Last Updated June 2, 2026
Welcome to the Duane Morris website available at www.duanemorris.com, duanemorrisinstitute.com, www.duanemorrisclassactionreview.com, www.duanemorrisselvam.com/ and blogs.duanemorris.com/ (the “Site”). These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern the use of the Site, as well as other related webpages, applications and services accessible through the Site (collectively the “Services”) provided by Duane Morris LLP, and its related, affiliated or subsidiary companies (“Duane Morris” “we” or “our”). By registering for, accessing, or using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and expressly agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms. When we refer to “you” or “your” in these Terms we mean any individual who interacts or uses our Services.
PLEASE READ THE TERMS CAREFULLY. THEY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND INCLUDE A WAIVER OF YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR ARBITRATION. ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TERMS, YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, OR ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PARTIES SHALL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS DO NOT USE THE SERVICES.
Privacy Policy
Please review our Privacy Policy to understand how we collect, use, and share your information when you use the Services. Our Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference in these Terms. By using the Services, you are also consenting to the Privacy Policy.
Changes to Terms
You agree that Duane Morris may, at its sole discretion, modify the Terms at any time without notice by adding new terms or amending existing terms. Such modifications will be effective as of the date that the updated Terms are posted on the Services (“Effective Date”). Your registration, access or use of the Services after the Effective Date, constitutes your acknowledgement of such modifications and your agreement to abide, and be bound by, the Terms as modified. Therefore, it is important that you periodically check this page for changes made to the Terms. If you do not accept the terms or any modifications, your sole remedy is to cease all use of the Services.
Eligibility
You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older to use the Services within the United States. Use by those that do not fit these requirements is in violation of these Terms. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that, you are a natural person and 18 years of age or older, and that you agree to and will abide by all of the terms and conditions of these Terms.
USE OF THE SERVICES
You may use the Services only according to the Terms. You may not use the Services, or any information provided by the Services, for any commercial purpose. Your use of the Services is not transferable to any other person or entity. You are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your account, including but not limited to any content and data posted, shared or transmitted through the Services, as well as any messages, online chats or other interactions with us via the Services. You agree not to copy materials, content or any other information on the Services, remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials or content, reverse engineer or break into (hack) the Services, or use materials, products or services in violation of law.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
You will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by the Terms. You may not use the Services in any manner which could damage, disable, interrupt, overburden, or impair the Services or Duane Morris’s network or servers, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Services. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Services, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Services. Additionally, you must not engage in spidering, screen scraping, database scraping, harvesting of information, or any other automatic means of accessing, logging-in or registering on the Services, or obtaining or accessing other information from or through the Services.
The following actions are also expressly prohibited: 1) transmitting unsolicited email or spam; 2) using any duanemorris (or derivative thereof) domain name as a pseudonymous return email address for any electronic communications; 3) pretending to be someone else or spoof their identity; 4) uploading, posting, transmitting, sharing, storing or otherwise making available any content that we deem to be harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; 5) using the Services to perpetrate fraud, misrepresentation or illegal activity; 6) attempting to circumvent or compromise any security measures; 7) creating or releasing computer viruses, Trojan horses, or worms or otherwise engaging in destructive or potentially destructive programming activities; 8) modifying, altering, or tampering with systems hardware or software; 9) registering for more than one account, registering for an account on behalf of an individual other than yourself, operating an account on behalf of or for the benefit of any person who is not eligible to register for or operate an account in their own name; 10) reselling or repurposing your Duane Morris account (if any); 11) invade the privacy of, obtain the identity of, or obtain any personal information about any user of the Services; 12) probe, scan or test the vulnerability of this Services or the Duane Morris network or breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization and 13) use any automated means to access or use the Services, including scripts, bots, scrapers, data miners, or similar software, or display the Services, or portions thereof, in things (e.g., framing, scraping, etc.), or submit any content from the Services to any artificial intelligence, large language model, or machine learning technology, without our express written permission.
COMMUNICATIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS
By accepting these Terms, you expressly consent to be contacted by us, our agents, representatives, affiliates, or anyone calling on our behalf for any and all purposes, at any telephone number, or physical or electronic address you provide or at which you may be reached. If you are in default of your obligations to us, you authorize us to call you at work or home using numbers you have provided to us, or at other numbers you have provided to us or we have obtained for you, to leave a message with a person or voice mail service stating our name and phone number, to text you, to write you at home and to acquire location information about you from others. You further agree that, when you receive a telephone call, text message or email, you may incur a charge from the company that provides you with telecommunications, wireless and/or Internet services, and you agree that we will have no liability for such charges or liable to you for any such calls. You further consent to the recording and monitoring, for quality assurance and collection purposes, of any call that you place to us (or our affiliates) or that we (or our affiliates) place to you, as well as of any messages, online chats or other interactions with us via the Services.
