Rules & Terms

• NEVER, EVER SPAM – Very simply, do not spam reporters with inappropriate or off-topic replies and do not harvest reporters’ email addresses for any purpose.


• DO NOT POST QUERIES ON THE INTERNET – You may forward queries to your friends and colleagues, but you may NOT post them on blogs, web sites or anywhere else on the Internet.


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Violation of any of the above rules may result in a warning, suspension or banishment from LawyerWire.com.

TERMS OF USE

This document comprises the Terms of Use Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”, and constitutes a legally binding Agreement between you, (“You”) the visitor, member or advertiser to or on our web site, hereinafter referred to as the “site”, and LawyerWire.com, the corporation that serves as the owner and operator of this site.

As a condition precedent to you being able to use any of the tools, functions and services provided to you by this site, you must read and agree to be bound by each and every one of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. Should you access any component of this site, or use any tools, functions or services that this site offers, register as a member, or view any text or graphics, use or visit our forums, such activities on your part means expressly that you have read this Agreement and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions contained herein. Should you not agree to be bound by each and every term and condition contained in this Agreement you must leave this Site at once and you may not establish a membership.

General Disclaimer

The users of this web site are responsible for checking the accuracy, completeness, currency and/or suitability of all information themselves. We make no representations, or guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability of the information provided via this web site. With respect to all information available at this site, our corporation and its officers, employees, agents and assigns make no warranty, express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, nor do we make any representation that the use of said information will not infringe privately owned rights.

General Rules of Conduct

You may not:

• Violate the law of any jurisdiction while visiting our site, our forums, or using any tool or service that we provide.


• Harass or Cyberstalk any user.


• Conduct any activity that is harmful or detrimental to our site, or business, our users, or our advertisers, as solely determined by us.


• Post any information or content that is obscene, indecent, defamatory, hateful or intolerant in nature or in violation of the laws of any jurisdiction.


• Upload any material that is harmful to our user’s computers or objectionable to our community as a whole.


• Falsely represent yourself as another person or as a representative of a business or entity that you do not actually represent.


• Falsely represent your professional or business credentials or professional background.


• Publish content that is false, deceptive, misleading, deceitful, or constitutes "bait and switch.”


• Publish content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party, or Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships.


• Publish content that constitutes or contains "affiliate marketing," "link referral code," "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or unsolicited commercial advertisement.


• Advertise any service or good that is illegal or prohibited by law or that violates any list that we publish regarding prohibited items or activities.


• Distribute any files that are harmful to computers, telecommunications, or individuals or property.


• Send email that constitutes or contains "affiliate marketing," "link referral code," "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or unsolicited commercial advertisement.



• Use any form of automated device or computer program that enables the submission of postings on our site, including our forums, without each posting being manually entered by the author thereof (an "automated posting device"), including without limitation, the use of any such automated posting device to submit postings in bulk, or for automatic submission of postings at regular intervals or use a third party posting agent to post content to our site without our written permission or abuse or manipulate our RSS related systems. You may not use a Posting Agent.
  
  You also agree to refrain from acting in any way that:
  
  violates the Fair Housing Act by stating, in any notice or ad for the sale or rental of any dwelling, a discriminatory preference based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap (or violates any state or local law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of these or other characteristics); or
  
  violates federal, state, or local equal employment opportunity laws, including but not limited to, stating in any advertisement for employment a preference or requirement based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability or
  
  with respect to employers that employ four or more employees, that violates the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, including requiring U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency (green card status) as a condition for employment, unless otherwise required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.

You must be of adult age in your jurisdiction to use this site or to become a member of this site. In any event, no user or member may be under the age of 18 years of age. Parents or guardians of minors may enroll as a member on behalf of their minor children/wards but are solely responsible for the direct supervision of their children/wards while their minors visit the site or use any of the tools or services that the site provides.

We may post rules, guidelines or policies, including rules, guidelines or policies that concern our forums. Upon the posting of such materials, they immediately become incorporated by reference into this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.

Anti-Spam Policy

Any activity generally described as “spamming” by the Internet Community, such as unsolicited emails, irrelevant or commercially based postings for any purpose will result in membership and access to our site being terminated without prior notice to the member.

Forums or Other Communications

You agree not to post or distribute any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any laws be it of your country, or International Law. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, we shall not be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised. All indecent and obscene material shall be removed by us with no prior notice to you.

Privacy Policy

We have published a privacy policy. The privacy policy is hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement as if fully set forth herein and you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the privacy policy.

