Terms of Service

Effective date: April 16, 2026

Important: Vaquill AI is a software tool for use by licensed lawyers. Vaquill AI is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. AI-generated output may be inaccurate and must be independently verified by a licensed lawyer before use in any legal matter. Accounts that access Vaquill AI only through our API are governed by Section 21 (API Accounts), which is open to businesses, including companies that are not law firms and users who are not lawyers. These Terms include a mandatory arbitration clause and class-action waiver in Section 15, which you may opt out of within 30 days of accepting these Terms.

1. Introduction

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of Vaquill AI, a legal-AI software tool for US-licensed in-house counsel and legal teams, and, via our API, for businesses that license it (see Section 21), provided by Aralsura Solutions LLP, an India-registered limited liability partnership that operates Vaquill AI (“Aralsura,” “Vaquill AI,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). By creating an account, purchasing a subscription, or otherwise using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. UPL & Legal-Advice Disclaimer

Vaquill AI is a software tool for use by licensed lawyers. Vaquill AI is NOT a law firm and does NOT provide legal advice. Vaquill AI does not substitute for the judgment of a qualified lawyer. Communications with Vaquill AI are protected by our Privacy Policy.

You are solely responsible for verifying AI-generated output before using it in any legal matter or court filing. AI may produce inaccurate or fabricated citations (“hallucinations”); every output must be independently verified by a licensed lawyer before it is relied upon or filed. Using the Service does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Vaquill AI.

3. Eligibility

To create an account and use the Service, you must:

  • Be at least 18 years old;
  • Be a US-licensed lawyer in good standing, or an employee or agent of a law firm that has authorized your access and whose lawyers are US-licensed;
  • Have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract; and
  • Not be barred from using the Service under the laws of the United States or your jurisdiction.

These eligibility requirements apply to the Vaquill application. Accounts that access Vaquill AI only through our API are governed by Section 21 (API Accounts), which permits business and non-lawyer accounts and does not require you to be a lawyer or a law firm.

4. Accounts

4.1 Registration

You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and to keep it updated. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for all activity under your account. Notify us immediately at contact@vaquill.ai of any unauthorized access or security incident.

4.2 One User Per Seat

Each paid seat is for use by a single named user. You may not share credentials, share a seat between multiple lawyers, or allow a third party to use the Service on your behalf.

4.3 Firm Administrators

A firm may designate one or more administrators with authority to manage seats, view firm-level usage, export matter data, and deactivate users. Administrators act on behalf of the firm and bind the firm to these Terms with respect to the firm’s account.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to, and not to permit anyone else to:

  • Use the Service for the unauthorized practice of law by any non-lawyer;
  • Use the Service in any manner prohibited by the rules of professional conduct of any bar to which you are admitted;
  • Re-identify or attempt to re-identify any de-identified or anonymized data;
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to derive the source code or training data of the Service or any underlying model;
  • Scrape, crawl, or use automated tools to access the Service other than through our documented APIs;
  • Infringe third-party intellectual property, publicity, or privacy rights;
  • Upload content containing malware, or transmit content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, or obscene;
  • Interfere with or disrupt the Service, its infrastructure, or other customers’ use;
  • Use the Service to build a competing product or to benchmark it without our prior written consent (for API accounts, this restriction is narrowed as described in Section 21).

6. Subscription, Billing & Refunds

6.1 Plans and Fees

The Service is offered on a monthly or annual subscription basis. Fees are described on our pricing page or in an order form. All fees are in US dollars and exclusive of applicable taxes, which you are responsible for paying.

6.2 Free Trial

We may offer a 7-day free trial. If you do not cancel before the trial ends, your subscription will automatically begin and you will be charged the applicable subscription fee.

6.3 Auto-Renewal

Subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each billing cycle at the then-current rate until you cancel. You authorize us (through our PCI-DSS-compliant payment processor for US-dollar billing) to charge your payment method on each renewal.

6.4 Cancellation

You may cancel at any time from your account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing cycle. You will continue to have access through that date.

