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CONDITIONS OF USE
BY USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OF ITS USE.
1. Your use of the site is limited, nonexclusive, strictly subject to the terms of this agreement, and may be terminated by Advokat.com (hereinafter “the Provider”) at any time for any reason.
2. Prohibited Uses
The content on this Web Site is for personal or group use only. It is not to be used for credit checks or insurance eligibility checks, for background checks for employment or any governmental purposes. The use of any automatic software or robots or spiders for monitoring or copying this site is strictly prohibited, or of any software for figuring out how this site is designed is prohibited. Users have an obligation to be truthful and ethical in using this site. It is prohibited to sue this site for any false, illegal, or fraudulent communications. Copying or retransmitting in any form any portion of this site whatsoever for any purpose without express written consent of the Provider is prohibited.
3. No Guarantees or Liability for any Use by Site Users of any of the materials on this Site
Provider cannot guarantee that any content of this site is not error-free- or virus free. Provider makes no guarantee of the veracity or safety of any content or communications by any users of this site, whether between third parties or to you directly.
Provider is expressly disclaims any and all warranties for any and all damages. You agree that Provider shall not be liable for any use you make of this site whatsoever in any way. You agree to hold provider completely harmless in any claim resulting in any way from your use of this site.
4. No Confidentiality, No Legal Advice Provided, No Attorney-Client Relationship.
This site is not confidential and nothing stated on this site can be considered confidential. This site cannot and does not provide legal advice in any way. Each case is different. Any general discussion of legal issues may miss crucial specifics vital to your personal case and circumstances. Any use of any material on this site made by you is strictly at your own risk.
You cannot and should not rely on any content of this site in making legal decisions. By using this site you do not create any attorney-client relationship.
5. Requesting Referrals
This site is not a Legal Referral service. You are always solely responsible for your own choice of lawyers. If you request, Provider may provide you with possible lawyers who might match your search criteria. However, the decision to retain a lawyer is always yours and yours alone. makes no warranties or representations or guarantees about the attorneys who may be referred to you based on your criteria, and by using this site, you agree to hold Provider harmless in connection with any dispute or claim against said attorneys for any reason whatsoever.
6. Listings.
All information in the directory of lawyers on this site is provided by the parties listing themselves, and/or is obtained from public sources. Provider does not warrant the validity of the information, nor does it guarantee the quality of the work product offered. Any retainer of lawyer for legal services is an extremely important decision, which should not be based solely upon advertisements or self-proclaimed expertise. Provider is not responsible for any material or information contained in the linked sites or provided by listees. A description or indication of limitation of practice by a lawyer does not mean that any agency or board has certified such lawyer as a specialist or expert in any indicated field of law practice, nor does it mean that such lawyer is necessarily any more expert or competent than any other lawyer. All potential clients are urged to make their own independent investigation and evaluation before making a choice.
7. Intellectual Property Rights.
a) The contents of this website are protected intellectual property. Any unauthorized use thereof is prohibited.
b) You warrant that any material you place on this site is your own or is authorized by the owner to be placed on this site. You agree not to violate or misappropriate any other parties’ intellectual property rights in any of the postings or submissions you make to this site.
c) By using this site, you grant Provider an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license to use or authorize use of any material in any and all manner whatsoever that you submit to this site. You agree that Provider shall not be liable to you for any use whatsoever it makes of any material or submissions you post on the web site.
d) You are advised not to post any material on this site unless you wish to relinquish all rights to it.
e) Provider does not warrant the accuracy of any of the postings made by third parties on this site. Any reliance you make on such postings is at your own risk, and you agree to hold Provider harmless for any liability derived from use of any material on this site.
f) Digital Millennium Copyright Act Compliance.
In accordance with the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Provider has the right to remove any material from the site that allegedly infringes another person's copyright. Any infringement of others’ copyrights is grounds for account termination.
8. Linking to this Web Site.
You may provide links to this Web Site, as long as you don’t remove or obscure in any way any portion of this site, and in particular do not remove or obscure any advertisements, terms of use, copyright notices, and other notices on this Web Site.
You agree that if the Provider so requests, you will at once deactivate and discontinue providing links to this Web Site. You also agree that Provider may deactivate any such link by itself without seeking any further permission from you.
9. No Solicitation.
Without Provider’s permission, you shall not distribute any kind of advertising, promotion, or solicitations for goods, services or funds or solicitation for others to become members of any enterprise or organization. You are however, allowed to list your own name, contact information and website in any postings, and are allowed to comment on or recommend other parties’ sites, services, or goods on any interactive features, including blogs, wikis, bulletin or discussion boards, chat rooms, forums, and question and answer features. However you are not allowed to have any financial or indirect interest in or receive any benefit or referral fees for any such recommendations. Unauthorized solicitation of anyone with data from this site is prohibited.
10. Advertisers and Sponsors.
Advertisers and sponsors must provide accurate and legally permissible material. Provider bears no responsibility whatsoever for any illegality or error or inaccuracy in advertisers' or sponsors' materials, and advertisers and sponsors agree to hold provider harmless for any liability.
