Terms
& Conditions for Union Friendly Legal Network
Terms and Conditions of Use
October 10, 2008
YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT
TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE.
This web site, including all of its features, content
and associated web sites is a service made available by UnionFriendly.com
and/or its affiliates ("Provider") and all content, information,
services and software ordered or provided on or through this Web
Site ("Content") may be used solely under the following
terms and conditions ("Terms of Use").
1. Web Site Limited License. As a user of this Web Site you are
granted a nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable, limited license
to access and use this Web Site and Content in accordance with these
Terms of Use. Provider may terminate this license at any time for
any reason.
2. Limitations on Use; Third Party Communications.
2.1. Limitations on Use. The Content on this Web Site is for your
personal use only and not for commercial exploitation. Notwithstanding
the foregoing and to the extent this Web Site provides electronic
commerce, such buying opportunities may be made available for group
as well as personal purchasing, so long as you are authorized to
make purchases on behalf of such group. You may not use the Content
to determine a consumer's eligibility for: (a) credit or insurance
for personal, family, or household purposes; (b) employment; or
(c) a government license or benefit. You may not decompile,
reverse engineer, disassemble, rent, lease, loan, sell, sublicense,
or create derivative works from this Web Site or the Content. Nor
may you use any network monitoring or discovery software to determine
the site architecture, or extract information about usage, individual
identities or users. You may not use any robot, spider, other automatic
software or device, or manual process to monitor or copy our Web
Site or the Content without Provider's prior written permission.
You may not use this Web Site to transmit any false, misleading,
fraudulent or illegal communications. You may not copy, modify,
reproduce, republish, distribute, display, or transmit for commercial,
non-profit or public purposes all or any portion of this Web Site,
except to the extent permitted above. You may not use or otherwise
export or re-export this Web Site or any portion thereof, or the
Content in violation of the export control laws and regulations
of the United States of America. Any unauthorized use of this Web
Site or its Content is prohibited. 2.2. Third Party Communications.
Provider disclaims all liability for any Third Party Communications
you may receive or any actions you may take or refrain from taking
as a result of any Third Party Communications. You are solely responsible
for assessing and verifying the identity and trustworthiness of
the source and content of any Third Party Communications. Provider
assumes no responsibility for verifying, and makes no representations
or warranties regarding, the identity or trustworthiness of the
source or content of any Third Party Communications. As used herein,
"Third Party Communications" means any communications
directed to you from any third party directly or indirectly in connection
with this Web Site.
3. Not Legal Advice. Content is not intended to and does not constitute
legal advice and no attorney-client relationship is formed, nor
is anything submitted to this Web Site treated as confidential.
The accuracy, completeness, adequacy or currency of the Content
is not warranted or guaranteed. Your use of Content on this Web
Site or materials linked from this Web Site is at your own risk.
4. Intellectual Property Rights. Except as expressly provided in
these Terms of Use, nothing contained herein shall be construed
as conferring any license or right, by implication, estoppel or
otherwise, under copyright or other intellectual property rights.
You agree that the Content and Web Site are protected by copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and
laws. For further information see Copyright. 5. Digital Millennium
Copyright Act - Notification of Alleged Copyright Infringement.
Provider has registered an agent with the United States Copyright
Office in accordance with the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (the "Act") and avails itself of the protections under
the Act. Provider reserves the right to remove any Content that
allegedly infringes another person's copyright. Provider will terminate,
in appropriate circumstances, subscribers and account holders of
the Provider's system or network who are repeat infringers of another
person's copyright. Notices to Provider regarding any alleged copyright
infringement should be directed to the UnionFriendly Chief Legal
Officer at 2725 E Desert Inn Road Suite 120, Las Vegas, Nevada 89121,
702-650-0080 Attn.: legalnotices@unionfriendly.com |
6. Linking to this Web Site. You may provide links only to the homepage
of this Web Site, provided (a) you do not remove or obscure, by
framing or otherwise, any portion of the homepage, including its
advertisements, the terms of use, the copyright notice, or other
notices on this Web Site, (b) you give Provider notice of such link
by sending an e-mail to legalnotices@unionfriendly.com and (c) you
discontinue providing links to this Web Site if requested by Provider.
If you wish to provide links to a section within this Web Site,
you should forward your request to Provider at legalnotices@unionfriendly.com
and Provider will notify you if permission is granted, and if so
the terms and conditions of the permission.
7. License of Your Content to Provider. By posting, publishing,
uploading, or distributing any messages, data, information, text,
graphics, links, content, or other materials (collectively, "Postings")
for use on this Web Site, you grant (or warrant that the owner of
such rights has expressly granted) Provider a perpetual, worldwide,
royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license, with
the right to sublicense, to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish,
publicly perform, publicly display, digitally display and digitally
perform, translate, create derivative works from and distribute
such Postings or incorporate such Postings into any form, medium,
or technology now known or later developed throughout the universe.
