By accessing or using any of the Association (“Sawtelle Law Firm”) Internet properties including, without limitation, Sawtelle Law Firm, mobile websites, microsites, mobile applications, Sawtelle Law Firm profiles on social media sites and any other digital services or properties operated or used by the Sawtelle Law Firm from time to time (collectively referred to as the “Sites”) you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) and the Sawtelle Law Firm’s Code of Conduct. Please read these Terms of Use carefully as well as the Sawtelle Law Firm’s Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, Code of Conduct and the Privacy Policy, you must immediately terminate use of the Sites.

1. License Grant. You are granted a personal, revocable, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Sites conditioned on your continued acceptance of, and compliance with, these Terms of Use. You may use the Sites and the Sawtelle Law Firm Content (as defined below, Section 9) for your noncommercial personal use and for no other purpose. The Sawtelle Law Firm reserves the right to bar, restrict or suspend any user’s access to the Sites, and/or to terminate this license at any time for any reason. The Sawtelle Law Firm reserves any rights not explicitly granted in these Terms of Use.

2. License Restrictions. Unless otherwise expressly stated in these Terms of Use or you receive Sawtelle Law Firm’s prior written consent, you may not modify, translate, create derivative works of, copy, distribute, market, display, remove or alter any proprietary notices or labels from, lease, sell, sublicense, clone, transfer, decompile, reverse engineer, or incorporate into any information retrieval system (electronic or mechanical), the Sites, any Sawtelle Law Firm Content (as defined below, Section 9), or any portion thereof. Further, you may not (i) use the Sites for any unauthorized or illegal purpose or activity including, but not limited to, any activity to obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorized access to the Sites, including Sawtelle Law Firm Content; (ii) interfere with the proper working of the Sites including, but not limited to, the transmission of any virus, worm, trap door, back door, timer, clock, Trojan horse, denial of service attack or other limiting routine, instruction or design; or (iii) interfere with any other person’s use and enjoyment of the Sites.

3. Your Acceptance; Revisions to Terms of Use. The Sites are available only to individuals who can enter into legally binding contracts under applicable law. These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement between you and the Sawtelle Law Firm regarding your use and access to the Sites. By using the Sites you agree to the Terms of Use.

Sawtelle Law Firm reserves the right to revise these Terms of Use at any time in its sole discretion by posting revised Terms of Use to the Sites. Your use of the Sites signifies your acceptance of all the terms and conditions contained within the Terms of Use posted at the time of your use. You will be responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms of Use posted to the Sites. No revision to these Terms of Use, including to the Arbitration provision set forth in Section 22, shall apply to a controversy or claim of which had actual notice on or before the date of any such revision.

4. Sawtelle Law Firm Policies; Additional Terms and Conditions. Sawtelle Law Firm’s Privacy Policy and Code of Conduct, as well as other additional terms and conditions applicable to certain portions of the Sites (collectively “Additional Terms and Conditions”) are incorporated herein by reference. For instance, the Terms of Use for Sites which allow users to post comments and participate in discussion boards will apply to users of those services in addition to these Terms of Use. To the extent that there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and any Additional Terms and Conditions for the activity in which you choose to participate, the Additional Terms and Conditions shall govern.

5. Click-Through Agreements. Before using certain areas of the Sites you may be asked to indicate your acceptance of additional special terms and conditions by clicking a button marked “I Accept” “I Agree” “Okay” “I Consent” or other words or actions that similarly acknowledge your consent or acceptance of a Click-Through Agreement. To the extent there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and any Click-Through Agreement for the activity in which you choose to participate, the Click-Through Agreement will govern.

6. Personal Login Information. Certain features and areas of the Sites are available only with registration, login, such as Sawtelle Law Firm Member account number, and/or a paid subscription. If you are required to register and select a unique login and password (“Personal Login Information”), you must keep your Personal Login Information confidential, including taking appropriate measures to maintain the confidentiality, such as logging off and closing the Internet browser, especially when you are connected to the Internet through an unsecured network or when using a public computer. Your Personal Login Information is personal to you and you may not allow any third party to use it under any circumstances. is not liable for any harm caused by or related to the theft, misappropriation, disclosure, or unauthorized use of your Personal Login Information. You must contact the Sawtelle Law Firm immediately if you become aware of or believe there is or may have been any unauthorized use of your Personal Login Information, or otherwise wish to deactivate your Personal Login Information due to security concerns.

7. Privacy Policy. For information about Sawtelle Law Firm’s data protection practices and Sawtelle Law Firm’s use and protection of your personal information, please read Sawtelle Law Firm’s Privacy Policy which is incorporated into and made a part of these Terms of Use.

