These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your use of the LAWGAMES websites and games — including GUILTY or NOT, SOBER AS A JUDGE, and any related applications, features, and services (collectively, the “Services”) — operated by Bornfreund Legal Services, Professional Corporation (“we,” “us,” “the Company”).
By accessing or using any of the Services you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.
The Services are for novelty and entertainment purposes only. The games present real court decisions in a simplified, gamified format. They are not legal advice, legal education, or a substitute for the advice of a licensed attorney. No attorney-client relationship is created between you and the Company by your use of the Services. Do not rely on any information presented in the games to make legal decisions.
Case summaries are condensed for gameplay. Facts, arguments, and outcomes are drawn from real court decisions but are edited, simplified, and reframed for entertainment. They may omit material facts, procedural history, subsequent appeals, or changes in the law. A verdict presented in a game reflects the outcome of a single proceeding at a single point in time and should not be taken as a statement of current law.
You must be at least 18 years of age to use any of the Services. By accessing or using the Services you represent and warrant that you are 18 or older. The Company does not verify your age and reserves the right to terminate access if this requirement is not met.
SOBER AS A JUDGE is a drinking game intended exclusively for adults of legal drinking age in their jurisdiction. By passing the age gate and entering the game, you further affirm that you are of legal drinking age where you are playing. You are solely responsible for compliance with all applicable laws regarding the consumption of alcohol.
By using SOBER AS A JUDGE you voluntarily assume all risks associated with the consumption of alcohol, including but not limited to intoxication, impaired judgment, illness, injury, and death. You agree that the Company is not responsible for any harm arising from your decision to consume alcohol while playing.
The Company urges you to drink responsibly, to know your limits, to never drink and drive, and to ensure that all participants are willing adults. The game’s penalty mechanics (sips, immunity, contempt) are suggestions for entertainment — you are never required to drink, and you are free to substitute non-alcoholic beverages at any time. If you or anyone at your table appears intoxicated, stop playing.
The Services do not require you to create a traditional account. Game progress, preferences, and session state are stored locally on your device using browser storage. We are not responsible for data lost due to clearing your browser, switching devices, or any other action that removes local storage.
Where you choose a display name (for the leaderboard, multiplayer lobby, or email subscription), you agree not to use a name that is obscene, threatening, harassing, defamatory, impersonates another person in a misleading way, or violates any law. We reserve the right to remove or modify any display name at our sole discretion, without notice.
Premium access to the case archive is offered on a monthly or annual subscription basis. Payment is processed by Stripe. By subscribing, you authorize recurring charges at the interval you selected until you cancel. Prices are displayed at checkout and may change; any change applies to the next billing cycle, not retroactively.
You may cancel at any time through your Stripe customer portal or by contacting us. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period — you retain access until then. We do not offer prorated refunds for partial periods.
Case decks are one-time purchases that permanently unlock additional cases for your account. All sales are final. Because the content is delivered digitally and immediately upon purchase, you waive any statutory right of withdrawal that might otherwise apply.
All prices are in United States dollars unless stated otherwise. You are responsible for any taxes, duties, or fees imposed by your jurisdiction. We do not store your payment card details — they are handled entirely by Stripe under its own terms and privacy policy.
All intellectual property in the Services — including but not limited to the game designs, software, visual design, trade dress, trademarks, logos, the GUILTY stamp mark, audio soundmarks, case compilations, case summaries, original text, and artwork — is owned by or licensed to the Company and is protected under the intellectual property laws of all applicable countries.
The underlying court decisions referenced in the games are matters of public record. The Company’s original expression — including the selection, arrangement, titles, summaries, arguments, and presentation of those decisions — is proprietary and may not be copied, scraped, republished, or used to train machine-learning models without our prior written consent.
You may share your game results (scores, verdicts, streaks) using the share features built into the games. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from any other content in the Services.
Where you submit content to the Services — such as a display name on a leaderboard, or a name visible in a multiplayer session — you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to display that content in connection with the Services. You represent that any content you submit does not infringe the rights of any third party.
We may remove user-submitted content at any time for any reason, including content that violates these Terms.
You agree not to:
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Services, without notice, for any violation of these Terms.
The Services rely on third-party infrastructure including Supabase (database and real-time services), Stripe (payments), and Resend (email delivery). Your use of those services is governed by their respective terms. We are not responsible for outages, data loss, or errors originating from third-party providers.
The Services may contain links to external websites. We do not endorse or assume responsibility for the content or practices of any linked site.
The Services are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement.
We do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any content, including case summaries, verdicts, legal citations, or vote tallies.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents, or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising out of or in connection with your use of or inability to use the Services, regardless of the theory of liability.
Our total aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services shall not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you paid to us in the twelve months preceding the claim, or (b) fifty United States dollars ($50).
Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall have no liability whatsoever for any injury, illness, death, property damage, or other harm arising from or related to the consumption of alcohol in connection with SOBER AS A JUDGE or any other Service.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. In such jurisdictions, the limitations above apply to the fullest extent permitted by law.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or in connection with: (a) your use of the Services; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation of any applicable law; or (d) any harm resulting from alcohol consumption during or after use of SOBER AS A JUDGE.
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services shall first be submitted to good-faith negotiation between the parties for a period of not less than thirty (30) days. If the dispute cannot be resolved through negotiation, it shall be submitted to binding arbitration administered in accordance with the rules of the ADR Institute of Ontario, conducted in English in Toronto, Ontario. The arbitrator’s award shall be final and binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
You agree that any dispute resolution proceeding will be conducted on an individual basis and not as a class, consolidated, or representative action. If for any reason a claim proceeds in court rather than arbitration, you and the Company each waive any right to a jury trial.
Nothing in this section prevents the Company from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property rights.
We may revise these Terms at any time by updating this page. The “Last updated” date at the top indicates the most recent revision. Material changes will be noted on the Services for a reasonable period. Your continued use of the Services after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time, for any reason, without notice. Upon termination, your right to use the Services ceases immediately. Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including Sections 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, and 14 — will survive.
If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force. Our failure to enforce any right or provision is not a waiver of that right or provision. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company concerning the Services.
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