Paralegal Texas -Terms of Service

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

The Terms and Conditions of Use (“Agreement”) are provided by Paralegal Texas, LLC, an online Texas paralegal service established in Irving, Texas. The Agreement will govern your use of this website, including all content provided on the website and through access to all online services provided by Paralegal Texas. The Agreement to provide paralegal support services to you covers the period from which you accept this Agreement and we have received your payment through our funds transfer service to the time we have provided you with the requested and purchased legal support services. You agree that it remains your responsibility as a duly licensed attorney to comply with Texas state and local legal procedures. By providing you with limited legal services, Paralegal Texas has not agreed to provide any services extending beyond those services that you have purchased, and we have agreed to provide. After performing the services purchased by you, we have no further obligation to you.
Limitation of Services: While authorities in some jurisdictions may deem this website and this paralegal service to be an advertisement for legal services in their jurisdiction, our website is not to be considered as a solicitation for legal services related to any other state’s law. This website and this paralegal practice offer services related to Texas law only. Paralegal Texas will not provide services to unlicensed individuals, attorneys not licensed in Texas, or attorneys with an active bar suspension. The purpose of Paralegal Texas is to provide prompt paralegal support and firm-specific counseling on forming hybrid law practices in Texas, in a cost-effective manner.

Confidentiality ‐ Security ‐ Retainment of Records: Paralegal Texas provides legal support services pertaining to Texas law only. The paralegal responsible for this site is an active member of the American Bar Association and Texas State Bar Paralegal Division. In compliance with the professional rules and restrictions of the Texas State Bar and the Texas Bar Association and for reasons of personal integrity, this practice is bound by stringent professional standards of confidentiality. Any information received by us from our clients is held in strict confidence and is not released to anyone outside of this practice, unless agreed with by you, or as required under applicable law. A client relationship with this service is established only after a service agreement has been executed by an authorized member of the paralegal service and the prospective client (an attorney or law firm’s supervising attorney) granting portal access or through a prospective client’s portal login page, where an agreement has been executed by the prospective client and confirmed as received through a reply communication from an authorized member of service. Once you have provided us with case information, we will first run a crosscheck for any possible conflict of interest before accepting a requested project. We may decline to provide our services to you on a particular matter if a conflict of interest is discovered. All our records are securely retained in electronic files, along with secure backups, for the period of one year from the last date of service performed.

Copyright: Paralegal Texas claims copyright protection on all of the content provided in this website. The content from this website may not be reproduced, copied and/or redistributed in any form without the express permission of Paralegal Texas. Furthermore, the content from this website cannot be modified nor can it be used for commercial purposes. Each document posted at this website shall contain the following copyright notice: Copyright 2018-2024 Paralegal Texas, LLC. All rights reserved.

Client Funds: No fee will be charged or obligation incurred by registering on this website. All requested services require the upfront payment of a retainer or subscription fee before Paralegal Texas will begin work. After the client’s payment of the agreed-upon price is confirmed through a Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) compliant credit card processor, the client will have complete access to the legal support, documents, research, or other services provided. Paralegal Texas will not pay any court costs associated with your case which may be required as part of a lawsuit, filing fees, or service of process fees.

Technology – Security: Paralegal Texas does not rely on email to communicate with clients. Email as it is commonly sent and received is unencrypted and does not provide a secure means of interacting with our clients. Primary communications are done through this website over Secure HTTP, which provides you with the highest industry standard protection available on the web. All payments are processed by Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) complaint credit card processors, and no credit card or payment account numbers are stored on our servers.

Paralegal Texas uses Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 with a preferred AES 256 bit algorithm in CBC mode and 2048-bit server key length with industry-leading modern browsers. When you access Paralegal Texas via a web browser or via the PWA mobile application, TLS technology protects your information using both server authentication and data encryption. This is equivalent to network security methods used in banking and leading e-commerce sites.

All data is encrypted while in transit and at rest. A variety of security layers are in place to prevent unauthorized access to the underlying data, including IP-restricted access and intrusion-resistant firewall-prevented access. All databases are required to accept only encrypted connections from pre-defined data sources. User files uploaded to Paralegal Texas’ servers via both web application and API are automatically encrypted with AES 256 using per-file keys. If someone were to gain physical access to the file storage, this data would be encrypted and impossible to read directly. These encryption keys are stored in a secure key vault, which is a separate database decoupled from the file storage layer. All user passwords are validated against password policies and stored securely using a strong hashing algorithm with a unique salt for every password. All users’ passwords, cookies, and sensitive information are reliably protected from eavesdropping.

Tenable Network Security Infrastructure
Paralegal Texas uses industry-standard network protection procedures, including network segregation using VLAN’s, firewall and router technologies, intrusion detection and prevention systems, centralized log aggregation, and alert mechanisms. These procedures are used in conjunction with secure connectivity, including secure channels and multi-factors for authorized systems operations group personnel. This allows us to prevent, detect, and promptly remediate the impact of malicious traffic and network attacks.

