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IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY: THIS END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”) IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU
AND EPIQ SYSTEMS, INC. OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES (“EPIQ”) PROVIDING THIS SOFTWARE OR SOFTWARE-ENABLED
SERVICE TO YOU. IN THIS AGREEMENT, "SOFTWARE" MEANS ANY COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU BY EPIQ WHICH IS
INSTALLED ON OR ACCESSED BY YOUR COMPUTER OR INSTALLED ON ANOTHER COMPUTER THAT YOU ACCESS (EACH INCLUDING ANY
PRIOR OR FUTURE VERSIONS), AND IT INCLUDES RELATED DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER TEXT; ARTWORK, PHOTOS, VIDEO AND
AUDIO CONTENT; AND ALL UPDATES TO ANY OF THESE ITEMS.
BY INSTALLING, COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU SHOULD STOP USING THE SOFTWARE AND PROMPTLY RETURN TO
EPIQ ANY SOFTWARE IN YOUR POSSESSION, INCLUDING ANY PACKAGING AND ALL WRITTEN MATERIALS.
1. GRANT OF LICENSE. If you will use the SOFTWARE on a computer owned or controlled by you, this Agreement
grants to you the limited, nontransferable, nonsublicensable, nonexclusive right to install the SOFTWARE on
as many computers as you have purchased a license for (but you have no right to receive updates to the
SOFTWARE unless you have subscribed to an EPIQ software maintenance and support service). If you have
subscribed to one of EPIQ's software enabled services that permits you to access SOFTWARE running on EPIQ's
computers, as many users as you have purchased licenses for may use the EPIQ service during the term of your
service subscription.
2. COPYRIGHT. The SOFTWARE is owned by EPIQ or its licensors and is protected by copyright laws of the United
States, by laws of other nations, and by international copyright treaties. The SOFTWARE is licensed, not sold.
3. RESTRICTIONS ON USE AND TRANSFER. You may only use the SOFTWARE in accordance with this Agreement, any
executed Work Order (and accompanying Terms and Conditions) or services agreement ("MASTER AGREEMENT") and any
nondisclosure agreement, in each case, between you or your company and EPIQ. If a provision of this Agreement
conflicts with a provision in the MASTER AGREEMENT, the provision in the MASTER AGREEMENT will control. If no
MASTER AGREEMENT exists you must comply with the following restrictions, in addition to the other terms of this
Agreement:
(a) You may not copy the SOFTWARE, except that (1) you may make one copy of the SOFTWARE solely for backup or
archival purposes, and (2) you may transfer the SOFTWARE to a single hard disk provided you keep the original
solely for backup or archival purposes, in each case subject to the MASTER AGREEMENT and any nondisclosure
agreement between you or your company and EPIQ. You may not copy the written materials.
(b) You may not sell, rent or lease the SOFTWARE or otherwise transfer, sublicense or assign the right to
use the SOFTWARE.
4. COPIES. You may not copy, translate, adapt, modify, alter, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse
engineer or create any derivative work of the SOFTWARE, merge the SOFTWARE or any part thereof with any other
software or change any SOFTWARE in whole or in part, nor allow any other party to do so, except to the limited
extent permitted under Section 3 of this Agreement. You must not alter or remove any copyright or other
intellectual property notifications applied to the SOFTWARE. Upon termination of the MASTER AGREEMENT or your
agreement to use this SOFTWARE for any reason, you will immediately destroy or return to EPIQ the SOFTWARE
(including any access code or codes to the SOFTWARE) and may not use the SOFTWARE for any reason. Subject
to the MASTER AGREEMENT, Epiq may terminate this EULA for any reason or no reason at any time with or without
notice to you and without liability.
5. THIRD PARTY COMPONENTS. The SOFTWARE may contain or rely on components that are owned by third parties
and have been licensed to EPIQ for distribution within the SOFTWARE. You may not use third party components
in any way whatsoever other than through your authorized use of the SOFTWARE.
6. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. OTHER THAN AS PROVIDED IN THE MASTER AGREEMENT, THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”
“WHERE IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY AND EPIQ DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO
THE SOFTWARE. EPIQ MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT,
OR WARRANTIES OR OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE. FURTHER, EPIQ DOES NOT
WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE IS ERROR FREE, VIRUS FREE (INCLUDING FREE FROM INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER DELETERIOUS
PROGRAMS) OR THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE THE SOFTWARE WITHOUT PROBLEMS OR INTERRUPTION.
7. NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES. You can recover from EPIQ only direct damages up to an aggregate amount equal
to the price you paid to license the SOFTWARE (which will be deemed to be your average monthly service charge
during your first year if you subscribe to an EPIQ software enabled service) or the equivalent of $50 USD
(whichever is lesser). IN NO EVENT WILL EPIQ BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOSS OF
PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE
THE SOFTWARE (OR ITS ACCESSED INFORMATION). SOLELY TO THE EXTENT CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS LIMIT THE EXCLUSION
OF DAMAGES OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY
PART OF THE EXCLUSIONS OF DAMAGES OR LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT IS UNENFORCEABLE
UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EPIQ'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
8. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement is declared to be unenforceable, the remainder of this
Agreement will continue in full force and effect, and the unenforceable provision will be deemed modified to
the extent necessary to comply with the applicable requirements of law, while retaining to the maximum extent
permitted by law its intended effect, scope and economic effect.