ACCOUNTS AND REGISTRATION
To access some of our Services, you may be required to register for an account. When you register you will be required to provide us with some information about yourself. You agree that the information you provide to us is accurate and that you will keep it accurate and up-to-date at all times.
When you register, you will be asked to create a password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password. Duane Morris is not liable for any harm related to the theft of your access credentials, your disclosure of access credentials, or your decision to allow another person or entity to access and use the Services using your access credentials. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account. If you have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure, then you must immediately notify us at webmaster@duanemorris.com or call us at +1.215.979.1000.
Each user is only permitted to register for one account. You agree not to register for multiple accounts unless Duane Morris has explicitly authorized you in writing to do so.
MOBILE DEVICE USAGE
Use of our Services may be made available through a browser on a mobile device or through an application running on a mobile device. You are responsible for all costs incurred by you with respect to using our Services on a mobile device, including data usage fees and other telecommunications fees.
NO RELIANCE
The Services have been made available for general informational purposes only. The information provided through the Services is not intended as, and shall not be understood or construed as tax advice, financial advice, legal advice or opinions, or professional advice of any kind. Before making any final decisions or implementing any financial or other strategy, you should obtain information and advice from your accountant, certified financial adviser, lawyer, and/or other trusted advisors regarding your individual circumstances.
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AND LICENSE
The Services, including any part of the Services, are protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, or other proprietary rights, under the laws of the United States and international conventions. We grant you, a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable license to use the Services subject to the Terms. Any rights to the Services and its derivative works not expressly granted are expressly reserved. We retain all rights to aggregated anonymous data derived from your use of the Services. The “Duane Morris” name is a trademark of Duane Morris LLP. We do not claim ownership of the trademarks of any third parties mentioned in the Services.
AVAILABILITY
Duane Morris will make reasonable efforts to keep the Services operational. However, certain technical difficulties, routine maintenance/upgrades and other events outside the control of Duane Morris may, from time to time, result in temporary interruptions to the Services. In addition, Duane Morris reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue (on a temporary or permanent basis) certain functions of the Services or all the Services without notice. You agree that Duane Morris shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any direct or indirect consequence of any modification, suspension, discontinuance of, or interruption to our Services.
COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under the U.S. copyright law. If you believe that your copyrighted material has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact Duane Morris’s designated Copyright Agent at Duane Morris LLP, 30 S. 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 Attn: Office of General Counsel and provide the following information:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an electronic email address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
- A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
SUBMISSIONS
You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback or other information about the Services (collectively, "Submissions"), provided by you are not confidential and shall become the sole property of Duane Morris. Duane Morris shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these Submissions for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. You hereby assign to Duane Morris all ownership and rights in any Submissions.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND CONTENT
The Services may contain (or you may be sent through the Services) links to other websites ("Third Party Sites"), as well as advertisements, sponsored content, articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, software and other content belonging to or originating from third parties (the "Third Party Content"). Such Third Party Sites and Third Party Content are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third Party Sites accessed through the Services or any Third Party Content posted on the Services, including without limitation the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability or policies of or contained in the Third Party Sites or the Third Party Content. Inclusion of or linking to any Third Party Site or any Third Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you use any of the Third Party Content or decide to leave the Services and access the Third Party Sites, you do so at your own risk and you should be aware that our terms and policies no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any Third Party Site to which you navigate from the Services. In no event will Duane Morris be liable for any loss, claim, damages, or costs that may arise concerning your use of or reliance on these materials.
DISCLAIMERS
DUANE MORRIS DOES NOT PROMISE THAT THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT, DOCUMENT OR FEATURE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED OR THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC RESULTS. THE MATERIAL IN THE SERVICES COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. THE SERVICES AND ITS CONTENT ARE DELIVERED ON AN "AS-IS" AND "AS-AVAILABLE" BASIS. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SERVICES IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. DUANE MORRIS CANNOT ENSURE THAT ANY FILES, DOCUMENTS OR OTHER DATA YOU DOWNLOAD FROM THE SERVICES WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. DUANE MORRIS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. DUANE MORRIS DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR THE ACTS, OMISSIONS AND CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND ANY LINKED SITES. YOUR SOLE REMEDY AGAINST DUANE MORRIS FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT IS TO STOP USING THE SERVICES OR ANY SUCH CONTENT. THIS LIMITATION OF RELIEF IS A PART OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, DUANE MORRIS OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OR THE PARTNERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS OF EACH, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES OR ANY OF THE CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIALS ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SERVICES, EVEN IF DUANE MORRIS IS AWARE OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. DUANE MORRIS’S LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT (FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION), WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) FIFTY US DOLLARS ($50) THE EXISTENCE OF MORE THAN ONE CLAIM WILL NOT ENLARGE THIS LIMIT.
GOVERNING LAW; VENUE AND JURISDICTION
By visiting, accessing, registering or using the Services, you agree that the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to any principles of conflict of laws that would require or permit the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction, will govern these Terms.
