Last Modified: Aug 6, 2026
Introduction
These Terms of Use are entered into between You and The Law Office of Talya Tapley dba Tapley Law (“Company,” “the Firm,” “we,” or “us”).
Parties
The term “you” or “your” refers to any user, purchaser, or visitor of www.tapley.law (“the Website”), including any content, services, functionality, mobile applications, downloadable materials, forms, guides, or educational resources (“the Services”). By using this Website you agree that you are at least 18 years old or of legal age in your applicable jurisdiction and eligible to form a binding contract with the Company. Children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using this Website or the Services.
Acceptance of Terms of Use
The following Terms and Conditions (“Terms of Use”) govern your use of and access to the Website and Services. The Terms of Use are legally binding and it is your responsibility to read them before you begin to use the Website or Services. By using and/or visiting this Website you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Please read the section titled Binding Arbitration, Venue and Choice of Law carefully. It affects how disputes between you and the Company are resolved and limits the remedies available to you.
Modifications to the Terms of Use
We reserve the right to update or change the Terms of Use at any time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately once posted to the Website and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. It is therefore important that you review these Terms regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes. The “Last Modified” date at the top of this page reflects the last date changes were made to the Terms of Use. The parties are bound by the latest version of this agreement.
Privacy
You agree that all information you provide to the Company through this Website, including through the use of any interactive features, contact forms, or intake forms on the Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy. Nothing in our Privacy Policy limits or modifies the Firm’s separate and independent professional duties of confidentiality to its clients and prospective clients.
Access and Use of Website
We reserve the right to modify or discontinue the Website or Services, or any part thereof, temporarily or permanently, with or without notice. You agree that the Company will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website or Services are unavailable at any time or for any period.
Information on This Site Is Not Legal Advice
tapley.law is owned, controlled, and operated by Tapley Law. Materials on www.tapley.law contain general information about the Firm’s services, as well as general information about different areas of the law, including business law, trademark law, and copyright law. The information on this site is for general informational and educational purposes only and is not legal advice.
Information on this Website may not constitute the most up-to-date legal or other information. Laws change quickly, particularly in intellectual property and internet law. While the Firm strives to provide useful information for users, it cannot claim to be updated in all subjects or in all jurisdictions.
No attorney-client relationship is formed by viewing the Website. You should not send us any confidential information in response to this webpage. Such responses will not create a lawyer-client relationship, and whatever you disclose to us will not be privileged or confidential unless we have agreed to act as your legal counsel and you have executed a written engagement agreement with Tapley Law. If you need legal advice, you should contact a licensed attorney in your state. No reader, user, or browser of this site should act or refrain from acting on the basis of information on this site without first seeking legal advice from counsel in the relevant jurisdiction.
No Attorney-Client Relationship
The information you obtain through this Website, or through any workshop, webinar, presentation, or appearance (paid or free) made by Tapley Law, is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. You should consult an attorney for advice regarding your individual situation.
Use of the Website and Services does not establish an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship with a prospective client is established only after Tapley Law has completed a conflicts check, has expressly communicated its ability and willingness to accept representation of your matter, and you have signed an engagement letter outlining the terms of that representation and rendered payment.
We invite you to contact us and welcome inquiries. Be advised that contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please do not send any confidential information to us until such time as an attorney-client relationship has been established. Information you transmit to the Firm before an attorney-client relationship is established may not be protected by the attorney-client privilege, may not be treated as confidential, and may create a conflict of interest that prevents the Firm from representing you. Further, submitting a contact form, scheduling a consultation, or clicking a “book,” “purchase,” or similar button through this Website does not create an attorney-client relationship with the Firm.
Attorney Advertising
This Website may amount to attorney advertising under the laws of some states. Tapley Law does not intend this site to constitute professional attorney advertising but recognizes that it may be so considered in certain jurisdictions. To clarify the purpose of this Website and Tapley Law’s intent as to its visitors, Tapley Law states that visiting this Website and interacting with any materials provided here does not establish an attorney-client relationship, which is only formed through signature to an engagement agreement.
The Firm may advertise its services through paid search advertising. Such advertising is directed only to jurisdictions in which the Firm’s attorneys are permitted to practice law.
Guarantees
Materials and information provided on the Website are not indicative of likely results in any particular legal matter. Tapley Law makes no guarantees as to results; further, past results do not guarantee future results for that same client or party, or any third party. Trademark and copyright outcomes depend on facts and determinations outside the Firm’s control, including the actions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, third-party rights holders, and adverse parties.
Tapley Law makes no guarantee of any kind regarding potential income, revenue, or business results through our communications or your use of any materials on this Website.
Nothing in Tapley Law’s statements, emails, or Website content shall be construed as a promise or guarantee about the outcome of any matter. Tapley Law makes no such promises or guarantees. Further, Tapley Law cannot advise on circumstances, situations, or legal issues that the Firm is not made aware of, and shall not be held liable for questions, concerns, or issues that have not been specifically and directly presented to it.
Licensing
Talya Tapley, Esq., the founder and principal attorney of Tapley Law, is licensed to practice law in the State of California and is an active member in good standing of the State Bar of California.
Tapley Law practices law only: (a) in California; (b) in matters governed by federal law, including proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, to the extent such practice is permitted by the rules of those agencies; and (c) elsewhere only where permitted by the rules of the relevant jurisdiction, including through association with locally licensed counsel or admission for a particular matter.
Where the Firm is contacted by a prospective client seeking legal services in a jurisdiction in which it is not permitted to practice, the Firm will decline the representation or will associate appropriately licensed counsel.
Tapley Law does not seek to represent anyone based solely upon a visit to www.tapley.law, upon any Tapley Law social media account, or upon advertising, or where to do so would not comply with applicable laws and rules. Access to this Website from jurisdictions in which the Firm’s attorneys are not licensed is inadvertent and unavoidable given the nature of internet access, and is not intended as advertising, as a solicitation, or as an effort to establish a systematic and continuous presence in any such jurisdiction.
Scope and Description of Services
Use of the Website and Services does not establish an attorney-client relationship.
An attorney-client relationship with prospective clients is established only after Tapley Law has expressly communicated the ability to accept representation of your matter and you have signed an engagement letter outlining the terms of that representation. Tapley Law may decline to provide legal service if a conflict of interest is discovered, if the matter falls outside the Firm’s areas of practice, or in its sole discretion. The scope of legal services to be performed by Tapley Law will be expressly agreed upon in writing by you before any legal services are performed, and does not include any services that have been expressly excluded or are otherwise outside the scope of the written agreement.
Tapley Law endeavors to describe and display its services as accurately as possible. While the Firm tries to be as clear as possible in explaining its services, please do not assume that the Website is entirely accurate, current, or error-free. From time to time we may correct errors in pricing and descriptions.
Intellectual Property Rights
All content and features on the Website, including but not limited to information, forms, guides, checklists, software, images, text, designs, graphics, video, audio, and the arrangement thereof, are owned by the Company, its licensors or other providers of such material, and are protected by copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. The Company name, trademarks, the Company logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its licensors. You may not use such trademarks or other intellectual property belonging to the Company without the prior written consent of the Company.
The Website and Services contain intellectual property owned by Tapley Law, including, without limitation, the Tapley Law logo, all designs, text, graphics, other files, and the selection and arrangement thereof, also termed the “look and feel,” trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, proprietary information and other intellectual property. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, distribute, display, reproduce or perform, or in any way exploit in any format whatsoever any of the Website or Service content, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent. We reserve the right to immediately remove you from the Services, without refund, if you are caught violating this intellectual property policy.
Any sample or template contract language, clause, form, or checklist made available on the Website is provided for illustration only, is not tailored to any transaction or jurisdiction, and does not constitute legal advice. Use of any such material without review by a licensed attorney is at your own risk.
Website for Personal Use
The Website and Services are solely for personal and non-commercial use. You may not use the content or other materials for any commercial purpose or for any noncommercial or commercial public display. Without limiting the foregoing, you may not use, reproduce, or ingest any Website content for the purpose of training, fine-tuning, or developing any artificial intelligence or machine learning model, dataset, or system without our prior express written consent.
No Reproduction
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, republish, transmit, sell, resell, or exploit any of the material on the Website, or any form or template you obtain from the Website, except and only except as follows: (i) You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website solely for your own personal, non-commercial use; (ii) If the Company provides desktop, mobile or other applications for download you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use.
Copyright Infringement Notice
If you believe your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, you should notify Tapley Law of your claim at info@tapley.law, as set forth in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512. To be effective your notification must be in writing and include the following information:
- An electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner;
- Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
- A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Service, with enough detail that we may find it on the Service;
- Your address, telephone number and email address;
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate, and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner.
Designated Agent for Notice of Claimed Infringement:
Talya Tapley, Tapley Law 9255 W. Sunset Blvd. Ste. 1100 West Hollywood, CA 90069, info@tapley.law, 310-986-8843
Please be aware that under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees.
Site Submissions
The user shall not upload or via email any artwork, photos or other materials (“Materials”) protected by intellectual property laws without the express written permission of the owner of the copyright. You shall be liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, trademarks, or other proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission. For all Materials submitted by you to the Website, you automatically represent and warrant that you have the authority to use and distribute the Materials, and that the use or display of the Materials will not violate any laws, rules, regulations or rights of third parties.
Lawful Purposes
You may use the Website and Services for lawful purposes only. You shall not post or transmit through the Website any material which violates or infringes the rights of others, or which is threatening, abusive, defamatory, libelous, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law.
