The homerbonner.com website (the “Website”) is provided to you by Homer & Bonner, P.A. (“HomerBonner”, “we” or “us”). To assist you in using the Website, and to ensure a clear understanding of the terms and conditions of use of the Website and the services we may offer through the Website, we have created these Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms”) and a Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy explains how we treat information provided to us through the Website, and the Terms govern your use of the Website. The Terms and our Privacy Policy apply to any visitor to the Website, including casual visitors who wish to learn more about our services, clients, co-counsel, and others who choose to receive information from the Website.
Please read this document carefully before you access or use the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth below. If you do not wish to be bound by the terms and conditions, please do not access the Website.
1. Your Agreement.
The Terms govern your use of the Website. Please read them carefully as they impose legal obligations on both you and HomerBonner. By accessing the Website you are acknowledging that you have read and understand the Terms and agree to be legally bound by them.
2. The Website.
The Website is designed to provide users with a range of general information concerning (i) the services we offer; (ii) our attorneys and their experience; (iii) the geographic and legal subject matter areas in which we practice; (iv) employment opportunities; and (v) other materials concerning HomerBonner.
3. The Relationship Between The Terms And Applicable Ethics Rules.
We have taken efforts to harmonize the Terms with ethics rules, and other rules that may apply to our legal practice. If a circumstance arises where applicable ethics rules conflict with the Terms, then applicable ethics rules will govern our relationship, and not the conflicting portion of the Terms.
4. Grant Of Rights.
Provided you comply with the Terms, we grant you the right to access all areas of the Website for purposes of learning about our services and registering to receive newsletters and other information from HomerBonner in accordance with the functionality provided by the Website (“Permitted Purposes”). In addition, we grant you the right to print out a reasonable number of pages from the Website, and circulate to interested parties a copy of those pages, provided that (i) you use – and ensure others with whom you share copies – the print-outs only for Permitted Purposes and (ii) you retain on these print-outs any copyright notices or other proprietary notices as they appear on the Website. Apart from these express rights to use the Website and print out site contents for Permitted Purposes, you may not use, copy, modify, distribute or access the Website or any materials we have made available on the Website.
5. HomerBonner Ownership; Reservation of Rights.
All information, software, artwork, text, video, audio, pictures, logos, and other content on the Website, including all associated intellectual property rights, are the property of HomerBonner and its licensors, and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. HomerBonner retains all rights with respect to the Website except those limited rights expressly granted to you in Section 4 (Grant of Rights) above.
6. Links To Third Party Sites.
The Website may contain links or produce search results that reference links to third party websites (the “Linked Sites”). HomerBonner has no control over the Linked Sites or their content and does not assume responsibility or liability for any content, opinions, or materials available on the Linked Sites. HomerBonner does not endorse the content of any Linked Site, nor does HomerBonner warrant that a Linked Site will be free of computer viruses or other harmful codes that can impact your computer or other web-access devices. By using the Website to search for or link to another site, you agree and understand that such use is solely at your own risk.
7. Code Of Conduct.
As a condition of your use of the Website, you agree to follow our Code of Conduct set forth below. Under this Code of Conduct, you will not:
- Use the Website in a manner that could disable, overburden, infect or impair the Website or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website.
- Seek to obtain access to any materials or information through “hacking” or through other means we have not intentionally made available to you through the Website.
- Submit material that is intentionally false, defamatory, threatening, harassing, unlawful or illegal.
- Transmit materials through the Website that you know or should know contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or other computer-programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data, or personal information.
8. Revocation Or Suspension Of Use Privileges.
We reserve the right at any time to terminate or suspend your access to some or all of the Website if you engage in activities that we conclude, in our sole, absolute and unconditional discretion, breach our Code of Conduct.
9. Disclaimers.
HomerBonner does not promise, warrant or represent that the Website will be error-free or uninterrupted, or that the Website will provide specific results from your use of any content, search, or link on the Website. HomerBonner disclaims all express or implied warranties, including any implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to the functionality or availability of the Website.
The information provided on the Website is provided as a courtesy by HomerBonner. The Website is not intended to be a substitute for professional legal advice. If you have or suspect that you may have a legal problem, you should consult with a lawyer to obtain legal information and recommendations specific to your problem. HomerBonner expressly disclaims any representation or warranty, express or implied, concerning the accuracy, completeness or fitness for a particular purpose of the information contained on the Website. Persons accessing the Website assume sole and full responsibility for the use of the information and understand and agree that HomerBonner is not responsible or liable (in whole or in part) for any claim, loss or damage arising from or relating to the use of the information.
You agree that your use of the Website does not create or constitute in any manner an attorney-client relationship with HomerBonner or any of its lawyers. Please do not send any information to us until you speak with one of our lawyers and receive authorization to send information to us.
The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements. Before you decide, ask us to send you free written information about our qualifications and experience. The information presented herein is intended and designed for general information only and should not be construed to be formal legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer-client relationship.
10. Limitation Of Liability.
Under no circumstances, including but not limited to breach of contract, tort, or negligence, will HomerBonner be liable or responsible for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary, consequential damages (including lost profits), or attorneys’ fees that may arise out of or relate to your use of the Website, unless such use is in connection with a valid attorney-client relationship with HomerBonner (in which event this Section shall not govern the parties relationship).
11. Indemnity.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless HomerBonner and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, attorneys, and employees from any liability to third parties, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from or related to your breach of the Terms.
12. Contact For Alleged Copyright Infringement.
HomerBonner respects the intellectual property rights of others and requires that its users do the same. If you believe that any content available on the Website or other activity taking place on the Website constitutes infringement of a work protected by copyright (or other legal right), please contact us immediately.
13. Modification To The Terms.
If we modify the Terms, any such modifications will take effect proactively, upon your subsequent access to the Website. Please feel free to print out a copy of the Terms for your records.
14. General.
The Terms shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of without giving effect to its conflicts of law provisions. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of, and venue in, the state and federal courts in the State of , in the judicial district that includes . You further agree that any cause of action arising under the Terms shall exclusively be brought in such courts. If any provision of the Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe, modify or describe the scope or extent of such section. HomerBonner’s failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not constitute a waiver of its right to act with respect to that or subsequent or similar breaches. The Terms set forth the entire understanding and agreement between HomerBonner and you with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous understandings, whether written or oral.
15. Administration Of The Website.
If you have questions or comments about the administration of the Website, you may contact us.
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