data is Your responsibility. MVI will not restore data unless it is available and then only if MVI determines, in its sole discretion, that a data recovery is necessary. You acknowledge that recovery of data is not permitted by You from within this system under any circumstances unless MVI is required and compelled to do so by law, and in such event, at Your sole expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, MVI reserves the right (and You hereby authorize MVI) to share or disclose Your Personal Information when MVI determines, at its sole discretion, that the disclosure of such information is necessary or appropriate to: a) enforce our rights against You or in connection with a breach by You of this Privacy Policy or the TOS; b) investigate or respond to suspected illegal or fraudulent activity or to protect the safety, rights, or property of us, our users, or others; c) prevent prohibited or illegal activities; and/or d) when required by any applicable law, rule, regulation, subpoena, and/or other legal process.

To use certain services on contingentSee, we may require credit card, debit card, and/or other types of payment account information. By submitting this information through contingentSee, You expressly consent to sharing of Your information with Third-Party payment processors, other Third-Party service providers, and applicable businesses.

A “Data Breach” is defined as any unauthorized access to the storage locations of the data, or access to a storage location by an individual, that has/is suspected of having performed unauthorized activities. In the unlikely event that MVI believes the security of Your Personal Information in MVI's possession or control may have been compromised and when this creates a real risk of significant harm to You, or if MVI otherwise believes that a notification is appropriate, MVI may seek to notify You of that development, pursuant to both MVI's desire to keep You informed and MVI's legal requirement to do so. If a notification is appropriate, MVI may notify You by the e-mail address registered to Your account (if any).

By posting User Data on contingentSee, You hereby grant to MVI a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, and sub-licensable right to use, create derivative works of, modify, and/or to distribute (including without limitation, distribution online, through multiple channels, and bundled with other applications or materials) such content, and further, You agree to waive any moral rights to such User Data, and agree that MVI may modify or adapt the User Data in order to transmit, display, and/or distribute it over other applications and in various media. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless MVI from and against any Claims (as defined in the TOS) arising from the nature and/or the ownership of the content submitted and any claims of infringement of Third-Party intellectual property related to such User Data. MVI relies on You to ensure that the Personal Information You enter into our system is as true, accurate, complete, and current as necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used. You may make changes or corrections to Your Personal Information at any time. When updating Your Personal Information, we may ask You to verify Your identity before we can act on Your request. Unless required by law, we may reject requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort, risk the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical. Where we can provide information access and correction, and when required by law, we will do so for free. We also make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information in our reports, displays, articles, and support queries. However, You must verify all information created from Your use of contingentSee. We recommend that You consult a professional before completing any government or regulatory filing or otherwise relying upon the information, as the use of this information is at Your own risk. You are responsible for ensuring that the information You have entered into our system is true, accurate, complete, and current.

MVI may capture and manage all user privacy preferences. These preferences may be tracked in the database and attached to Your records. If these preferences are changes, the modifications may be incremental, and added to an audit log. Tracking of Your consent to the collection, storage, and use of Your Personal Information may also be recorded for the purposes of an audit log for consent. To ensure that the data is traceable, the source of the data may be logged, as well as a timestamp for the transaction.

We may share Your Personal Information with service providers who help us to run our operations or to otherwise fulfill Your request or as required by law. Our service providers are restricted from using Your Personal Information in any way other than for the service they are providing. We ensure that such Third-Parties maintain reasonable and appropriate safeguards. We may share information from or about You with subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control, in which case we will require them to honour this Privacy Policy.