INDEMNITY
By using the Services, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold Duane Morris LLP, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of their directors, officers, shareholders, agents, contractors, partners and employees, insurers, successors and assigns, harmless from and against any loss, liability, claim, demand, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or in connection with your content, any Third Party Content you post or share on or through the Services, your use of the Services, your conduct in connection with the Services or with other users of the Services, or any violation of these Terms or of any law or the rights of any third party.
AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE
Except for disputes brought in small claims court, any dispute arising out of or relating to the Terms, the Services, or any relationship between the parties, or any of their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, officers, directors, or employees, heirs and permissible assigns, without limitation, no matter how described, pleaded or styled, will be resolved through final, binding arbitration under the substantive and procedural requirements of the Federal Arbitration Act. The arbitration will be conducted by a single, neutral arbitrator chosen by the parties, who shall be a retired judge or a lawyer with at least ten years of active practice in technology law and knowledgeable about mobile software. The arbitration shall be conducted under the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures, and in accordance with the Expedited Procedures in those Rules, of JAMS. You understand the information about the JAMS arbitration process and the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures can be obtained at www.jamsadr.com. The arbitration will be conducted by telephone, online and/or be solely based on written submissions, the specific manner to be chosen by the party initiating the arbitration. The arbitration will not require any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing by the parties. The parties agree that the arbitrator, and not a court, will have exclusive jurisdiction over the interpretation, validity, and scope of this arbitration agreement. The costs of the arbitration filing fee, arbitrator’s compensation, and facilities fees will be paid by Duane Morris. Each party will pay for its own attorneys’ fees and costs. The fact of and all aspects of this arbitration and the underlying dispute will remain strictly confidential by the parties, their representatives, and JAMS. The parties agree that any actual or threatened violation of this provision would result in irreparable harm and will be subject to being immediately enjoined. If this arbitration agreement is declared unenforceable and cannot be administered, interpreted, or modified to be enforceable, the parties agree to waive any right to a jury trial for any dispute to which this agreement applies, and any such dispute will be commenced and maintained exclusively in the state or federal courts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the parties each consent to the personal jurisdiction of the courts. This provision survives the termination of the Terms.
CLASS ACTION WAIVER
Any dispute or claim will be brought solely in the claimant’s individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action, representative proceeding, mass action/arbitration or consolidated action. Both parties waive the right to have any dispute heard as a class action or in any other proceeding in which either party acts or proposes to act in a representative capacity. If a decision is issued stating that applicable law precludes enforcement of any of this provision’s limitations as to a given dispute, claim, or request for relief, then such aspect must be severed from the arbitration and brought in the state or federal courts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All other disputes, claims, or requests for relief shall be arbitrated.
BY USING, ACCESSING OR REGISTERING FOR THE SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE TO BRING ANY CLAIMS ON A CLASS, REPRESENTATIVE, CONSOLIDATED OR MASS ACTION BASIS.
TIME LIMITATION ON CLAIMS
You agree that any claim you may have arising out of or related to the Services or your relationship with Duane Morris must be filed within one year after the claim arose; otherwise, your claim is permanently barred.
ACCESS RESTRICTION AND TERMINATION
Access and use of the Services, is expressly conditioned on your compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, contract obligations, and the Terms. Duane Morris may restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the Services at any time and for any reason in its sole and complete discretion. Duane Morris reserves the right to exercise whatever means it deems necessary to prevent unauthorized access to Services. If Duane Morris terminates your account (if any), you will not create another account without our permission.
You may also terminate your account (if any) at any time by providing us written notice at webmaster@duanemorris.com. These Terms will apply until your account (if any) has been terminated, whether by you or Duane Morris. Upon termination, all rights granted herein, including without limitation the limited license granted above, shall immediately terminate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision in the Terms that by its nature should survive the termination of your license to access the Services or any termination of the Terms (including, without limitation, provisions governing arbitration, class action waiver, indemnification, limitations on liability, disclaimers of warranty, and ownership of intellectual property) will continue to remain in full force and effect after any termination.
LEGAL NOTICES
These Terms may not be transferred or assigned by you without Duane Morris’s prior written consent. Duane Morris may assign or transfer the Terms to its affiliates or concerning a merger, sale, reorganization, or other change of control. Duane Morris LLP’s affiliates, contractors, and service providers may exercise Duane Morris’s rights or fulfill its obligations under the Terms. Waivers must be in writing and no waivers will be implied. Any failure by Duane Morris to exercise any rights or enforce any of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or terms. If any provision of these Terms or their application in a particular circumstance is held by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions of these Terms, or the application of such provision in other circumstances, shall not be affected thereby, and each provision hereof shall be valid and enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Terms are the final, complete and exclusive agreement between you and us relating to the Services and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings and agreements relating to this subject matter, whether oral or written. Headings are for convenience only and the term “including” (and similar terms) will be construed without limitation.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms, please contact us at: