Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using this Application Programming Interface (“API”), which provides access to certain Practising Law Institute’s (“PLI”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) programming and content, you (“Developer”, “User", or “you”) agree to be bound by these API Terms and Conditions (“Terms”). These Terms supplement and hereby incorporate by reference the PLI Terms of Service as may be updated by us from time to time and including any other terms and conditions referenced therein (“PLI Terms”). These Terms constitute a binding legal agreement between you and PLI. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may neither access nor use the API.

2. License Grant

Subject to these Terms, we grant to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, royalty-free license to access and use the API solely in connection with any software application, tool, or service developed by or for you that is authorized to integrate, call, interact with, or rely on the API (“Application”) and in accordance with these Terms (including the PLI Terms) and any accompanying documentation relating to the API and made available by us (“Documentation”).

3. Registration and API Keys

  • To access or use the API, you will be required to register and obtain an API key to authenticate your Application’s API calls (“API Key”).

  • You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your API Key and for all activity that occurs under it.

  • You must not share, sell, transfer, or sublicense your API Key to any third party.

  • We reserve the right to revoke your API Key at any time, with or without notice, for any violation, or suspected violation, of these Terms.

4. Permitted Use

You may use the API to:

  • Access and retrieve PLI content for personal, educational, research, or commercial Application development.

  • Build an Application, provided it complies with these Terms and the Documentation.

  • Cache or store API responses as necessary for the functionality of your Application, consistent with any caching headers or documentation guidelines (including the Documentation), such caching or storage not to exceed a reasonable period of time.

5. Prohibited Use

You may not access or use the API to:

  • Violate any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation;

  • Scrape, mirror, or systematically archive information or content without PLI’s prior written consent;

  • Reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to extract the source code or underlying data structures of the API;

  • Distribute, resell, rent, lease, sublicense, commercialize, or redistribute the API itself (as distinct from Applications built on top of the API in accordance with these Terms) or API Keys;

  • Transmit malicious code, interfere with the API's infrastructure, or conduct or facilitate denial-of-service attacks;

  • Misrepresent the source of content or remove, disable, or modify any attribution, copyright, or proprietary notices;

  • Use the API to generate, distribute, or facilitate spam, harassment, or harmful or offensive content;

  • Bypass or circumvent any security, access, or usage restrictions or limits (e.g., by creating a new API Key or using traffic anonymizers like rotating or residential proxies); or

  • Use, without PLI’s prior consent, any information or content from the API to (a) develop, train, test, fine-tune, or improve any software or artificial intelligence tool or system or for machine learning purposes or (b) provide or reproduce information or content from the API as a prompt or input to any artificial intelligence tool or system.

6. Rate and Use Limits; Monitoring

  • We may, in our sole discretion, set, modify, or remove rate limits, usage quotas, and other technical restrictions on your or your Application’s access to or use of the API at any time and without prior notice to you. The rate limits (e.g., requests per minute, daily call caps) are published in the Documentation.

  • We may (but are not obligated to) monitor and review your or your Application’s access to or use of the API, at any time and without further notice to you, to ensure quality, improve our products and services, and verify your compliance with these Terms and the Documentation. You will provide PLI with any information that we may reasonably request regarding your Application, usage of the API and API Keys, and compliance with these API Terms (including the PLI Terms and the Documentation).

  • We reserve the right to throttle, suspend or terminate your and/or your Application’s access to or use of the API if PLI reasonably believes that your or your Application’s usage exceeds published limits or negatively affects the security, integrity, or availability of the API.

  • Automated or bot-driven usage must comply with all published rate limits and must not attempt or seek to exceed, circumvent or bypass such limits.

7. Content and Intellectual Property

  • All information and content returned via the API (“API Content”) remains the intellectual property of PLI or its licensors.

  • These Terms do not transfer any ownership rights in API Content to you.

  • You are responsible for ensuring your use of API Content complies with all applicable copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

  • You must display all required attribution as specified in the PLI Content Display Guidelines for API Partners available at [https://www.pli.edu/developer], which PLI may update from time to time.

8. Your Content and Data

  • If you transmit any data or content to the API (e.g., query parameters, uploaded content), you grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to process that data for the purpose of providing, maintaining, and improving the API service.

  • Please review the current version of our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle information that we collect from you.

9. Modifications to the API and Terms

  • We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the API (or any part thereof) at any time, with or without notice.

  • We may update these Terms at any time. Continued access to or use of the API after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. Any changes to these Terms shall not apply to any dispute between you and PLI arising prior to the date on which PLI posted the updated version of these Terms incorporating such changes or otherwise notified you of such changes. 

  • Material changes to these Terms will be communicated via email, a notice on the developer portal where reasonably practicable, or any other reasonable means.

10. Disclaimers

THE API IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT WARRANT, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, THAT (A) THE API WILL OPERATE PROPERLY; (B) THE API WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR (C) ANY DEFECTS IN THE API CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED.

11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE API, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, SHALL NOT EXCEED $100 USD.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless PLI and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with (a) your access to or use of the API; (b) your actual or alleged violation of these Terms; or (c) your infringement of any third-party intellectual property or other proprietary rights.

13. Termination

  • We may limit, suspend, or terminate your access to the API immediately, without prior notice, for any actual or suspected breach of these Terms.

  • Upon termination, all licenses granted herein will automatically terminate and you must discontinue use of the API and API Keys.

  • Sections 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 shall survive termination of these Terms.

14. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising under these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in New York County, New York State, U.S.A.

15. General Provisions

  • Entire Agreement: These Terms, together with the PLI Terms, Privacy Policy and any supplemental documentation, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the API.

  • Order of Precedence: In the event of an irreconcilable conflict between the provisions of these Terms and the PLI Terms, these Terms shall govern solely with respect to the API, including your access to and use of the API.

  • Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

  • Waiver: Failure to enforce any provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce it in the future.

  • Assignment: You may not assign your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights or obligations freely.

16. Contact

For questions regarding access to or use of the API, please contact: info@pli.edu.