Effective Date: November 19, 2009

TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE

Welcome to the www.GreatBusinessLawTips.com Website (“Website”) operated by The Legal Edge, LLC (“The Legal Edge”, “we” or “us”). The Website provides a service (“the Service”) which permits users to download articles and sign up for our newsletter. In order to use the Service, you must agree to The Legal Edge’s terms and conditions (“Agreement”) before you may access and / or use the Website or Service.

PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.

By accessing and using the Website or Service, you represent and warrant that you are more than thirteen (13) years of age and that, if you are under eighteen (18) years of age, your legal guardian has agreed to be bound with you by this Agreement. Otherwise, you represent and warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age and that you have the right, authority and capacity to agree to this Agreement and to abide by all of its terms and conditions.

Registration: Registration with The Legal Edge is required in order to use the Service. When you register, you agree to provide accurate, current and complete information about yourself (“Registration Information”). You also represent that we may rely on your Registration Information as being accurate, current and complete. All information collected is treated as described in our Privacy Policy, which can be found at: www.GreatBusinessLawTips.com/privacy.html. The Legal Edge reserves the right to refuse to fulfill your order for inaccurate, deceptive and / or incomplete Registration Information.

Problems with Files: If you are unable to view the articles on our site or if you have any problems with the site itself, please contact The Legal Edge immediately so that we can correct the problem and send you a copy of the materials that you can use and enjoy.

Limited Non Exclusive Licenses: By using the Service, you are granted a non exclusive, non transferable, limited license to retain a single copy of the file in electronic or printed form containing the article you have chosen to read (“Limited License”). This Limited License does not permit resale, transfer, reproduction, distribution, display, performance or creation of derivative works using the material, in whole or in part, to any third party without prior written permission from The Legal Edge. If you would like permission to use a portion of these materials on your website, article or other media with appropriate attribution, you may contact The Legal Edge HERE for permission.

You are also granted a non exclusive, non transferable, limited license to access and use the Website or Service in accordance with the Agreement (“Site Limited License”). This Site Limited License may be revoked at any time at the sole discretion of The Legal Edge. The Site Limited License permits you to access and use the Website or Service for your own personal use. No part of the Website or Service may be reproduced in any form or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical. The Site Limited License specifically prohibits you from copying, emulating, renting, leasing, decompiling, transferring, disassembling, cloning, attempting to discover the source code for or reverse engineering the Website or Service or any portion thereof.

In addition, your Site Limited License specifically prohibits you from using any software, device or routine to interfere with the normal or proper working order of the Website or Service. You may not engage in any action which creates an unreasonably large load on The Legal Edge’s infrastructure. Unauthorized access to the Website or Service breaches this Agreement and is a violation of applicable law.

Legal Disclaimers: The Legal Edge is not a lawyer, nor does it purport to offer legal advice. The items available on the Website and through the Service are written by attorneys and are the opinions of those attorneys, but nothing contained on this Website or in the books should be construed as legal advice nor does it contain any representations that may be reasonably relied upon. The information on this Website and in any related products, white papers, and/or special reports is intended for general information purposes only. You should neither act nor refrain from acting based upon the information provided therein without specific legal counsel regarding your situation.

It is important to note that legal and business information changes rapidly and we do not promise that any of the information available on the Website or through the Services in our products is absolutely current or accurate. The Legal Edge does not assume any responsibility for any mistakes or inaccuracies in our products, Website, or Services.

Further, the information found on this Website or in the items sold by the Service does not create and is not intended to create, and the receipt or viewing of this information does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship. Sending an email or submitting a web form found on this website also does not form an attorney-client relationship. As such, please do not send confidential information. Such information may not be considered or treated as privileged and confidential.

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Any content (including the products themselves) displayed on the Website or Service is protected by copyright law and international treaties as an original work, a compilation and a collective work. Any reproduction, modification, creation of derivative works from or the distribution of the Website or Service or the collective work and/or copying or in any way reproducing the Website or Service or any portion thereof to any fixed medium for reproduction or redistribution is prohibited without the express written consent of The Legal Edge. Without limiting any of the specific rights or prohibitions herein, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell or exploit for any commercial purpose the Website or Service or any aspect or portion thereof.