Links to sites controlled or operated outside of our domain (each individually a “Third-Party Site” and collectively the “Third-Party Sites”) are provided as a convenience to You only and do not imply an endorsement by us of a Third-Party Site or the company it purports to represent. We do not assume any responsibility for information and materials found on, or the privacy practices of, a Third-Party Site. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any Third-Party Site(s). We take Your privacy very seriously. To keep Your Personal Information secure, You are required to safeguard Your username and password information in accordance with the TOS. In addition, we restrict unauthorized access through protective policies, procedures, and technical measures, including: a) providing reasonable physical and electronic safeguards with regard to the storage of Personal Information; b) limiting access to Your Personal Information to those employees or contractors who we reasonably believe need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to You or in order to do their jobs; and c) governing employees and other contractors by strict standards and policies to ensure that Personal Information is secure and treated with the utmost care and respect. Please note that no data transmission over the Internet or otherwise can be guaranteed to be completely secure. As a result, while we strive to protect Your Personal Information, we cannot warrant the security of any information You transmit to us, and so You therefore do so at Your own risk. If You have a security-related concern, please contact us at the contact details provided above. We will work closely with You to ensure a quick and personal response to Your concerns. IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCESS CONTINGENTSEE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING WITH ALL LOCAL LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS. WE MAY LIMIT THE AVAILABILITY OF CONTINGENTSEE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO ANY PERSON, GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND/OR JURISDICTION WE CHOOSE, AT ANY TIME AND IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION. OUR PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT COVER THE INFORMATION PRACTICES OF OTHER COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO ADVERTISE OUR SERVICES, AND WHO MAY USE COOKIES, PIXEL TAGS, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES TO SERVE AND OFFER RELEVANT ADVERTISEMENTS.

We will never send e-mail messages to customers requesting confidential information such as passwords, credit card numbers, and/or social insurance/security numbers. Please do not act on any such e-mails (as You may compromise Your Personal Information by replying or by following links to a fraudulent website) and report Your receipt of one right away. We do not knowingly or intentionally collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13. If You are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Information to us, and rely on a parent or guardian to assist You.

If any portion of this Privacy Policy is deemed unlawful, void, and/or unenforceable by any arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, this Privacy Policy as a whole shall not be deemed unlawful, void, and/or unenforceable, but only that portion of this Privacy Policy that is unlawful, void, and/or unenforceable shall be stricken from this Privacy Policy. Any headings are for convenient reference only and are not to affect the interpretation of this Privacy Policy.

Terms of Service

Please carefully read these Terms of Service (hereinafter “TOS”).

contingentSee is an anonymous legal services bidding platform and a project of Moharram Ventures Inc. (hereinafter “MVI”). contingentSee is intended to alter the existing market incentive structure in order to entice lawyers to offer the most competitive terms to clients, allow clients to make more informed decisions based on merit and offer competitiveness, and ultimately facilitate more just connections between lawyers and clients.

By accepting the TOS, You (hereinafter used to describe any contingentSee user; or “Your”, used to indicate something related to a contingentSee user) hereby expressly enter into an agreement with MVI and its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, and/or assigns. This means that You represent, warrant, and signify that You: (a) are at least 18 years of age; (b) have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the TOS as they may be amended from time-to-time; and (c) have read and understand our Privacy Policy, which can be accessed at https://app.contingentsee.ca/contingentSee_Privacy_Policy.pdf (hereinafter "Privacy Policy"), the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, and agree to abide by the Privacy Policy. You may neither accept the terms of this TOS nor use contingentSee if you are below the legal age required to form a binding contract. If You accept the TOS, You represent that You have the capacity to be bound by them, or if You are acting on behalf of a company or entity, that You have the authority to bind such company or entity (and in which case “You” will refer to the company or entity in question). If you do not agree to the TOS, please do not indicate your acceptance and please do not use contingentSee.

You hereby agree to release, remise and forever discharge MVI and MVI’s directors, officers, employees, and MVI’s affiliates, partners, service providers, vendors, and contractors and each of their respective agents, directors, officers, employees, and all other related persons or entities from any and all manner of rights, losses, costs, claims, complaints, demands, debts, damages, causes of action, proceedings, liabilities, obligations, legal fees, costs and disbursements of any nature whatsoever, and for any special, indirect or consequential, incidental or exemplary damages (collectively, a “Claim”), whether in contract or tort, whether known or unknown, which now or hereafter arise from, to the maximum extent allowed by law, that relate to, or are connected with: (a) any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages, including but not limited to damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use data, or other intangible losses; (b) Your provision of any personal information provided to MVI subject to MVI’s legal requirements relating to the protection of personal information; (c) communications received to You through Your access to contingentSee; (d) the posting of information on contingentSee, a website, blog, account, and/or any affiliated social media, including but not limited to, data, payment information, written reviews, pictures, or personal information; (e) the use of contingentSee and any related applications including third party services; (f) the use of any software related to contingentSee; (g) viruses, spyware, service provider failures or internet access interruptions; (h) loss of use, loss of data, inaccuracy of data, payment failure, payment defect, inaccurate calculations, downtime, identity theft, fraud or unauthorized access; and/or (i) any content relating to the use of contingentSee, even if You have been advised of the possibility of such Claim, or such Claim was reasonably foreseeable and notwithstanding the sufficiency or insufficiency of any remedy provided for herein or in any license. In the event that MVI becomes liable for any damages whatsoever, You agree that such damages shall be limited in the aggregate to the amount of fees or charges which You have paid for contingentSee in the previous invoice.

