Terms & Conditions
These Terms govern your access to and use of wrongfulterminationlawreview.com (the “Site”). The Site and its content are published as the California Wrongful Termination Law Review (“CWTLR,” “the Review,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
Read before relying on any entry
This publication is a research repository and analysis of new and seminal California wrongful-termination and employment decisions. It is provided for informational purposes only.
Verify currency of authority
Each summary reflects the decision as of its publication date. Nothing here is a representation that a case remains good law. Confirm subsequent history and current validity through an independent citator before citing or relying on any case.
Not legal advice
These materials are not legal advice and do not create an attorney–client relationship. Summaries and analysis are editorial interpretations and may not capture every holding, nuance, or procedural detail of a decision.
No warranty
Content is provided “as is,” without warranty of accuracy or completeness. Always consult the official reporter and primary source text. Use of this repository constitutes acceptance of these terms.
1. Acceptance of these Terms
By accessing or using the Site, you agree to these Terms & Conditions and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Site.
2. Informational purposes only — not legal advice
The Site publishes legal analysis, commentary, and summaries of statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions concerning California wrongful-termination and employment law. All content is for general informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Nothing on the Site is a substitute for advice from a licensed attorney about your specific situation.
3. No attorney–client relationship
Using the Site, reading its content, or contacting the Review or its authors does not create an attorney–client relationship. Do not send confidential or time-sensitive information through the Site; unsolicited information is not treated as confidential.
4. No warranty — content provided “as is”
The Site and its content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy, completeness, currentness, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that content is error-free or up to date.
5. Currency, validity, and citability of authorities — reader must independently verify
The law changes constantly. Cases and statutes discussed on the Site may, after the date a piece is published or last updated, be reversed, overruled, depublished, superseded, limited, distinguished, amended, repealed, or have review granted, and their publication status and citability may change. Content reflects the author’s understanding only as of the date indicated on the item and is not updated to reflect later developments unless expressly stated.
We make no representation or warranty that any case discussed remains “good law,” has not been overturned or depublished, or is currently citable. You are solely responsible for independently confirming, through a current primary source and an up-to-date citator, that any authority is valid, still good law, and properly citable in your jurisdiction before relying on or citing it in any brief, filing, advice, or decision.
6. Site content may not be cited as legal authority
The Review’s content — including its case summaries, analysis, commentary, practice guides, and editorial opinions — is secondary, editorial material provided for general information only. It is not legal authority and has no precedential or persuasive force, and it may not be cited, quoted, or relied upon as authority in any brief, motion, pleading, memorandum, declaration, or other paper or submission filed or served in any court, arbitration, administrative, or other legal or governmental proceeding. If you wish to use anything you read here, cite and quote only the primary sources themselves — the official reporter and the text of the opinion, statute, or regulation — which you must independently confirm and verify as set out in Section 5. Any use of the Review’s analysis, summaries, or opinions in support of a legal position is solely at your own risk and is neither authorized nor endorsed by the Review.
7. Reader responsibility; independent professional judgment
The Site is a research and analysis resource, not a substitute for independent research or professional judgment. Verify all authorities against the official primary sources before use. Your reliance on any Site content is at your own risk.
8. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Review and its editors, authors, and contributors are not liable for any damages of any kind arising from or related to your use of, or inability to use, the Site or its content, including reliance on any information or any error or omission, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
9. Third-party links and contributor profiles
The Site may link to third-party websites, including the firm websites of contributing attorneys. Those links are provided for convenience and do not constitute an endorsement, a recommendation, or a referral. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of any linked site. The Contributor Directory is not a lawyer-referral service.
10. Intellectual property and permitted use
Judicial opinions and statutes quoted or linked are public-domain government works. The Site’s original analysis, commentary, organization, and design are protected by copyright and may not be copied or republished without permission, except for limited fair use with attribution. The Site does not reproduce proprietary editorial materials (e.g., commercial headnotes, syllabi, or annotations).
11. No guarantee of results
Nothing on the Site is a promise or guarantee about the outcome of any legal matter.
12. Changes to the Site and to these Terms
The Site’s content and these Terms may be changed at any time without notice. We will update the “Effective date” above when we make material changes. Your continued use of the Site after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
13. Governing law; dispute resolution; arbitration and class-action waiver
Governing law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Except for matters subject to arbitration below, you agree that any permitted court action will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California, and you consent to personal jurisdiction and venue there.
Informal resolution first. Before starting an arbitration, you agree to first contact us at editor@wrongfulterminationlawreview.com and attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days.
Binding arbitration. Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to the Site, its content, or these Terms that is not resolved informally will be resolved by final and binding individual arbitration, rather than in court, except as provided below. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Section. The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect, before a single arbitrator, seated in Los Angeles County, California, unless the parties agree otherwise. The arbitrator’s award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Class-action and representative-action waiver. All disputes will be arbitrated or litigated only on an individual basis. You and the Review waive any right to bring or participate in a class, collective, consolidated, or representative action. The arbitrator may award relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to resolve that party’s individual claim.
Exceptions / carve-outs. Either party may (a) bring an individual claim in small-claims court, and (b) seek to protect its intellectual-property rights in court. In addition, nothing in this Section waives any right to seek public injunctive relief to the extent such a waiver is prohibited by applicable law; any such claim will proceed in court and be stayed pending arbitration of the arbitrable claims.
30-day right to opt out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement and class-action waiver by emailing editor@wrongfulterminationlawreview.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, stating your name and that you intend to opt out. Opting out will not affect any other part of these Terms.
Severability of this Section. If the class-action and representative-action waiver is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim will be severed and proceed in court, while the remaining claims proceed in arbitration. If any other part of this Section is found unenforceable, the remainder will continue to apply.
14. Contact
Questions about these Terms: editor@wrongfulterminationlawreview.com.