Last Updated: March 15, 2016
Please carefully read these Terms of Use (the "Terms") and the Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”), which is incorporated herein by reference. The Terms and Privacy Policy
may have changed since your last visit to www.rc.com (this "Site"). The Firm may, at its sole discretion and without notice, revise these Terms
at any time by updating this posting to the Site.
The following
definitions apply to the Terms and the Privacy Policy. A visitor to or user of
this Site is defined as "you" or "your." Robinson & Cole LLP
is defined as the "Firm", Robinson+Cole" or "we."
Other terms are defined throughout the Terms and the Privacy Policy.
BY USING THIS
SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND YOU UNDERSTAND AND
ACCEPT THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS, THEN DO NOT USE THIS
SITE. We reserve the right to modify these Terms without prior notice, and
your use of this Site binds you to the changes made.
Terms of Use
The content on
this Site is a general summary of legal content; it does not constitute legal
advice as to your particular situation. The law as applied to your particular
facts and circumstances may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. You
should not rely on the content on this Site in evaluating your own particular
situation.
We provide
legal advice and opinions only upon a written formal engagement with a client,
and only based on a particular set of facts. Viewing this Site or contacting
the Firm by e-mail or otherwise does not create an attorney-client relationship
between you and this Firm until such time as a formal engagement is undertaken
by the Firm.
The content
appearing on this Site may be considered advertising under Rules of Professional
Ethics.
Your
communications sent to the Firm through the Site by e-mail, such as inquiries,
data, comments, suggestions (collectively, "Communications"), are not
confidential and are not proprietary. Therefore, you should not send
Communications through the Site if you want to keep them confidential. These
Communications are the exclusive property of the Firm (except as set forth in
our Privacy Policy). The Firm will not compensative you for these
Communications.
You should not send
us any confidential, privileged or sensitive content until after a formal
engagement is entered into between you and the Firm. Before e-mailing or
sending any privileged, sensitive or confidential content, you should contact a
Robinson+Cole attorney to arrange appropriate measures. E-mails and other
communications sent to the Firm may also be intercepted by third parties who
may be under no obligation to keep such communication confidential.
As a condition
of your use of the Site, you will not use the Site, or any contents, for any
purpose that is unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction where our Site is being
used, or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices, and you agree to
abide by the terms and conditions set forth in the "Use Conduct" section. You
may not use the Site or content in any manner that could damage, disable,
overburden, or impair any of our equipment or interfere with any other party's
use of the Site. You may not attempt to gain access to any portion of the Site,
or any of its contents, other than those for which you are authorized.
The Firm may update, change or delete the Site or its content at any time for
any reason, without notice.
Access to the
Site may be interrupted on account of systems maintenance or malfunction or for
other reasons. The Site content may also be out of date, inaccurate or
incomplete. The Site may contain defects or viruses or other harmful components.
While every effort is made to keep computer viruses and harmful materials off
of our Site, you should take reasonable and appropriate precautions to scan for
computer viruses or otherwise protect your computer, and you should ensure that
you have a complete and current backup of the applicable items on your
computer. We disclaim any liability for the need for services or replacing
equipment or data resulting from your use of the Site. While every effort is
made to allow smooth and continuous operation of the Site, we will not be
liable if this Site is unavailable at any time, and we do not warrant that this
Site will operate error free.
The Site
content is the property of the Firm, its partners, members, and employees. You
may not use or display, or refer to or quote in any other publication or
proceeding, the Site or any content on the Site without the Firm's prior
written permission. The Site content is protected from unauthorized copying and
dissemination by United States copyright law, trademark law, international
conventions, and other intellectual property laws. Granting you access to the
Site should not be construed by you as the grant of any express or implied
license, right or permission to use the Site or its content. You may not use,
reproduce, modify, transmit, display, sell, create derivative works, or
distribute by any means, method or process whatsoever, any content of this Site
for commercial profit or gain.
Provided you
comply with these Terms, you are authorized by the Firm to view the Site and
print one copy of the Site for your own lawful, personal, noncommercial use.
