THE ALVAREZ FIRM SITE TERMS OF USE
This site (“Site”) and related services are provided subject to your compliance with the Terms (“Terms”) set forth below. Please read the following information carefully. Your continued use of this Site will indicate your agreement to be bound by the Terms set forth below. If you do not agree to be bound by the Terms, promptly exit this Site.
Any rights not expressly granted by these Terms, or any applicable end user license agreements, are reserved by The Alvarez Firm.
These Terms disclose the terms, conditions, and privacy practices for The Alvarez Firm site. The Alvarez Firm, the provider of this Site (“us” or “we”), is committed to protecting your privacy online. Please read the information below regarding your use of this Site.
I. No legal advice
Using this Site does not create an attorney/client relationship or obligation of confidentiality. Such a relationship and obligation exist only after an agreement is signed. This Site is intended only for those needing legal help in California.
II. Intellectual property rights
This Site and its contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof are owned (or, in the case of content or other materials that are developed after the date of these Terms, will be deemed owned) by The Alvarez Firm, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
These Terms permit you to use this Site for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on this Site, except as follows:
- Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
- You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
- You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of this Site for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.
You must not:
- Modify copies of any materials from this Site;
- Use any illustrations, photographs, video sequences, audio sequences, or graphics separately from the accompanying text;
- Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this Site;
- Modify, translate, copy, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, re-engineer, or otherwise create or attempt to create the source code for any features provided through this Site, including without limitation any interactive service;
- Access or use, for any commercial purposes, any part of this Site or any services or materials available through this Site.
If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of this Site in breach of these Terms, your right to use this Site will cease immediately and you must, at the option of The Alvarez Firm, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to this Site or any content on this Site is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by The Alvarez Firm. Any use of this Site not expressly permitted by these Terms is a breach of these Terms and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
This Site, its products, services, and entire contents, features, and functionality, including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof, are owned by The Alvarez Firm, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by U.S. and other international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
The trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, and logos contained in this Site, including but not limited to the name “The Alvarez Firm,” the logo, and other trademarks registered in the U.S. are the sole property of The Alvarez Firm. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, and custom icons are Marks of The Alvarez Firm.
III. No unlawful or prohibited purpose
As a condition of your use of this Site, you warrant to The Alvarez Firm that you will not use this Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms.
IV. Links to Other Sites
The Alvarez Firm makes no representations whatsoever about any other site that you may access though this Site. When you access a non-Alvarez Firm site, please understand that it is independent from The Alvarez Firm, and that The Alvarez Firm has no control over the content on that site. In addition, a hyperlink to a non-Alvarez Firm site does not mean that The Alvarez Firm endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use, of the linked site. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use or download is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses, and other items of a destructive nature.
V. Disclaimers
A. Warranty Disclaimer
Your use of this Site and/or its content is at your own risk. This Site, including any content or information contained within it or any site-related service, is provided “as is,” with all faults, with no representations or warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to noninfringement. You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of this Site, site-related services, and hyperlinked sites.
Neither the Alvarez Firm nor any of its affiliates is responsible or liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, or other damages arising out of or relating in any way to this Site, Site-related services, content, or information contained within this Site and/or any hyperlinked site. Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with this Site, Site-related services, and/or hyperlinked sites is to stop using this Site and/or those services.
Neither The Alvarez Firm nor any person associated with The Alvarez Firm makes any warranty or representation with respect to the completeness, security, reliability, quality, accuracy, or availability of this Site. Without limiting the foregoing, neither The Alvarez Firm nor anyone associated with The Alvarez Firm represents or warrants that this Site or its content will be accurate, reliable, error-free, or uninterrupted, that defects will be corrected, that this Site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components, or that this Site or any services or items obtained through this Site will otherwise meet your needs or expectations.
The Alvarez Firm hereby disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including but not limited to any warranties of merchantability, non-infringement and fitness for particular purpose.
Although The Alvarez Firm attempts to ensure the integrity and accurateness of this Site, it makes no guarantees whatsoever as to the correctness or accuracy of this Site. It is possible that this Site could include inaccuracies or errors, and that unauthorized additions, deletions, and alterations could be made to this Site by third parties. In the event that an inaccuracy arises, please inform The Alvarez Firm so that it can be corrected. Information contained on this Site may be changed or updated without notice.
The foregoing does not affect any warranties that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
B. Viruses
You understand that The Alvarez Firm cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or this Site will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to The Alvarez Firm’s site for any reconstruction of any lost data. The Alvarez Firm will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, virus, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of this Site or any services or items obtained through this Site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any site linked to it.
VI. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
VII. Acknowledgment
You acknowledge that by accessing or using this Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not access or use this Site.
VIII. Changes to Terms
We reserve the right to change these Terms at any time. Any changes, modifications, additions, or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including but not limited to issuing an e-mail to the e-mail address listed by registered users and posting the revised Terms on this page. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to maintain a valid e-mail address as a registered user, review this Site and these Terms periodically, and to be aware of any modifications. Your continued use of this Site after such modifications will constitute your acknowledgment of the modified Terms and agreement to abide and be bound by the modified Terms.
If you have any questions, contact us at (805) 823-4200 or info@alvarezfirm.com.