Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy is part of Your Terms with Stern Bench. Any capitalized terms used but not defined in this Acceptable Use Policy have the meaning set forth in the Terms.

Global Policy

You agree not to, and not direct or allow users or third parties to use the Service to:

Violate applicable laws

This includes using the Service to:

• violate, encourage the violation of, or otherwise compromise the privacy or legal rights of others;
• infringe, misappropriate, or violate the intellectual property rights of a third party;
• identify an individual from biometric data or create a biometric database;
• exploit the vulnerabilities of an individual or group of individuals arising from their age, disability, or specific social or economic situation, with the aim of distorting their behavior in a manner likely to cause them harm;
• evaluate or classify individuals based on their social behavior or personal information; or
• characterize individuals, including social scoring or profiling, in a manner that results in detrimental, unfair, or unfavorable treatment.

Compromise the security and integrity of others or the Service

This includes using the Service to:

• intentionally distribute viruses, worms, Trojan horses, corrupted files, hoaxes, or other items of a destructive or deceptive nature;
• interfere with the use of the Service, or the equipment used to provide the Service;
• disable, interfere with, probe, or circumvent any aspect of the Service or its access controls; or
• attempt unauthorized access to another user's workspace, threads, prompts, exports, or other customer-associated materials.

Other prohibited uses

• build products or features that compete with the Service;
• use the Service or its Output to build, train, or materially improve a competing legal AI assistant or legal research product through systematic extraction or harvesting;
• present AI-generated outputs as independently verified legal work product where they have not been verified by a qualified human reviewer;
• generate or present fabricated authorities, citations, quotations, paragraph references, or legal analysis as if they were verified sources;
• use the Service to provide legal advice without human review;
• make automated decisions that have a material or detrimental impact on individual rights without human supervision; or
• make decisions, or be a substantial factor in making decisions, about:
  • access to education and educational opportunities;
  • employment opportunities; or
  • an individual's eligibility or entitlement to legal services or legal representation, without material human involvement.

European Union Policy

To the extent any Output is used by Customer or users in the European Union or, if Customer or any users are located within the European Union, You further agree that You will not use the Service to:

• make decisions about an individual's enrolment, access, or admission to educational opportunities;
• evaluate learning outcomes in educational or vocational training;
• assess the appropriate level of education that an individual will receive or will be able to access in educational or vocational training; or
• research and interpret facts and the law and apply the law to a concrete set of facts if You are a judicial authority or acting on behalf of a judicial authority.