Disclaimer of Warranty

We issue no warranty whatsoever and do not make any representations or warranties regarding the availability, suitability, reliability, merchantability, non-infringement, capability, usefulness or fitness for any general or particular purpose of the site, or the tools, products or services herein supplied or sold or regarding the characteristics of services provided by or through the site, or regarding the timeliness, accuracy or usefulness of information obtained from or through the site. The site and all content contained, distributed, sold or published via the site are provided to you "As Is, Where Is", without any warranty of any kind, express or implied.

Our corporation, and its officers, employees, agents and assigns will not be liable for any damage or injury caused by the use of this site, including but not limited to failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, or on-line failure.

The interactions between yourself and any third party that you contact or who contacts you via our site or services is strictly at your own risk. Please use all reasonable due diligence and safety precautions regarding any personal or business dealings with any third party that you meet via our site. You agree to hold us harmless and to indemnify us regarding any loss, injury or damages that you sustain regarding your meeting with or otherwise interacting with any third party. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Any unauthorized use of our computer systems is a violation of this Agreement and certain federal and state laws, including without limitation the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030 et seq.), Section 502 of the California Penal Code and Section 17538.45 of the California Business and Professions Code and relevant Florida statutes and the laws of the other states and territories of the USA. Such violations may subject the offender and his or her agents to civil and criminal penalties.

DMCA

NOTIFICATION OF CLAIMS OF INFRINGEMENT

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please notify our agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement ("Agent"), at

abuse@lawyerwire.com

or:

LawyerWire.com

P.O. Box 11138

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33339

Please provide our Agent with the following Notice:

a) Identify the material on our site that you claim is infringing, with enough detail so that we may locate it on the website;

b) A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

c) A statement by you declaring under penalty of perjury that (1) the above information in your Notice is accurate, and (2) that you are the owner of the copyright interest involved or that you are authorized to act on behalf of that owner;

d) Your address, telephone number, and email address; and

e) Your physical or electronic signature.

We will remove the infringing posting(s), subject to the procedures outlined in the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Intellectual Property Provisions

All content provided within or via this site is protected by various US and international copyright laws, patent laws, trademark regulations and laws, and various intellectual property laws and international treaties and agreements. No intellectual property of any nature contained within or via this Site may be copied, published, or broadcast in any way without the written permission of the content owner. The content of this Site may not be “framed” or “mirrored”. All trademarks presented on or via this Site are owned by their respective owners and may not be used by you in any way. We own various trademarks and such may not be used without our express written permission. All content on this site is protected by US and State copyright laws.

All trademarks, service-marks, and copyrights mentioned in this website belong to their respective owners. Any commercial use of the materials stored on our website is prohibited without the written permission of the intellectual property owner. . Any unauthorized use of any trademark is strictly prohibited by law. Any communications or material you submit by electronic mail, interactive forms, or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, even if encrypted, will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or submit may be used by us at any time and for any purpose, including without limitation, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, and posting. Furthermore, we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to us or our affiliates for any purpose whatsoever, including, without limitation, disseminating such information.

We do not endorse any of the products, vendors, consultants, or documentation referenced in this web site. Any mention of vendors, products, or services is for informational purposes only.

Content displayed on or via our website is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to copyrights laws, and international conventions. Any reproduction, modification, creation of derivative works from or redistribution of the site or the collective work, and/or copying or reproducing the sites or any portion thereof to any other server or location for further No reproduction or redistribution is prohibited without our express written consent. You may not decompile or disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover any source code owned or used by us, and without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any aspect of our website.

Termination of Service

We reserve the right to terminate any and all service provided to you (either as a group or as an individual user or member) at any time without notice for any reason we deem fit. We also reserve the right to discontinue any service or modify any service with no notice to you.

Equitable Orders

You agree that monetary damages may not adequately provide a remedy for us if you violate any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and you agree that we may approach a Court of Equity of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of obtaining Orders in Equity should you violate any element of this Agreement.

Automatic Viewing or Usage of this Site

You may not use any automated scripts or “robots” to access, copy, or manipulate any content provided on this site. You may not engage in denial of service attacks upon the servers that publish this Site. You may not engage in any content that uses more than .01% of the hardware and software infrastructure of this Site. Links to Third Party Sites We may provide

links to third party sites

however, we are not responsible for the content of such sites or their terms of use or privacy policies. Please carefully review the terms of service and privacy policies of all such sites prior to usage. You assume the risk of any usage of such third party sites.

Submissions

All submissions (but not personal information) become the property of this Site. All submissions are non-confidential in nature. “Submissions” may be thought of as “letters to the editor” or “suggestions/ideas” type of email or letters that you might send us. We may publish all submissions in any manner that we deem to be appropriate, including in all forms of media and publication. You are solely responsible for the content of all submissions, including any violation of any law(s) contained within such submissions, copyright, privacy, fraud, and other laws and regulations. You agree to hold us harmless and defend us and indemnify us from any civil actions filed or threatened to be filed by any third party or entity who determines that your submissions supports a legal cause of action.