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, You agree that You will defend, indemnify and hold harmless MVI and its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents and representatives, from and against any and all damages, judgments, liability, costs and expenses (including without limitation any reasonable legal fees), in whole or in part arising out of or attributable to: (a) generally, Your breach of these TOS; Your access to and/or use of contingentSee ; and any loss of, or damage to, any property, or injury to, or death of, any person (including You) caused by Your access to and/or use of contingentSee; and (b) specifically, Your breach of the intellectual property rights of any third party to these TOS. You agree that You will be solely responsible for all activities that occur under Your account, whether You are aware of them or not. You agree to hold MVI harmless and release MVI from any loss or liability whatsoever that You may incur as a result of someone other than You using Your password or account, either with or without Your knowledge. You agree to indemnify MVI for any damages, third party claims or liabilities whatsoever that MVI may incur as a result of activities that occur on or through Your account, whether or not You were directly or personally responsible. You understand and agree that You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your unique username/e-mail address and password (hereinafter “User ID”), which allows You to access contingentSee. Your User ID, together with any other contact information You provide MVI at the time of signing up to use contingentSee, form your “Registration Information.” You agree that all Registration Information provided to MVI shall be truthful, accurate, up-to-date. MVI shall not be liable if MVI is unable to retrieve or reset a lost password. If You become aware of any unauthorized use of Your User ID and/or account, You agree to notify MVI in writing as soon as possible. By providing MVI with Your e-mail address, You agree to receive all required notices electronically, to that e-mail address or by mobile notifications via contingentSee. It is Your responsibility to update or change that address, as appropriate.

Except where explicitly provided otherwise herein, any notice to MVI required or permitted hereunder will be delivered as follows (with notice deemed given as indicated): (a) by personal delivery when delivered personally at the above listed address to the attention of MVI and for which an affidavit of services is sworn; (b) by established overnight courier to above listed address upon written verification of receipt; (c) by facsimile transmission when receipt is confirmed orally; (d) by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, upon verification of receipt; or (d) by email to tarek@moharramventuresinc.com when receipt of such e-mail is confirmed. The parties may change the address information by providing notice of the change of address pursuant to this notice provision. You are using contingentSee AT YOUR OWN RISK and the contingentSee platform is provided to You on an “as-is” basis. MVI shall not be responsible for any harm to Your computer system/network, any loss and/or corruption of data, and/or any other harm that results from Your access to or use of contingentSee. You understand and accept that contingentSee may be temporarily unavailable from time-to-time for maintenance and/or other reasons. MVI assumes no responsibility for any error, inaccuracy, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation/transmission, communications line failure, and/or any theft of, destruction of, unauthorized access to, and/or alteration of any communication(s) between You and contingentSee.

The materials available on this website may not be error-free or bug-free. They may contain errors, may not be up-to-date, and may not be suitable for Your needs and/or for Your jurisdiction. MVI makes no representations, guarantees, and/or warranties of any kind (either express or implied) regarding the legal ability, competence, area(s) of expertise, and/or quality of representation which may be provided by any of the Lawyer Users (hereinafter “LU(s)”) on the platform. While contingentSee attempts to verify the identities of LUs and validate their status as currently licensed-to-practice attorneys in the relevant jurisdiction(s), MVI shall not be held liable for a failure to do so. Using contingentSee does not remove the obligation upon Client Users (hereinafter “CU(s)”) to thoroughly investigate the qualifications, capacity, and/or competence of their prospective legal representative(s). While contingentSee is one means through which a CU may learn about a LU’s ability to serve, it is not the only source of information and MVI therefore strongly encourages CUs to conduct a thorough analysis and comparison using a variety of tools/information sources. Neither MVI nor contingentSee is making any assessment of a CU’s specific need or lack thereof to pursue a specific cause(s) legal of action, nor does MVI/contingentSee make any comment about the need for a CU to utilize the services of a legal representative(s) should the CU elect to proceed with a cause(s) of legal action.