You agree that you shall have no recourse against Provider for
any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary
right in Postings you provide to Provider.
8. No Solicitation. You shall not distribute on or through this
Web Site any Postings containing any advertising, promotion, solicitation
for goods, services or funds or solicitation for others to become
members of any enterprise or organization without the express written
permission of the Provider. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any
interactive areas of this Web Site (the "Interactive Areas"),
which includes, without limitation, any blogs, wikis, bulletin boards,
discussion boards, chat rooms, email forums, and question and answer
features, where appropriate you a) may list along with your name,
address and email address, your own web site's URL and b) may recommend
third party web sites, goods or services so long as you have no
financial interest in and receive no direct or indirect benefit
from such recommended web site, product or service or its recommendation.
In no event may any person or entity solicit anyone with data retrieved
from this Web Site.
9. Advertisers. This Web Site may contain advertising and sponsorship.
Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material
submitted for inclusion on this Web Site is accurate and complies
with
applicable laws. Provider will not be responsible for the illegality
of or any error or inaccuracy in advertisers' or sponsors' materials
or for the acts or omissions of advertisers and sponsors.
10. Registration. Certain sections of this Web Site require you
to register. If registration is requested, you agree to provide
accurate and complete registration information. It is your responsibility
to inform Provider of any changes to that information. Each registration
is for a single individual only, unless specifically designated
otherwise on the registration page. Provider does not permit a)
anyone other than you to use the sections requiring registration
by using your name or password; or b) access through a single name
being made available to multiple users on a network or otherwise.
You are responsible for preventing such unauthorized use. If you
believe there has been unauthorized use, you must notify Provider
immediately by emailing legalnotices@unionfriendly.com.
11. Postings in interactive areas of the Web Site.
11.1. Postings to be Lawful. If you participate in Interactive Areas
on this Web Site, you shall not post, publish, upload or distribute
any Postings which are unlawful or abusive in any way, including,
but not limited to, any Postings that are defamatory, libelous,
pornographic, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity
rights, inclusive of hate speech, or would constitute or encourage
a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or give rise
to liability or violate any local, state, federal or international
law, or the regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
any rules of any securities exchange such as the New York Stock
Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or the NASDAQ, either intentionally
or unintentionally. Provider may delete your Posting at any time
for any reason without permission from you.
11.2. Postings to be in Your Name. Your Postings shall be accompanied
by your real name and shall not be posted anonymously. Notwithstanding
the previous sentence, if the applicable registration page for your
participation in an Interactive Area allows you to create a screen
name, you may select and use a screen name that is not your real
name, provided that you use your real name when registering for
participation in the Interactive Area. Participants in Interactive
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Areas
shall not misrepresent their identity or their affiliation with any
person or entity.
11.3. No Monitoring of Postings. Provider has no obligation to monitor
or screen Postings and is not responsible for the content in such
Postings or any content linked to or from such Postings. Provider
however reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to monitor Interactive
Areas, screen Postings, edit Postings, cause Postings not to be posted,
published, uploaded or distributed, and remove Postings, at any time
and for any reason or no reason.
11.4. Non-Commercial Use only of Interactive Areas. Any Interactive
Area is provided solely for your personal use. Any unauthorized use
of any Interactive Area of this Web Site, its Content, or Postings
is expressly prohibited.
12. Errors and Corrections. Provider does not represent or warrant
that this Web Site or the Content or Postings will be error-free,
free of viruses or other harmful components, or that defects will
be corrected or that it will always be accessible. Provider does not
warrant or represent that the Content or Postings available on or
through this Web Site will be correct, accurate, timely, or otherwise
reliable. Provider may make improvements and/or changes to its features,
functionality or Content or Postings at any time.
13. Third Party Content. Third party content (including, without limitation,
Postings) may appear on this Web Site or may be accessible via links
from this Web Site. Provider shall not be responsible for and assumes
no liability for any infringement, mistakes, misstatements of law,
defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehood, obscenity, pornography
or profanity in the statements, opinions, representations or any other
form of content contained in any third party content appearing on
this Web Site. You understand that the information and opinions in
the third party content is neither endorsed by nor does it reflect
the belief or opinion of Provider. Further, information and opinions
provided by employees and agents of Provider in Interactive Areas
are not necessarily endorsed by Provider and do not necessarily represent
the beliefs and opinions of Provider.