Regular Updates and Patch Management
Ongoing internal network security audits and scanning gives us an overview for quick identification of impacted systems and services. According to our in-house patch management policy, operating systems, software, frameworks, and libraries used in Paralegal Texas infrastructure are updated to the latest versions on a regular basis. Whenever a vulnerability in a product used by Paralegal Texas or a high or critical vulnerability is publicly reported, prompt actions are taken to mitigate any potential risks for our customers — we apply hotfixes and patches promptly when available and/or implement proactive mechanisms like configuration of firewalls or IDS/IPS.

Links and Email Addresses: Links posted on this website to other websites are provided only as a convenience to our clients. We assume no responsibility for the content, security, or reliability of any websites to which we have posted links. Spamming, the unsolicited broadcast of email addresses, or links on this website, is prohibited and unauthorized.

Web Tracking ‐ Cookies, Information Collection, and Privacy Policy
General Site: To view the articles and public documents on this site you do not need to reveal any personal information. This site will present your browser with the option of accepting JavaScript and cookies to lay out the web page correctly and to store customized settings for your next visit. These features may be disabled by your browser, however, this will limit the look and functionality of the website. All page requests are logged in order to properly maintain the service and security of this website.

Virtual Services Office: To use the virtual paralegal service, you must first register a username and provide personal information about yourself or your firm. This information will be used during your transactions with Paralegal Texas, LLC to provide legal support services in compliance with Texas law. All use of your information will be limited to your attorney/ paralegal relationship with Paralegal Texas, LLC. This site uses cookies to store a session id. Therefore, to register on the website, cookies must be enabled so that we can provide you with a secure transaction. Your information is never sold or accessible by a third party.

Registration: To retain our services, you must register on our website. There will be no fee charged for registration on this website. By registering you will receive access to a personal and/or firm dashboard where you may securely request our services. By registering on our website, you are representing that you are at least 18 years of age, a duly licensed attorney in the state of Texas, and able to enter into a binding contract with Paralegal Texas. Furthermore, by registering you are representing that the information you provide to us is correct, accurate, and updated.

Reviewing and Updating Your Content: Paralegal Texas requests that you keep your personal contact information current. After you have registered on our website, you may enter the attorney/firm dashboard at any time to review and update your information.

Contact Information: Because we are a virtual paralegal service, we would prefer that you provide your information to us using the technology provided for you in the attorney portal. However, if this is not possible, our inquiry email address is admin@paralegaltexas.com.

Limitation of Liability ‐ No Warranties: Paralegal Texas assumes no liability for any errors or omissions in the content of this website, paralegaltexas.com. We will not be responsible under any legal theory for damages, including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special, arising as a result of your use of this website. As stated above, this website pertains to the support of legal practices under Texas law only. Therefore, the content of this website is not applicable in any other state other than Texas. The general information provided on this website is provided without warranty of any kind, express or implied. Paralegal Texas reserves the right to change, modify, add, and delete the content on this website.

Jurisdiction: The terms of this agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Texas. The state and federal courts located in Dallas County, Texas will have exclusive jurisdiction over any case or controversy arising from or relating to this agreement, Paralegal Texas’ website, or any services provided by Paralegal Texas. Each person who registers on this website consents irrevocably to personal jurisdiction in such courts with respect to any matters and waives any defense of forum non conveniens. Furthermore, each person who registers on this website is deemed to have knowingly and voluntarily waived any right to a trial by jury in any case or controversy related to this agreement, Paralegal Texas’ website, or any services provided by Paralegal Texas. Assignment: The rights and obligations created for you under this agreement may not be assigned to any other party.

Force Majeure: Paralegal Texas will not be deemed to be in breach of this agreement for any delay or failure in performance caused by reasons out of its reasonable control, including acts of God or a public enemy; natural calamities; failure of a third party to perform; changes in the laws or regulations; actions of any civil, military or regulatory authority; power outage or other disruptions of communication methods or any other cause which would be out of the reasonable control of Paralegal Texas.

Severance: In the event that one or more of the provisions of this agreement shall be found unenforceable, illegal or invalid, it shall not affect any other provisions of this agreement, and this agreement shall be construed as if the provision found to be unenforceable, illegal or invalid had never been contained in the agreement, or the unenforceable, illegal or invalid provision shall be construed, amended and/or reformed to be made enforceable, legal and valid.
IRS Circular 230 Disclosure: In compliance with the requirements of the IRS pertaining to the publication of Circular 230, we inform you that any advice contained on this website or in any communication originating from this website or this paralegal service which is related to U.S. federal tax advice is not intended or created to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of 1) either avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or promoting, marketing or 2) recommending to another party any transaction or matter that is contained on this website or in any communication originating from this paralegal service.

Complete Understanding: This agreement supersedes any prior or contemporaneous communications, representations, or agreements between Paralegal Texas and the client, except for and excluding any agreements for compensation between Paralegal Texas and the client, and constitutes the complete and final agreement between the parties relating to this agreement, Paralegal Texas’ website or any services provided by Paralegal Texas.