MVI neither makes any representations, guarantees, and/or warranties of any kind (either express or implied) in relation to LU bids and their contents, LU willingness to actually engage a CU based on the terms of the issued bid, and other matters related to LU bids and/or profiles. Using contingentSee does not remove the obligation upon LUs to properly screen CUs with whom they connect through contingentSee in order to identify and evaluate potential conflicts of interest, the merit of the CU’s proposed cause of legal action, the sincerity of the CU in pursuing the proposed cause of legal action, CU’s standing and/or ability to pursue the proposed cause of legal action, and/or other relevant factors about CU’s posted case and/or identity. MVI also makes no representations and/or warranties about contingentSee’s level of compliance with the prevailing rules of professional conduct/responsibility that may apply in Your jurisdiction. It is the responsibility of each LU to make an independent assessment of contingentSee’s level of compliance with these rules and determine, based upon this assessment, whether or not to use contingentSee. MVI will not be held responsible for any LU’s failure to do so and/or contingentSee’s failure to comply with any of the aforementioned rules. MVI accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any user-provided or user-created data (hereinafter “User Data”) which results from using contingentSee except as otherwise set out in these TOS. The provision or storage of said User Data through contingentSee does not constitute MVI’s endorsement or warranty as to the compliance of such User Data with applicable privacy legislation, nor to the accuracy, timeliness, materiality, completeness, and/or reliability of such User Data. You are responsible for ensuring that the User Data You have entered into contingentSee is true, accurate, reliable, and complete.

If You are an LU that intends to accept CU User Data following bid selection by a CU and thereafter share said data with members of Your law firm and/or other groups/individuals, You agree and acknowledge that MVI accepts no responsibility and are not liable for any damages that may arise by Your sharing/use of that User Data. You further understand and agree that MVI is not liable for any damages that may arise if the User Data is misdirected to the wrong organization due to any reason, including error on Your part or a flaw in contingentSee.

Please note that any use of contingentSee does not create a lawyer-client relationship between You and MVI. contingentSee/MVI does not provide legal advice, is not a law firm, and offers no legal services directly to clients; thus, any information on contingentSee, any information on MVI’s website, and/or communications from contingentSee and/or MVI are not intended to be and therefore shall not be construed as such. The material contained on contingentSee is intended to provide general information on a particular subject(s) and is not an exhaustive treatment of such subject(s). contingentSee is no substitute for the advice of a qualified lawyer (who should be consulted where expert advice or matterspecific advice is required), merely a conduit through which legal advice from qualified professionals may be sought. Copying, downloading, or any other use of any content on the contingentSee does not create a lawyer-client relationship between You and MVI. Any reliance on the information provided on the contingentSee is solely at Your own risk. The information provided on contingentSee may not be relevant to Your jurisdiction and/or the law may have changed in Your jurisdiction since the initial publication of information on contingentSee.

In order to place a bid upon a particular CU-posted case, LUs must first purchase a bid to apply to the posted case in question. Each LU is only permitted to place a maximum of one bid on a particular case, no more. LUs may elect to purchase single bids and apply them to individual cases on an episodic basis or instead to purchase a bulk number of bids and retain them in association with the LUs account for application to CU-posted cases thereafter. LUs understand and accept that any/all payments, fees, monetary contributions made by an LU to MVI in order for that LU to gain access to and use contingentSee are entirely NON-REFUNDABLE and LUs hereby forfeit any right to issue a refund request to MVI. LUs understand and agree that purchasing and applying a bid to a particular posted case DOES NOT ensure the LU’s bid will be selected or that ANY of the LU-placed bids on a particular case will be selected. contingentSee merely facilitates the OPPORTUNITY for an LU’s bid to POTENTIALLY be selected. LU and CU contact information will ONLY be shared with the CU if the LU’s bid is selected by the CU.

To the extent that an LU incurs an outstanding balance of payments owed to MVI in relation to the LU’s access to and use of contingentSee, the total outstanding balance will accrue the maximum amount of interest permitted by law beginning on the first calendar day from when the payment was not properly processed and concluding when the entire outstanding balance has been paid to MVI. All posted fees on contingentSee are listed in Canadian Dollars and these fees may be altered from time-to-time in MVI’s sole discretion and without advance notice.