Fees and Refund Policy
If you receive legal services from Tapley Law evidenced by a signed engagement agreement, your services will be governed by that agreement, including all provisions governing fees, payment, and refunds.
Any fee ranges or flat-fee information published on the Website is for general informational purposes only, is subject to change at any time, and does not constitute a quote or an offer. Fees applicable to your matter will be set forth in your engagement agreement.
Payment Policy
You agree and warrant that all payment instrument, credit card and related information, including billing address, used in connection with any payment made to the Company is correct and that you are authorized to use such payment instrument. With regard to any payment plan, you agree to pay the Company the amount specified in the payment plan in accordance with the terms of such plan and your engagement agreement. You hereby authorize the Company to bill your payment instrument in accordance with the terms of the applicable payment plan or engagement agreement. If payments are not made on time, you agree to pay interest on all past-due sums at the rate specified in your engagement agreement. You agree that you will request a refund prior to requesting a chargeback with your financial institution.
Third Party Website Links
If the Company, its Website or Services provide links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, including links in advertisements or sponsored links, these links are provided solely for your convenience. The Company cannot control the contents of third party websites and if you choose to access third party websites you do so at your own risk. The Company is not responsible for and does not endorse such third party sites. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by or affiliation with Tapley Law. You agree that the Company will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
Social Networking Services
You may be able to access or interact with the Services via various online third party services, such as social networking services (“Social Networking Services”). Any information you provide to Social Networking Services that is provided to us will be used, stored and disclosed by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy. The manner in which your information is used, stored and disclosed by Social Networking Services is governed solely by the policies of such third parties and the Company has no liability or responsibility for the actions of such third parties. Comments, direct messages, and other communications sent to the Firm through social media are not confidential and do not create an attorney-client relationship.
Mobile Services
The Service may include certain services that are available via mobile device (“Mobile Services”). To the extent you access the Service through a mobile device, your wireless service carrier’s standard charges, data rates and other fees may apply. By using the Mobile Services, you agree that we may communicate with you by SMS, MMS, text messages or other electronic means to your mobile device and that certain information about your usage of the Mobile Services may be communicated to us.
Cookies
The Website uses cookies so that your device displays www.tapley.law effectively and so that we can understand how the Website is used. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies using your web browser settings. If you choose not to accept cookies from www.tapley.law, you may not be able to take full advantage of its features or to receive some of the services this Website provides. Please consult our Privacy Policy for more information, including the analytics and advertising choices described there.
Termination
We have the right to terminate or suspend your access to the Website or Services for any or no reason including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.
Disclaimer
The Website and Services, including all blog posts, articles, forms, guides, or other information, are for informational and educational purposes only. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk.
Neither the Company nor any person associated with the Company makes any warranty or representation with respect to the completeness, security, reliability, quality, accuracy or availability of the Website or that the Website will otherwise meet your needs or expectations. Neither the Company nor anyone associated with the Company warrants that the Website, Services, its related content, or any services obtained through the Website will be error-free, accurate, reliable, or uninterrupted, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free from viruses or other harmful components.
The information presented on www.tapley.law is provided “as is” and “as available,” without representation or warranty of any kind. Any representation or warranty that might be otherwise implied is expressly disclaimed, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.
Nothing on this Website and Services should be construed as legal, tax, accounting, or financial advice. We are not acting in a professional capacity toward you unless and until an engagement agreement is executed as described above. Your use of this Website, its content, Services or items obtained through the Website is at your own risk.
We are not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any third parties. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website or any services or items obtained through the Website. Where the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and will not be responsible for them or any loss that may result from their use.
We make reasonable efforts to provide you with modern, reliable technology. However, in the event of a technological failure, you accept and acknowledge our lack of responsibility for said failure. The Website is updated on a regular basis and while we try to make accurate statements in a timely and effective manner, we cannot guarantee that all information on the Website and Services is completely accurate, complete or up to date, and disclaim liability for any such errors or omissions.
The foregoing does not affect any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
Assumption of Risk
By accessing the Website, its Services and related material, whether paid or unpaid, you assume the risk of your access and any subsequent actions you choose to take as a result of the informational or educational materials provided to you.
Indemnity and Release
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its attorneys, affiliates, employees, agents, licensors, and service providers from and against any and all third party suits, claims, demands, causes of action, liabilities, damages, judgments, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal expenses and attorney’s fees arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your User Content, any use of the Website’s content, Services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, your use of any of the information obtained from the Website and Services, or any breach by you of any of these terms and conditions.
You shall provide us with such assistance, without charge, as we may request in connection with any such defense, including, without limitation, providing us with such information, documents, records and reasonable access to you, as we deem necessary. You shall not settle any third party claim or waive any defense without our prior written consent.
