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Your access to and continued use of the John Ferris Law Offices website at www.ferrislaw.com (the "site") constitutes your acceptance of and compliance with the following provisions. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, you should immediately discontinue your use of the "site". Also note that these terms and conditions may change from time to time and it is your responsibility to check for such updates.
Provisions
John Ferris Law Offices (the "Owner") either owns the intellectual property rights, including copyright, or has acquired the necessary licences, in the information, including all text, HTML code, multimedia clips, images, graphics, icons, Java code, and the selection and arrangement of the contents of the Site (collectively the "Information").
Limited Licence
As a user of the Site, you are granted a limited licence to use, display and print short extracts of the Information for your own personal non-commercial use only, provided the Information is not modified and you shall be fully responsible for any consequences resulting from such use. Any other use of the Information is prohibited. None of the Information may be otherwise reproduced, republished or re-disseminated in any manner or form without the prior written consent of Owner.
Owner will take appropriate legal action to enforce its rights.
No Endorsement
The Site may contain links to other sites. These links are provided as references to help you identify and locate other Internet resources that may be of interest. These other sites were independently developed by parties other than Owner, and Owner does not assume responsibility for the accuracy or appropriateness of the information contained at such sites. In providing links to other sites, Owner is in no way acting as a publisher or disseminator of the material contained on those other sites and does not seek to control the content of, or maintain any type of editorial control over, such sites.
A link to another site should not be construed to mean that Owner is affiliated or associated with, or is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyrighted symbol that may be reflected in the link or the description of the link to such other sites, except as specifically stated.
The Site may refer to other service providers including other law firms. A reference to another service provider should not be construed to mean that Owner is affiliated or associated with the other service provider, except as specifically stated, and the reference to the other service provider should not be construed as an endorsement of the service provider or its services.
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The Information on the Site including, but not limited to, newsletters, articles, opinions and views, is provided for educational or information purposes only. It is not intended to provide legal, accounting or tax advice and should not be relied upon in that respect. You should not act or rely on any information at the Site without seeking the advice of a professional.
Information provided on the Site is believed to be reliable when posted. However, Owner does not guarantee the quality, accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information provided. Owner assumes no obligation to update the Information or advise on further developments concerning topics mentioned. Information contained on the Site may contain typographical errors. Information provided may be changed without notice.
Access to this Site is provided on an "as is" basis. You should not assume that the Site will be error-free or that the Site will operate without interruption.
Owner disclaims all warranties, representations and conditions regarding use of the site or the information provided, whether express or implied, or arising from a course of dealing, usage or trade practice.
Owner is not responsible for any content or information that you may find undesirable or objectionable.
No Liability
Owner is not responsible for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damage or any other damages whatsoever and howsoever caused, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site or in reliance on the information av business interruption, personal injury, or any other pecuniary loss, whether the action is in contract, tort (including negligence) or other tortious action.
Owner disclaims any liability for unauthorized use or reproduction of any portion of the Site.
Trademarks
Certain words, phrases, names, designs or logos used on the Site may constitute trademarks, service marks or trade names of Owner or other entities. The display of any such marks or names on the Site does not imply that a licence has been granted by Owner or other entities.
Confidentiality Warning
Absent the use of encryption, the Internet is not a secure medium and privacy cannot be ensured. Internet e-mail is vulnerable to interception and forging. The Owner will not be responsible for any damages you or any third party may suffer as a result of the transmission of confidential information that you make to Owner through the Internet, or that you expressly or implicitly authorize the Owner to make, or for any errors or any changes made to any transmitted information.
Computer Viruses
While every effort is made to ensure that all information provided at the Site does not contain computer viruses, you should take reasonable and appropriate precautions to scan for computer viruses and should ensure that you have a complete and current backup of the applicable items of information contained on your computer system. You should pay specific attention to some of the newer viruses that have been written to automatically execute when an infected word processing document is loaded into certain word processing programs.
Submissions
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