9. GOVERNING LAW; DISPUTE RESOLUTION. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the state
of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law. You agree that any controversy or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement shall be settled by mandatory, final and binding arbitration in New York, New York
before the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its rules applicable to commercial disputes,
provided that EPIQ may seek interim relief in court as it deems necessary to protect its confidential information
and intellectual property rights. Any arbitration award rendered pursuant to this provision shall be enforceable
worldwide. You agree that venue for any litigation arising under this Agreement or shall be New York County,
New York, and you submit to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located there.
10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and EPIQ pertaining to its
subject matter and supersedes all other agreements, communications, understandings, negotiations, and
discussions, whether oral or written, or course of dealings between us. No representation or promise
subsequently made by you or EPIQ, nor any modification or amendment of this Agreement, will be binding
unless it is in writing and signed by you and an authorized officer of EPIQ.
11. ACCESS CODES. As part of your agreement with EPIQ, you may receive a user name and password (or other
means by which you can control access to the data, information and services provided by us)(“access code”).
In such case, you agree to abide by the following terms in this paragraph. You acknowledge that you will be
provided or have been provided an access code. You agree that once such access code is provided to you, you
shall be solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the access code. Accordingly, you shall be
solely and completely responsible for any and all acts or omissions that occur under the access code by you or
by any party (other than us) who uses such access code for any purpose whatsoever, whether lawful or unlawful.
Without limiting the foregoing, you agree that the access code given to you will be solely used by you. You agree
that you will not assign or transfer it to, or commit any act or omission that would result in such access code to
be used by, any other party for any purpose whatsoever. You agree to inform EPIQ immediately of any unauthorized
use of your access code.
12. INFORMATION PROVIDED. (a) THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE BY YOU THROUGH THIS SOFTWARE (INCLUDING ANY INFORMATION
LINKED FROM THIS SOFTWARE) IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT, AND SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE, AND EPIQ
HEREBY DISCLAIMS, ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, CERTIFICATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT) OR AGREEMENT AS TO
THE ACCURACY, RELIABILTY, SUFFICIENCY, TRUTH, SUITABILITY, QUALITY, VALIDITY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF THE
INFORMATION SO PROVIDED (INCLUDING ANY AND ALL CALCULATIONS, TABLES, GRAPHS AND SUMMARIES). EPIQ SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING, COPYING, DISTRIBUTING, OR DOWNLOADING THE
INFORMATION ON THIS SOFTWARE. YOU HAVE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUATE PROTECTION AND BACKUP OF DATA AND/OR
EQUIPMENT USED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SOFTWARE AND YOU WILL NOT MAKE A CLAIM AGAINST EPIQ FOR, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
LOST DATA, RE-RUN TIME, INACCURATE OUTPUT, WORK DELAYS, OR LOST PROFITS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION ON
THIS SOFTWARE. YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD EPIQ HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIMS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM
OR RELATED TO ANY BREACH OR VIOLATION OF THE TERMS HEREIN OR YOUR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, BAD FAITH OR WILFUL MISCONDUCT IN
THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE (INCLUDING THE INFORMATION ACCESSED HEREIN). Such information provided is qualified entirely
by reference to the original source of the information and you should refer to such original source for qualifications
and reference. Such information provided may not be incorporated into any contract. No statement or information shall
constitute a legal, business or tax opinion or advice.
(b) Except as set forth in the MASTER AGREEMENT, the information provided is not a commitment to, and EPIQ has no
obligation to, deliver any additional information, material, code, or functionality, and you bear the sole risk and
liability in relying on such information in making any strategic or analytical decisions (including any decision to
purchase products or services). The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality of the SOFTWARE
remain at the sole discretion of EPIQ, and all information provided may change without notice.
(c) This SOFTWARE may contain hyperlinks to sites operated by third parties. Access to any other site is at your own
risk. Such links are provided as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply an endorsement. EPIQ
is not responsible for the reliability of such sites nor is EPIQ responsible for any information or other materials on
such sites. EPIQ’s inclusion of hyperlinks to such sites does not imply any association with their operators.
As stated herein, “information” shall include any and all information that may be generated through the use of this SOFTWARE.
(d) User access to SOFTWARE is governed by all applicable federal, state and local laws. All information accessed is subject
to U.S. export control laws and may also be subject to the laws of the country where you reside.
(e) You may be granted access to information that is sensitive, restricted, confidential and/or personal in nature.
You agree to not disclose or use such information except in compliance with applicable laws and in connection with lawful,
legitimate, and bona fide purposes.
If you have any questions concerning this Agreement or wish to contact EPIQ for any reason,
please email legal@epiqglobal.com.