LUs shall be required to provide account information for at least one valid debit or credit card (hereinafter “Payment Information”) in order to create an account on contingentSee. MVI will use this Payment Information in accordance with these TOS and the Privacy Policy. MVI shall not be liable for any payments that are not completed because: (1) the account associated with Your Payment Information does not contain sufficient funds to complete the transaction(s) or the transaction(s) would exceed Your available credit limit and/or overdraft protection; (2) You have not provided MVI with correct/complete Payment Information; (3) the account associated with Your Payment Information has been suspended or expired; and/or (4) of circumstances beyond MVI’s control (including but not limited to, power outages, interruptions of cellular service, fraud protection rules applied by Your payment card brand or financial institution, and/or any other interface from an outside force).

You understand and agree to use contingentSee only for purposes that are permitted, both by these TOS and by any applicable law(s), regulation(s), and generally accepted practices or guidelines, in relevant local, national, and international jurisdictions.

You understand and agree to only access/attempt to access and use contingentSee through interfaces provided/expressly authorized by MVI. You shall not access/attempt to access and use contingentSee through any automated means, including but not limited to scrapers, scripts, robots, or web crawlers. You agree not to use/attempt to use another user’s account. You agree not to impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state and/or otherwise misrepresent Yourself, Your personal information, and/or Your affiliations with any person or entity.

You may not use contingentSee in any manner that: (a) breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation; (b) may in any way be considered harassment to another person or entity; (c) may in any way be unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect; (d) may in any way damage, disable, overburden, and/or impair the contingentSee server or any network connected to the contingentSee server, and/or interfere with any other party’s use or enjoyment of contingentSee; (e) is in any way abusive, defamatory, misleading, fraudulent, pornographic and/or otherwise explicit in nature and/or written in bad faith; (f) harms/attempts to harm minors in any way; (g) will reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell and/or exploit any portion of contingentSee; and/or (h) will abuse either verbally, physically, in writing or in any other form (including threats of abuse or retribution) of any contingentSee users, MVI employees, members, or officers (any of which will result in immediate account termination and the prospect of legal action against You). You represent and warrant that You will not use contingentSee to upload, post, link to, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or any telecommunications equipment. Nor will You post or distribute any computer program that damages, detrimentally interferes with, surreptitiously intercepts, or expropriates any system, data, or personal information. You further represent and warrant that You will not disrupt the functioning of contingentSee in any manner. MVI reserves the right to either temporarily or permanently terminate Your ability to access contingentSee for any other reason whatsoever, a decision made in MVI’s sole discretion.

You understand and agree that although MVI is not required to moderate your use of contingentSee, it may (in its sole discretion) review and/or delete any content in whole or in part, for any reason whatsoever, which without limitation, violate these TOS and/or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of others. MVI does not accept any liability for monitoring contingentSee or for unauthorized or unlawful content on contingentSee or use of contingentSee by users.

You understand and agree that You are solely responsible for any breach of Your obligations under the TOS and for the consequences of any such breach. MVI has no responsibility to You or to any third party for such breaches and/or the consequences of such breaches (including losses or damage that MVI may incur). You understand that when using the Product, You may come across material that You find objectionable, offensive and/or indecent and that You are using contingentSee at Your own risk. Use of contingentSee requires internet access through Your computer or mobile device. You are responsible for all mobile carrier charges resulting from Your use of contingentSee. MVI does not guarantee that contingentSee will be compatible with all devices or will be supported by all mobile carriers. You may be required to have JavaScript (or similar technologies) enabled to use contingentSee and some features of contingentSee may not be accessible with such technologies disabled. As MVI continues to develop and improve contingentSee, MVI cannot guarantee the full functionality of contingentSee at all times.