Privacy: Submission of personally identifiable information on our Website or Service is governed by our Privacy Policy, which can be found at: www.GreatBusinessLawTips.com/privacy.html. Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and without notice. The Legal Edge reserves the right to use your personal information in any manner consistent with our Privacy Policy. Use of the Website or Service signifies that you agree to subject your personal information to our Privacy Policy.

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THE LEGAL EDGE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE TO YOU AND/OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR: 1) ANY ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF, USER AND/OR MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS; 2) ANY POTENTIALLY OFFENSIVE, INCORRECT OR INACCURATE CONTENT POSTED ON THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE WHETHER CAUSED BY THE LEGAL EDGE OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH, OR UTILIZED ON THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE; 3) ANY COMPUTER VIRUS OR OTHER MALICIOUS, DESTRUCTIVE OR CORRUPTING CODE, AGENT, PROGRAM OR MACROS; OR 4) ANY INFRINGEMENT OF ANOTHER'S RIGHTS, INCLUDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF THE LEGAL EDGE AND THE COVERED PARTIES TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY, IN THE AGGREGATE, UNDER ANY AND ALL CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE EQUAL TO ANY FEES THAT YOU HAVE PAID TO THE LEGAL EDGE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE LEGAL EDGE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY SERVICES, GOODS AND/OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THIRD PARTIES, EVEN IF OBTAINED AT OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE OR WITH THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE.

Third-Party Website or Services: The Website or Service may provide hyperlinks, banner advertisements, pop-ups and/or other online methods to redirect you to other third party Internet websites and/or services and/or resources. Because The Legal Edge has no control over such website and/or services and/or resources, you hereby acknowledge and agree that The Legal Edge is not responsible for the availability of such third party website or services and/or resources. Furthermore, The Legal Edge does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content, advertising, services, products and/or other materials at or available through such third party website and/or services or resources, or for any damages and/or losses incurred through such website and/or services or other resources.

Copyright Claims: The Legal Edge respects the intellectual property rights of others and takes any violation of those rights very seriously. 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 provide The Legal Edge’s copyright agent with the following information:

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed or, in the case of multiple copyrighted works, a representative list of such works.
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit The Legal Edge to locate the material.
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit The Legal Edge to contact you, such as an address, telephone number and, if available, an e-mail address at which you may be contacted.
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or under applicable laws.
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

The Legal Edge’s agent for notice of claims of copyright and other intellectual property right infringement can be reached as follows:

By U.S. Mail:
The Legal Edge, LLC
230 Park Avenue, Suite 1000
New York, New York 10169

By email: Contact Us

Dispute Resolution/Governing Law: This Agreement shall be treated as though it were executed and performed in New York, New York and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflict of law principles).

Should a dispute arise concerning the terms and conditions of this Agreement or the breach of same by either party hereto, the parties agree to submit their dispute for resolution by arbitration before the American Arbitration Association in New York City, in accordance with the then current Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any award rendered shall be final and conclusive to the parties and a judgment thereon may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude any The Legal Edge from seeking injunctive relief in the City, County, and State of New York order to protect its rights pending an outcome in arbitration.

Severability: Should any part of this Agreement be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed consistent with applicable law and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent that anything in or associated with, the Website or Service is in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement, this Agreement shall take precedence. The Legal Edge’s failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision.

Force Majeure: We are not responsible for any loss, damages, costs, claims or expenses which you may incur as a result of our delay in or failure to perform our obligations where such delay or failure is due to causes beyond our control. Causes beyond our control include: fire, flood, earthquake, accident, civil disturbances, war, rationing or embargoes, strikes, labor problems, delays in transportation, inability to secure necessary materials, delay or failure of performance of any supplier or subcontractor, acts of God and acts of Government.

Legal Warning: Any attempt by any individual, whether a user or otherwise, to damage, destroy, tamper with, vandalize and/or otherwise interfere with the operation of the Website or Service, is a violation of criminal and civil law and The Legal Edge will diligently pursue all remedies in this regard against any offending individual or entity to the fullest extent permissible by law and in equity.

Modifications: This Agreement is subject to change at any time, with or without notice. All changes are effective upon their posting on the Website. You agree that it is your responsibility to bookmark this page and to check it frequently for updates to your Agreement with us. If you object to any of the terms and conditions in the Agreement, if you become dissatisfied with the Website or Service or any subsequent modifications to the Agreement, your sole recourse is to immediately discontinue the use of the Website and Service.

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