Why you're seeing this: Your attorney, Jane Smith, Esq. of Smith & Associates LLP, has invited you to use LitigationVault.ai — a secure AI workspace for your legal matter. Before you can use the AI tools in your vault, we need you to read and agree to this AI Use Agreement. It takes about 3 minutes.
This AI Use Agreement ("Agreement") is between you and your directing attorney identified above, regarding your use of AI tools through the LitigationVault.ai platform (the "Platform"), a product of LegalForce RAPC Worldwide P.C. (dba Trademarkia). By clicking "I Agree" below, you acknowledge and consent to the following terms.
1. What This Platform Is
LitigationVault.ai is a secure workspace where you can use AI to ask questions about your legal situation, upload and organize documents, build case timelines, and prepare for conversations with your attorney. The key difference from using ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini directly is that everything you do here is:
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Vaulted
Every conversation is securely stored and encrypted in your personal vault.
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Privilege-protected
Designed to be covered by attorney-client privilege because your attorney directs it.
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Attorney-reviewed
Your attorney reviews what the AI tells you and can follow up with you directly.
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Private
Your data is never used to train AI models. Enterprise APIs with zero data retention.
2. The AI Is Not a Lawyer
This is the most important thing in this agreement.
The AI tools you use in this platform are computer programs. They are not lawyers. They are not licensed to practice law. They cannot form an attorney-client relationship with you. Their outputs are computer-generated content produced by pattern-matching against training data — not professional legal judgment.
Specifically, you understand and agree that:
AI outputs are not legal advice. They are computer-generated analysis that may be useful as a starting point, but they are not a substitute for your attorney's professional judgment.
AI can be wrong. AI models can produce errors, omissions, outdated information, and "hallucinations" — plausible-sounding but incorrect statements. The AI does not know everything about your case, your jurisdiction, or the latest developments in the law.
Only your attorney gives legal advice. Your attorney — a licensed human being — is the only person who can give you legal advice about your matter. When the AI suggests a course of action, that is a computer's output, not a recommendation from your attorney.
Do not make legal decisions based on AI output alone. Do not sign anything, accept or reject any offer, miss any deadline, or take any legal action based solely on what the AI tells you. Talk to your attorney first.
3. How AI Responses Work on This Platform
Every AI response you receive follows a four-part structure. This is by design — it's how the Platform protects you:
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"I'm an AI assistant, not a lawyer. This is computer-generated and should not be relied upon until your attorney reviews it."
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AI's Analysis
The AI gives you its full analysis of your question. It will not refuse to answer — but it frames everything as what the model's analysis suggests, not what you should do.
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"Generated by [AI Model]. Computer-generated content, not legal advice. Your attorney will review this."
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Book Time With Your Attorney
Every response ends with an option to schedule a call or send a message to your attorney to discuss what the AI said.
You agree that these disclaimers are not just formalities. They are substantive limitations on what the AI output represents, and you will treat them accordingly.
4. How Privilege Is Protected
When you use a public AI tool like ChatGPT.com or claude.ai, your conversations are not protected by attorney-client privilege. A court can require you to turn them over to the other side.
LitigationVault.ai is different because:
Your attorney set this up for you. Your use of AI occurs at the direction of your attorney, under a professional relationship. This is a key legal requirement for privilege.
The system is confidential. AI is accessed through enterprise APIs with zero data retention — your data is not stored by the AI provider, not used for training, and not reviewed by anyone outside your vault.
Everything is audited. The Platform maintains a tamper-proof record of every interaction, every attorney review, and every security measure — creating a court-ready paper trail if privilege is ever challenged.
The AI is treated as an agent of your attorney. Under the Kovel doctrine, third-party agents retained by an attorney to assist in rendering legal advice can be covered by privilege. The Platform positions AI tools as such agents.
5. Evolving Area of Law — Please Read Carefully
Honest disclosure: The application of attorney-client privilege to AI-assisted legal communications is new legal territory. In February 2026, a federal judge ruled in United States v. Heppner, No. 1:25-cr-00503 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 2026), that public AI conversations about legal matters are not privileged. The same court indicated that privilege may apply when AI is used "at the direction of counsel" within a "confidential system with proper safeguards."
LitigationVault.ai is designed to satisfy these requirements. However, no court has definitively ruled that enterprise API access with zero data retention preserves privilege in all circumstances. The law is evolving, and future court decisions may affect the scope of protection.
Neither your attorney, LitigationVault.ai, nor LegalForce RAPC Worldwide P.C. (dba Trademarkia) can guarantee that privilege will be upheld by any court. The Platform provides the strongest possible position for a privilege claim, but litigation outcomes are inherently uncertain.
You acknowledge that you have read and understand this section, and that you accept the inherent uncertainty in this area of law.
