Legal Disclaimer
Important limitations on the use of this service
This Legal Disclaimer governs your use of Brief and the documents, reports, and analysis it produces. Please read it carefully. Brief is a document-understanding tool, not a law firm. Nothing on this site or in any report generated by Brief constitutes legal advice, legal representation, or a substitute for consultation with a licensed attorney.
1. Not a Law Firm; No Legal Advice
Brief is not a law firm and does not employ attorneys in connection with this service. The analysis, summaries, and plain-English explanations generated by Brief constitute legal information — that is, explanations of what a document appears to say — and not legal advice. Legal advice involves the application of law to a specific factual situation by a licensed professional who has established an attorney-client relationship with the client. Brief does not do this and cannot do this.
2. No Attorney-Client Relationship
No use of this service, no submission of a document, and no communication through this platform creates an attorney-client relationship between the user and Brief or any person affiliated with Brief. Brief is not acting as your attorney. Nothing transmitted to or from Brief is protected by attorney-client privilege.
3. Limitations of AI-Generated Analysis
Brief uses artificial intelligence and automated language processing to analyse documents. This technology, while capable, has material limitations that users must understand before relying on any output: (a) AI analysis may miss provisions, fail to identify legally significant language, or mischaracterize the purpose or effect of a clause. (b) AI systems do not exercise legal judgment. They identify patterns in text and generate explanations based on those patterns — they do not reason about law the way a licensed attorney does. (c) Legal documents often contain provisions whose significance depends on context, jurisdiction, surrounding facts, the parties' relationship, and prior dealings — none of which are known to Brief. (d) Documents that are ambiguous, poorly drafted, or that use non-standard terminology may produce unreliable analysis. (e) Brief does not verify the authenticity, completeness, or enforceability of any document submitted. The analysis is based solely on the text provided.
4. Jurisdiction and Governing Law
Law varies significantly by jurisdiction. The same document type may have different legal effects, enforceability requirements, and procedural consequences depending on the state, country, or local jurisdiction in which it is intended to operate or be enforced. Brief does not tailor its analysis to a specific jurisdiction unless the document itself makes the governing law explicit. Even then, Brief does not guarantee that its characterization of jurisdictional rules is accurate or current.
5. Time-Sensitive Legal Matters
Many legal documents are associated with deadlines. These may include deadlines to respond to a lawsuit, to cure a default, to exercise a contractual right, or to take other action. Missing such deadlines can have serious, sometimes irreversible, legal consequences. Brief may identify apparent deadlines in a document, but it cannot guarantee that all deadlines have been identified, that they have been correctly interpreted, or that they remain current. If you have received a document that appears to impose a deadline, consult a licensed attorney immediately and do not rely solely on Brief's analysis.
6. No Guarantee of Accuracy or Completeness
Brief makes no representation or warranty of any kind — express, implied, or statutory — regarding the accuracy, completeness, currentness, legal sufficiency, or fitness for any particular purpose of any analysis, summary, report, or explanation generated by the service. All output is provided "as is." Documents and the law that governs them change; Brief does not monitor documents submitted to it for subsequent legal developments.
7. Not a Substitute for Legal Counsel
Brief is designed to help users understand what a document appears to say, not to advise them on what to do. If you are facing a legal dispute, an active court deadline, a potential lawsuit, a significant financial or personal obligation, or a situation involving potential criminal liability, retaining a licensed attorney is important. Brief is not a substitute for that representation under any circumstances.
8. Confidentiality of Submitted Documents
While Brief takes reasonable technical measures to protect documents during transmission and processing, Brief is not a confidential legal channel and is not subject to attorney-client privilege. Do not submit documents through this service if they are subject to confidentiality obligations that prohibit disclosure to third-party service providers, unless you have confirmed that such disclosure is permitted.
9. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Brief, its owners, operators, affiliates, and service providers shall not be liable for any loss, damage, cost, or expense of any kind — including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, or special damages — arising out of or related to: (a) use of or reliance on any output generated by the service; (b) failure to identify a deadline, obligation, risk, or legally significant provision in a submitted document; (c) inaccuracy, incompleteness, or mischaracterization in any analysis or report; (d) any decision made or action taken (or not taken) in reliance on the service. This limitation applies even if Brief has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Brief and its affiliates, officers, and agents from and against any claim, loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your use of the service, your submission of any document, or your reliance on any output generated by the service.
11. Entire Understanding
This Disclaimer, together with the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Notice, constitutes the complete understanding between you and Brief regarding the nature and limitations of the service. No verbal or written statement by any representative of Brief shall expand or modify the limitations described in this Disclaimer.