6.5 Refunds

Fees are non-refundable except as required by applicable law or as expressly stated in a written order form. If we materially reduce the functionality of a feature you paid for, we will offer a pro-rated refund for the unused portion of your current billing cycle.

6.6 Price Changes

We may change subscription prices with at least 30 days’ notice. Price changes take effect at the start of your next billing cycle.

7. AI-Generated Output Disclaimer

Outputs generated by the Service are produced by machine-learning models and may contain errors, omissions, or fabricated citations. Outputs are not legal advice, are not a substitute for independent professional judgment, and must be reviewed by a licensed lawyer before use. You acknowledge your ongoing professional obligations, including:

  • ABA Formal Opinion 512 (July 2024) on the ethical use of generative AI by lawyers;
  • ABA Model Rule 1.1 and comments 8 on technological competence;
  • ABA Model Rule 1.6 on the duty of confidentiality;
  • ABA Model Rule 5.3 on responsibilities regarding non-lawyer assistance, which extends to AI tools;
  • Parallel rules adopted by your state bar and any applicable court orders or standing orders regarding AI-assisted filings.

You are solely responsible for verifying every citation, quotation, factual assertion, and legal conclusion before incorporating an output into a client matter, pleading, brief, or other work product.

8. Customer Data & Intellectual Property

8.1 Your Content

As between you and Vaquill AI, you retain all right, title, and interest (including intellectual property rights) in the documents, prompts, matter data, and other content you upload or submit to the Service (“Customer Data”) and in outputs generated for you (“Outputs”). Vaquill AI does not claim ownership of Customer Data or Outputs.

8.2 License to Operate the Service

You grant Vaquill AI a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, process, transmit, and display Customer Data and Outputs solely as necessary to provide, secure, and support the Service for you. This license terminates when you delete the relevant Customer Data or when your account is closed, subject to the retention periods in our Privacy Policy.

8.3 Our Intellectual Property

The Service, including its software, models, user interface, documentation, and trademarks, is owned by Vaquill AI or its licensors and is protected by US and international intellectual property laws. Except for the rights expressly granted in these Terms, no rights are granted to you.

9. No Training on Your Content

Vaquill AI will not use Customer Data or Outputs to train, fine-tune, or improve Vaquill AI’s AI models or the base models of our third-party LLM providers. Our LLM sub-processors operate under zero-data-retention agreements, meaning they do not persist prompts or outputs beyond the time required to return a response. See our Privacy Policy for details.

10. Warranties & Disclaimers

The Service is provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE,” without warranty of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and any warranties arising out of course of dealing or usage of trade, except to the extent such disclaimers are not permitted by law.

Without limiting the foregoing, Vaquill AI does not warrant that Outputs will be accurate, complete, current, reliable, or suitable for any particular matter. AI outputs are probabilistic and may contain errors or fabricated citations. You assume all risk associated with your use of Outputs.

11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUES, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

EACH PARTY’S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO VAQUILL FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM OR (B) ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS ($100).

The limitations in this Section apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or limitations on liability, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

12. Indemnification

By you. You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Vaquill AI and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any third-party claim arising out of or relating to (a) your Customer Data, (b) your use of the Service in violation of these Terms or applicable law, or (c) your violation of any third-party right.

By Vaquill AI. Vaquill AI will defend, indemnify, and hold you harmless from and against any third-party claim alleging that the Service, when used in accordance with these Terms, infringes a US patent, copyright, trademark, or trade secret. Vaquill AI’s obligations do not apply to claims arising from Customer Data, Outputs you modify or use outside the Service, or your combination of the Service with any product or service not provided by Vaquill AI.

The indemnified party will (i) promptly notify the indemnifying party of the claim, (ii) give the indemnifying party sole control of defense and settlement (so long as no admission of liability is made without the indemnified party’s consent), and (iii) provide reasonable cooperation at the indemnifying party’s expense.