11. Postings must be Genuine and Lawful, Respectful of Confidentiality,
You agree to use only your real name in any postings on this site, to use this site in an ethical and truthful manner, only for lawful purposes, always in compliance with all Federal and state and local laws, and only to post lawful materials. You agree to refrain from any and all hate speech or defamatory or pornographic or libelous or otherwise inflammatory content. You agree to respect others’ privacy, to refrain from posting any confidential information on this site, and likewise agree that you shall not report any confidential or protected health information or patient information on this site. You agree that Provider has no obligation to monitor the contents of any postings that may be made, but has the right to do so, and has the right to remove or not to post any content at any time for any reason at its sole discretion.
12. Registrations
You must provide truthful and complete registration information if asked, and unless otherwise expressly authorized in writing, any registration is only for single individuals only.
13. Interactive Areas Are for Non-Commercial Use Only
You agree that interactive areas are exclusively for non-commercial use, unless Provider provides you express written permission otherwise.
14. Honesty and Ethical Behavior Required
You agree to use this site ethically and honestly and legally at all times. You agree never to misrepresent your name or situation or identity in any use whatsoever of this site. This site may not be used to promote the unauthorized practice of law in any way.
15. Extra Rules for Members of the Bar and/or Bench.
If you are an attorney or an employee of an attorney or law practice, you agree that in any posting or use you make of or on this site, you remain legally bound by the applicable Rules of Professional Ethics and Responsibility for your jurisdiction as well as the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Attorneys must promptly and fully disclose to Provider full details of any disciplinary proceedings, malpractice actions, admonitions or censures or reprimands, resignations, suspensions, disbarments, loss of license, or other incapacity or inability to practice with respect to said Attorneys.
If you are a judge or an employee of any branch of the judiciary, you agree that whatever posting or use you make of this site must be in compliance with the rules of judicial conduct for your jurisdiction as well as the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Judicial Conduct, and that you will promptly notify Provider of any complaints, impeachment proceedings, or other proceedings against you.
Provider highly recommends that you include a disclaimer at the end of every Posting stating that you are not providing legal advice or creating any lawyer-client relationship. Provider bears no responsibility or liability for any noncompliance by you with applicable laws and rules of professional conduct, or for any failure by you to include a disclaimer in the Interactive Areas.
16. Rules for Use of the “Question and Answer” Feature
a) All Participants in the “Question and Answer” feature expressly agree that Provider will own all intellectual property rights to all the content appearing in the “Question and Answer” feature. If you participate, you expressly agree that Provider has commissioned you to provide your postings, which will be owned by Provider as works for hire, and may thereafter be used by Provider at its discretion in accordance with Article 7(c) herein. All postings in this program must be your own original words or work.
b) If you are a lawyer providing answers, Provider hereby grants you a nonexclusive, nontransferable license, to post your answers to the questions in the feature in your firm’s website, blog, appropriate professional sites, and social media pages on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. However, any such use must include a hyperlink to the specific Question and Answer session on Provider’s site, no portion of the Question and Answer Session may be provided to any competitor of the Provider, and Provider may terminate said license at its sole discretion. If you are asked by Provider to cease your use of the content of any portion of the Question and Answer Session, you must do so within ten (10) business days.
c) All participation in “Question and Answer” is volunteer and uncompensated. You will however, have your name archived, and it will make you more visible to site visitors.
d) Notwithstanding the fact that your participation is unpaid, you will answer all questions you are posed in an reasonably diligent, professional, competent, and courteous manner.
e) If you wish to withdraw from “question and Answer” you may do so at any time by duly notifying Provider in writing.
f) Direct contact with questioners on the Question and Answer forum, or otherwise communicating with them by personal email or phone or other personal contact is prohibited. If it is discovered, will be grounds to bar your further participation in this site.
g) In accordance with Article 3 herein, Provider bears no liability for any consequences resulting from anyone’s participation in the Question and Answer program
17. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Provider, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers and any third party information providers to this Web Site harmless from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any claim made against you for your use of this site. You also agree that you will be liable to Provider for any violation of these Conditions of Use by you or arising from or related to any use made by you of this site.
18. Further Rights and Remedies of Provider
Provider reserves the right to take any and all appropriate action to deal with any suspected violations of these conditions. Provider has the right at its discretion to report any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and to disclose any information as it sees proper to investigate possible violations of law or ethics.
Provider also reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these Conditions of Use, including removal or editing of content and blocking access to this Web Site and any other Provider web sites and their features.
19. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. These Conditions of Use shall be governed by and under the laws of the State of New York. Any action arising out of or relating to these Conditions shall be filed only in state or federal courts located in City, County, and State of New York. You hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating any such action.
20. Provider may change these Conditions of Use at any time. When and if they change, the updated versions of the Conditions of Use will appear on this Site and will be effective immediately. You are responsible for the Conditions of Use in effect at the time of your use of this site. If you use this site after any changes to the Conditions of use have been made, then you will be deemed to have consented to such changes.
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