Limitation of Liability

We are not responsible for any damages arising from your use of this Site, or any tools, functions or services that this Site provides to you, whether the cause of action be based on tort, breach of contract, or any other legal theory, including punitive, actual, indirect, incidental or consequential damages of any nature or due to any cause of any nature. You agree to hold us harmless from any loss or harm of any nature due to your usage of this Site or any tool, product or service that we provide to you, whether directly or indirectly.

We specifically disclaim any and all liability for any claims or damages that may result from providing the web site or the information it contains, and makes no warranties that the site will be free from computer viruses, including any web sites maintained by third parties and linked to the our Web Site. We make no effort to independently verify and does not exert editorial control over, information provided by others. Communications made through this site shall in no way be deemed to constitute legal notice to our corporation or any of its agencies, officers, employees, agents or representatives, with respect to any existing or potential claim or cause of action against our corporation or any of its agencies, officers, employees, agents or representatives.

Content Issues

We are not responsible for any content provided to you by our site members or advertisers. We do not screen content provided by our site Members or any third parties or entities and you agree that we do not have any duty to do so prior to such being published on our site. We are not liable for any content that may be obscene, indecent, misleading, fraudulent, racist, intolerant, harmful or otherwise objectionable where such content has been displayed due the actions of one or more of our users or any third party or entity. We are not responsible for any content provided to our site by members or third parties that may infringe on intellectual property rights, rights of privacy or publicity, or any rights of any nature in any jurisdiction. You agree to hold us harmless regarding any claims arising from your exposure, or the exposure of your family members, loved ones, or computers, to objectionable content and agree to waive any possible liability that we may have regarding content provided to us via members or third parties that violate any intellectual property rights or any other civil law.

You understand and agree that use of the Internet means that you are subject to the risk of receiving or viewing harmful offensive content and files. We do not promise that we will review and edit all content for safety, quality, accuracy, or decency that you encounter via our Site.

Jurisdiction

This Agreement, including all Disclaimers, will be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida, excluding that body of laws known as choice of law or conflict of laws. Subject to the provisions of this Section all disputes, controversies or claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement will be resolved through mandatory binding arbitration conducted in Atlanta, Georgia, before J.A.M.S./ENDISPUTE or its successor ("JAMS") pursuant to the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Section 1, et seq. (the "Act"); and the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The arbitration will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of J.A.M.S.'s Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures in effect at the time of filing of the demand for arbitration (the "JAMS Rules"), subject to the provisions of this Section. The terms set forth in this Agreement will control in the event of any inconsistency between such terms and the JAMS Rules. The parties will cooperate with JAMS and with each other in promptly selecting a single arbitrator from JAMS's panel of neutrals. If the parties fail to so select an arbitrator within thirty (30) days following the date of either party's notice of demand to conduct arbitration, then JAMS will appoint an arbitrator in accordance with the JAMS Rules. The award of the arbitrator will be in writing and will set forth findings of fact and conclusions of law. Judgment on the arbitrator's award will be final and binding upon the parties and may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. If for any reason JAMS or its successor no longer is in business, then the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's fees will be shared equally by the parties and each party will bear its own costs and attorneys' fees. All papers, documents, or evidence, whether written or oral, filed with or presented in connection with the arbitration proceeding will be deemed by the parties and by the arbitrator to be confidential information of both parties. The arbitrator chosen in accordance with these provisions will not have the power to alter, amend or otherwise affect the terms of these arbitration provisions or the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section shall prevent either party from applying for and obtaining from a court a temporary restraining order and/or other injunctive relief. Any and all disputes regarding the content presented on this site must be resolved through arbitration as set forth in this section.

Foreign Usage

We make no representation that the usage of this site, or the content provided herein, will not violate the laws of your local jurisdiction. You are responsible for the laws of your jurisdiction, especially if you are accessing this site from outside the United States of America (USA).

Erratum

This site may contain typographical errors or mistakes, and we disclaim any responsibility for such errors and you agree to hold us harmless from any legal responsibility for such errors.

Modifications of this Agreement

We may revise or modify any portion of this Agreement at any time without notice to you. You must read this Agreement each time you visit our site or use any tool or service that we provide to you via this site or elsewhere. Any usage of this site or tools, functions or services that we provide you means that you have read the most current version of this Agreement and you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the latest version of this Agreement.

Notice

Notices to you may be issued via electronic mail or by surface mail, at our sole selection.