8. User Obligations. You warrant that you will abide by, without limitation, all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations with respect to your use of the Sites and not interfere with the use and enjoyment of the Sites by other users or with ‘s operation and management of the Sites. You will, at all times, provide true, accurate, current, authorized, and complete information when submitting information or materials on the Sites, including, without limitation, information required to be provided through an Sawtelle Law Firm Website registration form. If any false, inaccurate, untrue, unauthorized or incomplete information is submitted by you, reserves the right to terminate your access and use of the Sites. You warrant that you will not impersonate any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, when using the Sites, or defame or otherwise harm any party through your use of the Sites. Additionally you agree to abide by the Sawtelle Law Firm Code of Conduct.

In addition you also agree that you will not use our Services to:

(a) upload, download, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content, including through any attachments thereto, that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

(b) upload, download, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content, including through any attachments thereto, that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as, but not limited to, inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);

(c) upload, download, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content, including through any attachments thereto, that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
(d) upload, download, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available, including through any attachments thereto, any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation;

(e) upload, download, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available, including through any attachments thereto, any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

9. Proprietary Rights. The content of the Sites includes, without limitation, (i) Sawtelle Law Firm’s trademarks, service marks, logos, brands, and brand names, trade dress and trade names and other distinctive identification (collectively “Sawtelle Law Firm Marks”); and (ii) information, data, materials, interfaces, computer code, datSawtelle Law Firmses, products, services, software applications and tools, text, images, photographs, audio and video material, including podcasts, and artwork, and (iii) the design, structure, selection, compilation, assembly, coordination, expression, functionalities, applications, look and feel, and arrangement of any content contained in or available through the Sites (the items identified in subsections (i) (ii) and (iii) shall be collectively referred to herein as “Sawtelle Law Firm Content”). Sawtelle Law Firm Content is the property of the Sawtelle Law Firm, its licensors, sponsors, partners, advertisers, content providers or other third parties and is protected by law including, but not limited to, copyright, trade secret, patent, and trademark law, as well as other state, national and international laws, treaties and regulations. The reproduction, transmission, distribution, sale, publication, broadcast, circulation or dissemination of any Sawtelle Law Firm Content by you, or by you through any other person or entity, is prohibited unless express written consent is separately obtained from the or the owner of such content if the is not the owner. For reprints, contact the Sawtelle Law Firm. Any use of the Sawtelle Law Firm Marks without Sawtelle Law Firm’s express written consent is strictly prohibited. You may not alter, delete, obscure or conceal any copyright or other notices appearing in the Sawtelle Law Firm Content, including any such notices appearing on any Sawtelle Law Firm Content you are permitted to download, transmit, display, print, or reproduce from the Sites.

10. Responsibility for Use of the Internet and Websites and Exclusion of Liability. Use of the Internet and the Sites is solely at your risk and is subject to, without limitation, all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations. Unless expressly required by law, the does not guarantee the confidentiality or security of any communication or other material transmitted to or from the Sites over the Internet or other communication network. The Sawtelle Law Firm shall not be obligated to correct or update the Sites or the Sawtelle Law Firm Content and shall not be liable for omissions, typographical errors, or out-of-date information which may appear on the Sites.

11. No Legal Advice and Disclaimer as to Accuracy of Information. The information on the Sites and Sawtelle Law Firm Content are for informational purposes only, and is not legal advice or a substitute for legal counsel.
The information contained in the Sites and Sawtelle Law Firm Content may or may not reflect the most current legal developments; accordingly, information on the Sites are not promised or guaranteed to be correct or complete, and should not be relied upon as such. As legal advice must be tailored to the specific circumstances of each case, nothing provided on the Sites or the Sawtelle Law Firm Content should be used as a substitute for advice of competent counsel. The materials on the Sites and Sawtelle Law Firm Content do not constitute legal advice and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Sawtelle Law Firm.

12. Third Party Information. The Sites may feature materials, information, products, and services provided by third parties. Any such information, including but not limited to articles, press clippings, opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information made available by third parties such as content providers and other users of the Sites are those of the respective third party and not of Sawtelle Law Firm or its affiliates. Sawtelle Law Firm makes no representation with respect to, nor does it guarantee or endorse, the quality, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or reliability of such third party materials, information, services or products.

13. Notice For Claims Of Intellectual Property Or Copyright Infringement; Agent For Notice Of Infringement. The respects the intellectual property of others, and, particularly as to user generated content in comments, discussion boards or in other user contributed content, as applicable, we ask our users to do the same. 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 Sawtelle Law Firm’s Copyright Agent the following information:

(a) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;

(b) a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;

(c) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;

(d) your address, telephone number, and email address;

(e) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

(f) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.