13. Suspension & Termination

Either party may terminate these Terms for any reason on notice to the other. We may suspend or terminate your access immediately if you materially breach these Terms, if required by law, or if your continued use poses a risk to other customers or the Service.

On termination, (a) your right to use the Service ends, (b) you may export Customer Data for up to 30 days, and (c) Sections 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 survive.

14. Governing Law & Venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

Subject to Section 15 (Arbitration), the exclusive venue for any dispute not subject to arbitration is the state or federal courts located in Wilmington, Delaware, and each party consents to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

15. Mandatory Arbitration & Class-Action Waiver

Please read this Section carefully. It affects your legal rights.

Except for claims for injunctive relief related to intellectual property, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service (a “Dispute”) will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. Arbitration will be conducted in English in Wilmington, Delaware, or remotely by agreement. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Class-action waiver. You and Vaquill AI each agree to bring Disputes only in an individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims and may not preside over any form of representative or class proceeding.

30-day opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending a written notice to contact@vaquill.ai with the subject line “Arbitration Opt-Out” within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. Your notice must include your name, the email on your account, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out. Opting out will not affect any other provision of these Terms.

16. DMCA Notice & Takedown

Vaquill AI complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you believe content made available through the Service infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our designated agent that includes the six elements required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

  • A physical or electronic signature of the owner or authorized agent;
  • Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed;
  • Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and its location on the Service;
  • Your contact information (address, telephone, email);
  • A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

Designated agent: contact@vaquill.ai. If you believe content was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notice to the same address containing the elements required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3). We may terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

17. Export Controls & Sanctions

The Service is subject to US export-control laws, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). You represent that you are not located in, and will not access the Service from, a country embargoed by the US government, and that you are not listed on any US government list of restricted or denied persons. You will not export, re-export, or transfer the Service in violation of US law.

18. Feedback

If you provide suggestions, feedback, or ideas about the Service, you grant Vaquill AI a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use them for any purpose, without compensation or attribution. Feedback is provided on an as-is basis.

19. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. For material changes, we will notify you by email or through an in-product notice at least 30 days before the change takes effect. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree, stop using the Service and cancel your subscription.

20. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any order form, are the entire agreement between you and Vaquill AI regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remainder will remain in effect. Our failure to enforce any right is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. Notices to Vaquill AI must be sent to contact@vaquill.ai.

21. API Accounts

This Section governs accounts that access Vaquill AI solely through our application programming interface (the “API”), rather than the Vaquill application. For API accounts, this Section controls over any conflicting provision elsewhere in these Terms.

21.1 Eligibility (non-lawyers permitted)

API accounts are open to businesses and individuals, including companies that are not law firms and users who are not lawyers. The lawyer and law-firm requirements in Section 3 do not apply to API accounts. You represent that you are authorized to enter these Terms on behalf of your organization.

21.2 License

We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to call the API and use its responses (“Output”), including within products, tools, and content you provide to your own clients, subject to these Terms and your plan’s limits.

21.3 Permitted and restricted uses

Using the Output to ground, draft, or enrich content and tools for your clients is permitted. For API accounts, the restriction in Section 5 on building a competing product is limited to the following: you will not use the API or its Output to build, train, or improve a product that competes with Vaquill AI’s legal-research or statute-retrieval service. In addition, you will not:

  • resell or redistribute the underlying legal data as a standalone dataset, database, or API to third parties;
  • reverse engineer the API, or attempt to derive its source code, models, or training data; or
  • exceed or circumvent the rate limits or credit allowance of your plan.

21.4 Not legal advice; verification

The API returns legal information, not legal advice, and may be inaccurate or incomplete. You are responsible for independently verifying Output against official sources before it is relied upon, published, or used in any legal matter. Section 2 and Section 7 apply to API Output.

21.5 Fees, credits, and rate limits

API access is provided on the paid plan you select. Each plan includes a monthly credit allowance and rate limit described at signup or in an order form. Fees are billed in advance and are non-refundable except as required by law, and you may upgrade at any time. Our commitment in Section 9 not to train on your content applies to your API queries and Output.

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