You acknowledge and understand that MVI owns all right(s), title(s), and interest(s) in: (a) the contingentSee and any associated data files; (b) the “look and feel” of the platform, including but not limited to the name of the platform, all displayed copy/text, sounds, images, illustrations, videos, page layout, page design and the various pieces of intellectual property (patent, copyright, trademark, and otherwise) which may protect the aforementioned; and (c) all computer software, advertisements, sponsored content, and intellectual property associated with contingentSee (all such information, individually and collectively, hereinafter “Content”), to which You may have access when using contingentSee. Except as set forth in these TOS, all rights not expressly granted to You are reserved by MVI. You agree not to decipher, decompile, disassemble, reconstruct, translate, reverse engineer, and/or discover any of the intellectual property or ideas, algorithms, file formats, programming, and/or interoperability interfaces underlying contingentSee. You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute and/or create any derivative products and/or services (or parts of services products and/or services) based on the Content that You do not own or to which You have rights, or to create derivative works based on contingentSee. You may not infringe upon MVI’s intellectual property or copy, adapt, reproduce, publish, and/or distribute copies of any information or material found on contingnetSeee in any form (including by e-mail or other electronic means), without MVI’s prior express written consent. You are not required to provide MVI with any comments, suggestions, recommendations, requests or any other feedback (“Feedback”). In the event that you do provide MVI with Feedback, MVI may use such feedback to improve contingentSee or for any other purpose. Furthermore, MVI shall own such Feedback and MVI and its affiliates, licensees, clients, partners, third-party providers, and other authorized entitled may use, license, distribute, reproduce, and commercialize the Feedback, and You hereby assign, irrevocably, exclusively and on a royalty-free basis, all such Feedback to MVI. MVI grants You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited license to use the contingnetSee in accordance with these TOS. This limited license is subject to Your full and timely payment of the relevant fees associated with Your use, as described in the section of this TOS which discusses payment. This license may be revoked upon breach of these TOS by You and shall automatically be revoked upon termination or expiration of this TOS document. MVI may, now or in the future, own rights to trademarks, trade names, services marks, logos, domain names and other distinctive brand features which MVI uses in connection with the operation of contingentSee (hereinafter “Brand Right(s)”). MVI does not grant You any right or license to use any Brand Right(s) other than as expressly set out in these TOS and in other licenses between You and MVI.Except in the manner provided for in these TOS, MVI disclaims, and expressly does not provide any direct or indirect, express or implied representation or warranty as to title and non-infringement of intellectual property in relation to contingentSee.

You also understand that in order for MVI to operate contingentSee, User Data may be transmitted by You or contingentSee over various public networks and in various media in compliance with MVI’s security protocols and that MVI may make changes to User Data to meet the technological requirements of such networks and media. You are responsible for ensuring that User Data is protected and Your rights in User Data are enforced; MVI has no responsibility to protect or enforce Your rights on Your behalf with respect to User Data.

You acknowledge and agree that MVI owns (to the extent ownership is possible pursuant to other agreements that MVI may be bound by) all right, title and interest in contingentSee and content generated on or by contingentSee, including any User Data. You acknowledge that we reserve the right to make non-material changes to User Date, including, without limitation, grammatical, spelling, and formatting changes without notice.

You agree that during your relationship with MVI and for a period of 24 months after the termination of your relationship with MVI, You will not engage in a competitive business or business which is substantially similar to MVI, directly or indirectly, without first obtaining the prior express written consent of MVI.

Each LU understands and agrees that it is Your sole responsibility to ensure that any content, interviews, bids, and/or answers You provide to MVI or post on contingentSee, including without limitation, any legal information, and any communications you may have with prospective clients through the use of contingentSee, fully complies with all applicable laws and rules of professional conduct, including those concerning the unauthorized practice of law and those regulating the form, manner, or content of communication with clients, advertising, or other matters. You represent that all such data is accurate, complete, up-to-date, and in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

contingentSee may link to third-party websites or resources. Such links are provided as a convenience to You only and do not imply an endorsement, warranty, and/or guarantee by MVI of any such linked website or the company it purports to represent. MVI does not assume any responsibility or liability for their availability, accuracy, the related content, products or services. You are solely responsible for use of any such websites or resources and compliance with their policies. Should You elect to enter into a binding contract with any such website, You agree to hold MVI harmless and hereby release MVI from any liability whatsoever, whether arising out of contract, tort or otherwise, for any liability, claim, injury, loss or damage suffered as a result of Your actions or the actions of any user associated with Your account, offering to accept or having accepted any products or services that are available from those sites.

This TOS constitutes the final and complete understanding between MVI and You, encompassing all prior and/or contemporaneous understandings.