Limitation on Liability
You understand and agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Company will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, exemplary or other loss or damage incurred by you or others in connection with our Website and Services, including without limitation any liability for any loss of revenue; loss of actual or anticipated profits; loss of contracts; loss of business; loss of opportunity; loss of goodwill; loss of reputation; damage to or corruption of data; or any indirect or consequential loss, whether such loss or damage was foreseeable or in the contemplation of the parties, whether caused by negligence, breach of contract or otherwise.
Additionally, the Company is not liable for damages in connection with (i) any failure of performance, error, omission, denial of service, attack, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus or line or system failure; (ii) loss of revenue, anticipated profits, business, savings, goodwill or data; and (iii) third party theft of, destruction of, unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of your information or property, regardless of our negligence, gross negligence, failure of an essential purpose and whether such liability arises in negligence, contract, tort, or any other theory of legal liability. The foregoing applies even if Tapley Law has been advised of the possibility of or could have foreseen the damages.
In those states that do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for such damages, our liability is limited to the fullest possible extent permitted by law. In no event shall Tapley Law’s cumulative liability to you arising out of your use of this Website exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (US $100.00).
This limitation applies only to your use of this Website. It does not apply to, limit, or affect the Firm’s professional obligations or liability to a client. The rights and obligations of a client of the Firm are governed exclusively by that client’s engagement agreement, and nothing in these Terms of Use limits any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law or under the rules of professional conduct applicable to the Firm’s attorneys.
Severability
If any portion of these Terms of Use is deemed to be illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement remain in full force.
No Waiver
No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement by Tapley Law shall be deemed, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing by us.
Assignment
These terms and conditions bind and inure to the benefit of the parties’ successors and assigns. These terms and conditions are not assignable, delegable, or transferable by you, unless accepted by written consent by Tapley Law. Any transfer, assignment, delegation or sublicense by you is invalid.
Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the final, exclusive agreement between you and the Company regarding the use and access of the Website. All earlier and contemporaneous agreements, negotiations, understandings, representations and warranties between you and the Company regarding the Website are expressly merged into and superseded by this Agreement. These Terms of Use do not modify, supersede, or limit any executed engagement agreement between you and Tapley Law, which controls as to the Firm’s legal representation of you.
Effect of Headings
The subject headings of the paragraphs and subparagraphs of this Agreement are included for convenience only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of any of its provisions.
Contact
This Website is operated by Tapley Law, 9255 W. Sunset Blvd. Ste. 1100 West Hollywood CA 90069. All feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to: info@tapley.law.
All notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and properly addressed as follows:
Tapley Law Attn: Talya Tapley, Esq. 9255 W. Sunset Blvd. Ste. 1100 West Hollywood CA 90069, info@tapley.law
Limitation on Time to File Claims
Any cause of action or claim you may have arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or the Website must be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues; otherwise such cause of action or claim is permanently barred. This section does not apply where a shortened limitations period is prohibited by applicable law, and does not apply to any claim arising out of the Firm’s legal representation of a client.
Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.
Binding Arbitration, Venue and Choice of Law
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use, or the breach thereof, including the applicability or enforceability of this binding arbitration provision, shall be settled exclusively by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The number of arbitrators shall be one. The place of arbitration shall be Los Angeles County, California, and California law shall apply. Each party shall pay its own proportionate share of arbitrator fees and the arbitration fees and expenses of the American Arbitration Association.
Before initiating arbitration, the party asserting a dispute must send the other party written notice describing the dispute and the relief sought, addressed as set forth in the Contact section above, and the parties agree to attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute informally for thirty (30) days after notice is received.
The parties waive their right to lead or participate in any class, collective, consolidated, or representative proceeding, and waive any right to a trial by jury. The arbitrator may not consolidate the claims of more than one person and may not preside over any form of class or representative proceeding. If this class waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief, that claim or request will be severed and resolved in a court of competent jurisdiction located in Los Angeles County, California, and the remainder of this section will remain in effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) either party may bring an individual action in small claims court if the claim qualifies and remains in that forum;
(ii) either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent or restrain actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of its copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other intellectual property rights;
(iii) nothing in this section applies to any claim that applicable law or the rules of professional conduct prohibited from being submitted to pre-dispute binding arbitration; and
(iv) nothing in this section waives, limits, or affects any right a client or prospective client has to elect arbitration of a fee dispute through the State Bar of California’s fee arbitration program, which right cannot be waived in advance.
This section does not govern disputes between the Firm and a client arising out of the Firm’s legal representation. Those disputes are governed by the dispute-resolution provisions of the applicable engagement agreement.
Recovery of Litigation Expenses
If any legal action or any arbitration or other proceeding is brought for the enforcement of this Agreement, or because of an alleged dispute, breach, default, or misrepresentation in connection with any of the provisions of this Agreement, the successful or prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs incurred in that action or proceeding, in addition to any other relief to which it may be entitled.