6. Your Attorney's Role
Your directing attorney — the person who invited you to this Platform — is responsible for:
Reviewing your AI interactions. Your attorney receives notifications when you use the vault, especially for important or time-sensitive questions. They review what the AI told you and can follow up.
Providing legal advice. Only your attorney can give you legal advice. The AI cannot. When you need guidance on what to do, your attorney is your resource.
Maintaining privilege. Your attorney's involvement — creating your workspace, reviewing your conversations, directing the use of AI — is what establishes the privilege protection.
Your attorney may not review every single AI interaction in real time. Some reviews may be batched. But the system is designed so that urgent matters (like settlement decisions, filing deadlines, or adverse party contact) are flagged for immediate attorney attention.
7. Your Responsibilities
To maintain the privilege protections this Platform provides, you agree to:
Do not use public AI for your legal matter. Do not use ChatGPT.com, claude.ai, gemini.google.com, Copilot, or any other consumer AI service to ask questions about, discuss, or analyze your legal situation. Use only this Platform. If you use public AI, those conversations may be discoverable and could undermine the privilege over your vault conversations as well.
Do not share what the AI tells you. Do not copy, screenshot, forward, post, or share AI-generated outputs from this Platform with anyone other than your attorney, unless your attorney approves it in advance.
Keep your account secure. Do not share your login credentials, leave your account logged in on shared devices, or allow anyone else to access your vault.
Be accurate. Provide truthful and complete information when using the Platform. The AI's analysis is only as good as the information you give it.
Talk to your attorney before acting. Do not sign documents, accept offers, reject offers, miss deadlines, or take any legal action based solely on AI-generated analysis. Discuss it with your attorney first.
Respond to your attorney. When your attorney reaches out after reviewing your vault activity, please respond in a timely manner, especially for urgent matters.
8. AI Models & Your Data
Your attorney has approved the following AI models for your vault. You may switch between them at any time:
Claude (Anthropic) — accessed via Enterprise API with zero data retention
ChatGPT (OpenAI) — accessed via Enterprise API with zero data retention
Gemini (Google) — accessed via Vertex AI with enterprise data processing agreement
Your data protection:
Your inputs and the AI's outputs are not stored by the AI provider after processing (zero data retention).
Your data is never used to train any AI model.
No AI provider employee can read your conversations.
All data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.3) and at rest (AES-256) on the Platform's servers.
If your attorney has approved a locally-hosted model (labeled "Private"), that model runs entirely on private infrastructure — your data never leaves the network.
9. Documents You Upload
You can upload documents to your vault (contracts, emails, letters, court filings, photos, etc.). These documents are:
Encrypted and stored securely within your vault.
Accessible only to you and your attorney.
Used by the AI to provide more relevant analysis (the AI can reference your documents when answering questions).
Logged with chain-of-custody records for privilege documentation.
Your attorney can see which documents you've uploaded and will review them as part of their oversight of your vault.
10. No Guarantees
You understand and agree that:
The AI's analysis may be incorrect, incomplete, or misleading.
Attorney-client privilege is not guaranteed (see Section 5).
The Platform is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind.
Neither LitigationVault.ai nor LegalForce RAPC Worldwide P.C. (dba Trademarkia) is responsible for legal outcomes in your matter.
Your legal representation is provided by your attorney, not by the Platform.
11. Attorney Review & Billing
When your attorney reviews your AI conversations, that review time may be billed as legal services under the fee agreement between you and your attorney (or your attorney's firm). The Platform tracks review time to assist your attorney with billing, but your attorney controls all billing decisions.
Your use of the Platform itself does not generate fees to you — the Platform subscription is paid by your attorney's firm. Fees for your attorney's time reviewing your vault are governed by your separate engagement with your attorney.
12. Cancellation & Your Data
You may stop using the Platform at any time. If you wish to close your vault entirely, contact your attorney. Upon vault closure:
Your data remains accessible for 90 days for export purposes.
You may request a full export of all conversations, documents, and audit logs.
After 90 days, your data is securely deleted unless retention is required by law, court order, or your attorney's professional obligations.
13. Platform Terms of Service
Your use of the Platform is also governed by the LitigationVault.ai Terms of Service, which include provisions regarding dispute resolution (binding arbitration with a 30-day opt-out right), limitation of liability, governing law (California), and other important terms. The Terms of Service are incorporated into this Agreement by reference.
This Agreement is between you and your directing attorney regarding the use of AI tools. The Terms of Service are between you and LegalForce RAPC Worldwide P.C. (dba Trademarkia) regarding your use of the Platform. Both apply.
Sign This Agreement
By checking the boxes below and clicking "I Agree," you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to this AI Use Agreement.
After signing, you'll be taken to your vault to start using AI with your attorney's protection.
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You've signed the AI Use Agreement. Your vault is now active and every AI conversation you have is privileged, encrypted, and reviewed by your attorney.