14. Attorney Ethics Notice. If you are an attorney participating in
any aspect of this Web Site, including but not limited to Interactive
Areas, you acknowledge that the Rules of Professional Conduct of the
jurisdictions where you are licensed ("Rules") apply to
all aspects of your participation and that you will abide by these
Rules. These Rules include, but are not limited to, the rules relating
to advertising, solicitation of clients, unauthorized practice of
law, and misrepresentations of fact. Provider disclaims all responsibility
for your compliance with these Rules. You further agree and acknowledge
that when you participate in any Interactive Area on this Web Site,
that you will not offer legal advice, but will only provide general
information.
15. DISCLAIMER. THIS WEB SITE, THE INTERACTIVE AREAS, THE CONTENT,
AND POSTINGS ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.
PROVIDER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
PROVIDER DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM,
LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR
ANY WAY RELATED TO (A) ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THIS WEB SITE,
THE INTERACTIVE AREAS, THE CONTENT, AND THE POSTINGS INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, TECHNICAL INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, (B)
THIRD PARTY COMMUNICATIONS, (C) ANY THIRD PARTY WEB SITES OR CONTENT
THEREIN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACCESSED THROUGH LINKS IN THIS WEB
SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS THEREFROM,
(D) THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THIS WEB SITE, THE INTERACTIVE AREAS, THE
CONTENT, THE POSTINGS, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, (E) YOUR USE OF THIS
WEB SITE, THE INTERACTIVE AREAS, THE CONTENT, OR THE POSTINGS, OR
(F) YOUR USE OF ANY EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
WEB SITE, THE INTERACTIVE AREAS, THE CONTENT, OR THE POSTINGS.
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. PROVIDER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM
YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE, THE CONTENT, THE POSTINGS, THE INTERACTIVE
AREAS, ANY FACTS OR OPINIONS APPEARING ON OR THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE
AREA, OR ANY THIRD PARTY COMMUNICATIONS. PROVIDER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS'
FEES) IN ANY WAY DUE TO, RESULTING FROM, OR ARISING IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE, THE
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INTERACTIVE AREAS, THE CONTENT, THE POSTINGS, OR ANY THIRD PARTY
COMMUNICATIONS. TO THE EXTENT THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IS PROHIBITED OR FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, PROVIDER'S SOLE
OBLIGATION TO YOU FOR DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO $100.00.
17. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Provider,
its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers
and any third party information providers to the Web Site harmless
from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation
of these Terms of Use by you or arising from or related to any Postings
uploaded or submitted by you.
18. Third Party Rights. The provisions of paragraphs 15 (Disclaimer),
16 (Limitation of Liability), and 17 (Indemnification) are for the
benefit of Provider and its officers, directors, employees, agents,
licensors, suppliers, and any third party information providers
to the Web Site. Each of these individuals or entities shall have
the right to assert and enforce those provisions directly against
you on its own behalf.
19. Unlawful Activity. Provider reserves the right to investigate
complaints or reported violations of our Terms of Use and to take
any action we deem appropriate including but not limited to reporting
any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators,
or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary
or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to user profiles,
e-mail addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses
and traffic information.
20. Remedies for Violations. Provider reserves the right to seek
all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these
Terms of Use, including but not limited to the right to block access
from a particular internet address to this Web Site and any other
Provider web sites and their features.
21. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. The Terms of Use are governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York and any action arising out of or relating to these terms shall
be filed only in state or federal courts located in New York and
you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such
courts for the purpose of litigating any such action.
22. Additional Terms.
22.1. Privacy. Your use of this Web Site is subject to Provider's
Privacy Policy. (link to http://unionfriendly.com/privacy_statement.html
)
23. Severability of Provisions. These Terms of Use incorporate by
reference any notices contained on this Web Site, the Privacy Policy
and the LN Services Terms and constitute the entire agreement with
respect to access to and use of this Web Site, the Interactive Areas,
and the Content and Postings. If any provision of these Terms of
Use is unlawful, void or unenforceable, or conflicts with the LN
Services Terms then that provision shall be deemed severable from
the remaining provisions and shall not affect their validity and
enforceability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these
Terms of Use, if you have a separate signed written agreement with
a Provider that applies to your use of any of that Provider's Content,
that agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and
that Provider with respect to the affected Content subject thereto
(the "Otherwise Covered Content"), and these Terms of
Use shall be treated as having no force or effect with respect to
the Otherwise Covered Content.
24. Modifications to Terms of Use. Provider reserves the right to
change these Terms of Use at any time. Updated versions of the Terms
of Use will appear on this Web Site and are effective immediately.
You are responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms of Use. Continued
use of this Web Site after any such changes constitutes your consent
to such changes.
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