Any copy made of the Site must include all copyright, trademark and other
intellectual property notices contained in such content on the Site. No changes
may be made to the content in the printed copy.
The Firm
reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to reject any requests for such
content or materials, or to discontinue the provision of such content or
materials to any person, for any reason whatsoever.
The Firm is not
responsible whatsoever for any loss or damage arising in any way from the
downloading from the Site or any use of the content on the Site.
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User Conduct
When using our
Site, you shall not send to or from the Site:
- Content for which you have not obtained all necessary consents;
- Content that is discriminatory, obscene, pornographic,
defamatory, likely to incite racial hatred, in breach of confidentiality or
privacy, which may cause annoyance or inconvenience to others, which encourages
or constitutes conduct that would be deemed a criminal offense, give rise to a
civil liability, or otherwise is contrary to the law in any applicable
jurisdiction where our Site is being used;
- Content which is harmful in nature, including, but without
limitation, computer viruses, Trojan horses, corrupted data, or other
potentially harmful software or data.
We will fully
cooperate with any law or court order requiring us to disclose the identity or
other details about any person posting materials to our Site in breach of this
section.
You shall not
use our Site while distracted or preoccupied, such as when operating a motor
vehicle. You should access our Site only with due regard for your own safety
and the safety of others.
Third Party Links
The links on
the Site are provided by the Firm as a courtesy to you. In providing these
links, the Firm does not endorse the linked organization or website and has no
control over the linked website. The Firm is not responsible for any loss or
damage arising in any way from your use of any hypertext link on the Site. You
should review the terms of use on any linked website before using that website.
Disclaimers
THE SITE IS
PROVIDED ON AN 'AS IS' AND 'AS AVAILABLE' BASIS. THE FIRM MAKES NO WARRANTIES
IN THESE TERMS, ON THE SITE OR IN THE CONTENT ON THE SITE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMED.
NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THESE TERMS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FIRM BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, MULTIPLE OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES OR FOR LOST PROFITS OR
LOSS OF USE DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THIS
SITE OR THE CONTENT CONTAINED ON THIS SITE OR FROM ANY OTHER CAUSE. ALL CLAIMS
FOR SUCH DAMAGES ARE HEREBY SPECIFICALLY WAIVED, EVEN IF THE OTHER PARTY HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
FURTHERMORE, IN
NO EVENT SHALL THE FIRM'S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF
ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE)
STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO
USE, THIS SITE OR THE CONTENT CONTAINED ON THIS SITE EXCEED $1.
Governing Law
The Firm makes
no representation that the content of this Site is appropriate or available for
use outside the United States. If you
have chosen to access this Site from outside the United States of America, you
do so at your own initiative and risk, and you are responsible for compliance
with your local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
All questions
concerning the construction, validity, and interpretation of these Terms and
the performance of the obligations imposed by these Terms shall be governed by
the internal law, not the law of conflicts of the State of Connecticut, United
States of America. Any and all disputes
arising out of or related to the use of this site, including, without
limitation, questions concerning the construction, enforceability, validity,
and interpretation of these Terms will be finally resolved by arbitration
conducted in the English language in Hartford, Connecticut, United States of
America, under the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration
Association. The parties shall appoint
as sole arbitrator, a retired judge who presided in the State of Connecticut. All decisions of the arbitrator shall be
final and binding on both parties. Any application to confirm, vacate or modify
the award shall be made to a court within the State of Connecticut. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Firm shall
be entitled to seek and obtain provisional or ancillary remedies such as
injunctive or equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction before,
during or after the pendency of any arbitration. The cost of the arbitration shall be borne
equally by the parties.
In the event
that any of the provisions of this Agreement is unlawful, void or
unenforceable, the provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible
and the remaining portions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.
Indemnification
You agree to
defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims,
actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation,
reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from or alleged to result from,
your use of and access to the Site or your violation of these Terms or your
violation of any third party right, including without limitation, any
trademark, copyright or other proprietary or privacy right.
Our Contact Information
Robinson & Cole
LLP
280 Trumbull Street
Hartford, CT 06105
webmaster@rc.com
800-826-3579