Pursuant to relevant legislative and regulatory requirements, MVI may add to, discontinue, and/or revise these TOS or any aspect, mode, design, and/or service provided through contingentSee which may include but is not limited to the: (a) scope of the features; (b) timing of the features; (c) software/hardware required for access to contingentSee; and (d) geographic locations or jurisdictions in which certain features may be available. MVI may amend the TOS without notice for non-material amendments. In the event of a material change, MVI will provide You with notice of the material change(s) in the TOS (including changes in pricing) by displaying a notice to You upon your next login following the material change(s) which outlines the: (a) the new or amended agreement terms; (b) how such terms read formerly; (c) the date of the coming into force of the amendment; (d) the means in which You can respond and the effects of not responding; (e) the option to either terminate the agreement or retain the existing agreement unchanged; and (f) the language of this provision with reference to the applicable consumer protection legislation rules for amending these terms and making y additional requirements for amendments as prescribed by law (if any). MVI highly recommends that You read any/all amendments carefully. Unless express consent is required by law, MVI shall assume that You have accepted the change(s) to the TOS if you continue using cont ingentSee. MVI will post the most current TOS on contingentSee and Your use of contingentSee will be subject to the most current TOS as posted on contingentSee at such time. It is Your responsibility to visit this page to find any updates that may have been made to the TOS. You hereby agree that MVI shall not be liable to You, Your employee, or any other third party for any amendment(s) to the TOS.

If any portion of this TOS document is deemed unlawful, void, and/or unenforceable by any arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, these TOS as a whole shall not be deemed unlawful, void, and/or unenforceable, but only that/those portion(s) of these TOS that is found to be unlawful, void, and/or unenforceable shall be stricken from these TOS.

You may not, without MVI’s prior written consent, assign Your rights and responsibilities under these TOS, in whole or in part, either voluntarily or by operation of law, to another party and any attempt to do so will be a material default of these TOS and will be void. MVI may assign its rights and responsibilities under these TOS to a third party at any time in MVI’s sole discretion. The TOS will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the respective parties hereto, their respective successors in interest, legal representatives, heirs and assigns.

These TOS shall become effective as soon as You indicate Your acceptance in order to gain access to contingentSee and shall continue to apply until the relationship between MVI and You is terminated. You may terminate Your relationship with MVI by notifying MVI in-writing via email at tarek@moharramventuresinc.com. Upon receipt of your termination notice, your access to contingentSee shall be revoked. MVI may terminate the relationship with You immediately at any time and for any reason including but not limited to a breach of these TOS under the following circumstances: (a) if You have not adhered to any or all the provisions of the TOS (such as a failure to pay fees when due) or if it appears that You do not intend to or are unable to comply with the TOS, such determination to be made solely at MVI’s discretion; (b) if MVI has changed the contingentSee TOS or Privacy Policy and has not received Your required consent (if any), subject to the amendment provision(s) in these TOS; (c) if MVI is required to terminate the relationship by law; (d) if MVI receives any notice of Your misuse of contingentSee; and/or (e) if provision of contingentSee is no longer commercially viable for MVI. Upon termination of the relationship, MVI will immediately revoke Your license to use contingentSee and block all access to Your account, and may delete all data and information associated with Your account. Notwithstanding MVI’s termination of the relationship, You will remain liable for any accrued charges and amounts which become due for payment prior to or following termination. If You do not log into your account for six or more months, MVI may treat Your account as “inactive” and permanently cancel Your account upon delivery of written notice and delete Your information. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made in these TOS shall survive Your acceptance of these TOS and the termination of the relationship between You and MVI. You agree that MVI shall not be held liable for a delay or failure in performance of contingentSee or the provisions of these TOS caused by reason of any occurrence of unforeseen events beyond MVI’s reasonable control, including but not limited to, ‘Acts of God’, natural disasters, power failures, server failures, third party service provider failures/service interruptions, embargo, labour disputes, lockout/strikes, riots, war, floods, insurrections, legislative changes, and/or governmental actions. You agree that the laws of the Province of Ontario shall govern these TOS and any dispute of any sort that may arise between You and MVI, regardless of any conflict of laws principles which might otherwise be applicable. With respect to any disputes or claims, You agree not to commence or prosecute any action in connection therewith other than in the Province of Ontario, and You hereby consent to waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens with respect to venue and jurisdiction in the provincial courts of Ontario. You agree to pay reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs incurred by MVI to collect any unpaid amounts owed by You. Otherwise, each party shall be responsible for its own legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with the performance of any of its obligations hereunder.

You understand and agree that if MVI does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in these TOS or which MVI has the benefit of under any applicable law, this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of MVI’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to MVI. Waivers of said rights and/or remedies must be in written form and signed by an authorized representative of MVI.

Any/all headings and/or sub-headings used in these TOS is/are for convenience only and is/are not to be construed in any way as additions to or limitations upon the covenants and agreements contained herein.