Force Majeure

Neither party shall be liable for any delay or failure in performance due to Force Majeure, which shall mean acts of God, earthquake, labor disputes, changes in law, regulation or government policy, riots, war, fire, flood, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, epidemics, acts or omissions of vendors or suppliers, transportation difficulties, unavailability of interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services (including DNS propagation), failure of third party software or hardware or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies, or power used in or equipment needed. We are not responsible for server downtime under any circumstances.

Intellectual Property Notices have been Provided to You

You agree that you have been suitably noticed of any trademark, trade dress, service mark, copyright, patent or any other intellectual property rights or property rights of any nature and any violation by you of any such property rights is fairly deemed to be “willful” in nature.

All product names, marks, logos, symbols, and company names are the property of their respective owners and subject to the protection of State, Federal and International laws and regulations.

Contacting Us

Please contact us by email:
support@gavelhead.com

Or by surface mail:

LawyerWire.com
P.O. Box 11138
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33339

PRIVACY POLICY

We are committed to your privacy. This Privacy Policy details how we use your personal identifying information. This Privacy Policy may be modified at any time without notice to you. Please review this document each time you visit us or use any of our tools or services.

It is our policy, except as noted below, not to sale, trade, lease, give away or otherwise release your personal information, which includes your name, physical address (business or home), home or business telephone number and your e-mail address.

Exceptions to our Privacy Policy

Possible exceptions to our policy include the following circumstances, and as indicated herein:

• If a governmental agency, or an attorney, subpoenas your private information, or makes a formal request for discovery pursuant to any legal action, or pending legal action.

• If our attorney requests such information relevant to a current or pending legal matter in which you are a potential or actual party or otherwise contributed in some way to the causation of the legal matter.

Cookies

Please note that we employ the use of cookies. Currently we employ cookies when users create user accounts, but we may further employ cookies to assist the functionality of other tools, services and functions in the future.

Cookies are small programs that enhance your use of the Internet, in general, and specifically we use cookies to enhance your usage of our functions.

The information gathered is not shared with third parties. You may turn off your cookies by adjusting the appropriate setting on your browser.

Please consult the HELP menu of your browser to learn how to turn your cookies off. Cookies do not reveal personal information and if you turn off your cookies you may find your enjoyment of the Internet, and our site, to be reduced or impaired.

In order to seek out and repair functionality issues with our servers and related programming, we may use your email and IP addresses for evaluation and diagnostic purposes.

Cookies may provide Recording Session information, show us visitor preferences regarding return visits to our website, help us to mange subscription or private areas on our website, record user specific tracking or aggregate tracking information of visitors and deliver user customized content based on user specific information, such as browser type, screen type and resolution and so forth. None of the information gathered is shared with third parties unless authorized internally by our executive team.

Other possible uses for the information that we collect includes internal tracking, review, or is used for contacting purposes and then is archived by us for future usage. We also use the information we collect to provide custom content for our user base.

General Information

It is our policy not to send unsolicited emails or allow third parties to contact you via the email address that you provide to us. We may, from time to time, contact you to discuss business relevant to your membership and, naturally, we will contact you to respond to inquiries that you may send to us. We will, from time to time, contact you regarding tools and services that we think you might be interested in and your usage of our site, and the tools and services that we provide to you is your express indication to us that you are willing to receive such communications from us and such communications may concern tools and services offered by advertisers or affiliates, as well as our own tools and services.

Your email address may be published on our site. We are not responsible for any unwanted email that is sent to you by any third party or entity that has collected your email address from our site.

You can access our Website home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data. Membership signups require the disclosure of certain personal information, which we do not share except as disclosed herein.

We do not collect information about our visitors from third party sources, such as public records or entities, or private organizations.

We do not knowingly collect personal data or information from minors.

We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measure to protect the personal data that we have under our control. These policies, rules and technical measures help to protect your data from unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification, and unlawful destruction or accidental loss.

However, note that no policy, rule or technical measure can offer 100% protection against unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification, unlawful destruction or accidental loss. All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitor’s and members’ personal data.

Further Data Collection

We may collect aggregate (general tracking) information about pages that users visit on our site. We also may collect user specific information about pages that users visit on our site. Any information that you give us when you complete a contact form or inquiry form, survey and so forth is collected by us.

Should you engage in a business transaction with us, such as purchasing a tool, product or service, we will collect the information necessary to complete that transaction, including credit card related information. We will keep that information in a secure manner.

You may be required to complete online registration forms that provide us with contact information (such as your name and street address), your email address, and your phone numbers.

We may, from time to time, send you emails regarding our general service so that we can directly communicate with you regarding issues we determine to be relevant or issues that directly relate to you.

Please contact us if you should have any questions, comments or concerns about this privacy policy.

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