14. Advertisers. The Sites may contain advertisements. The inclusion of advertisements on the Sites does not imply endorsement of the advertised products or services. The Sawtelle Law Firm shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the presence of such advertisements on the Sites. Further, shall not be responsible or liable for the statements or conduct of any third party advertisers appearing on the Sites. You shall be solely responsible for any correspondence or transactions you have with any third party advertisers.
15. Links to Third Party Websites. The Sites may provide links (including any link through an on-line banner advertisement) to other sites on the Internet for your convenience. These other sites are maintained by third parties over which exercises no control. The appearance of any such third party links is not intended to endorse any particular company or product. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to the Sites, you do so entirely at your own risk.

16. Links to Websites, Content, Sharing of Content. Links posted by third parties to the Sites and/or Sawtelle Law Firm Content may not use the Sawtelle Law Firm trademark or logo and shall not suggest that Sawtelle Law Firm promotes or otherwise endorses any third party products, business relationships, services, causes, campaigns, Websites, content, or information. Any links to any portion of the Sites shall be the responsibility of the linking party. Sawtelle Law Firm reserves the right to require any linking party to disable or remove any link that violates Sawtelle Law Firm’s policies, rights or causes interruption or deterioration of Sawtelle Law Firm Content.
Sharing of Content. You may download, copy or embed Sawtelle Law Firm Content and other downloadable items displayed on the Sites for personal use only, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained therein. Copying or storing of any Sawtelle Law Firm Content for other than personal use is expressly prohibited without prior written permission from, or the copyright holder identified in the copyright notice contained in the Sawtelle Law Firm Content. Sawtelle Law Firm reserves the right to require any party sharing Sawtelle Law Firm content to disable or remove the content should its use violate Sawtelle Law Firm’s policies, rights or causes interruption or deterioration of Sawtelle Law Firm Content.

17. Warranties Disclaimed. The websites and content are provided “As is” and “As available.” neither Sawtelle Law Firm, its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, officers, members, or trustees nor any of its agents, representatives, suppliers, advertisers, contractors, promotional partners, or licensors (collectively “Sawtelle Law Firm parties”) provide any express or implied representation or warranty of any kind, including without limitation, any representation or warranty that (I) the sites or Sawtelle Law Firm content, or any results that may be obtained by you, are complete, accurate, reliable or non-infringing; (ii) access to the sites will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free; (iii) the quality of any products, services, information or other material purchased or obtained by you through the sites will meet your expectations; or (iv) Sawtelle Law Firm content will remain unchanged or accessible on the sites. All warranties, express or implied, are disclaimed to the fullest extent permitted by law including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and/or non-infringement of intellectual property.

18. Exclusion of and Limitation of Liability. The Sawtelle Law Firm parties shall not be liable, and disclaim any liability, for any claim, loss or damage, direct or indirect, including, without limitation, compensatory, consequential, incidental, indirect, special, exemplary or punitive damages of any kind whatsoever in connection with, as a result of, or arising (I) out of the use of or inability to use the sites and/or any Sawtelle Law Firm content; (ii) from any interruption in the availability of the sites and/or Sawtelle Law Firm content; (iii) from any loss of data and/or from any equipment failure; (iv) out of the procurement of substitute goods or services resulting from any problems with the goods, content and/or services purchased or obtained from the sites, or transactions entered into, through or from the sites; (v) from unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (vi) from statements or conduct of any third party on the sites; (vii) from any delay or failure of the sites arising out of causes beyond Sawtelle Law Firm’s control; (viii) out of the use of, reference to, or reliance on, the Sawtelle Law Firm content; (ix) out of any third party materials, information, products and services contained on, or accessed through, the sites (x) out of any content, materials, accuracy of information, and/or quality of the products, services or materials provided by or advertised on third party websites; or (xi) out of any other matter relating to the sites or Sawtelle Law Firm content.

In the event you are dissatisfied with, or dispute, these terms of use, the sites and/or the Sawtelle Law Firm content, your sole right and exclusive remedy is to terminate your use of the sites, even if that right or remedy is deemed to fail of its essential purpose. You confirm that has no other obligation, liability or responsibility to you or any other party.

19. Exclusions permitted by law. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or conditions or the limitation or exclusion of liability for loss or damage caused by negligence, breach of contract or breach of implied terms, or incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, only the above limitations in sections 17 and 18 which are lawful in your jurisdiction will apply to you and ‘s liability will be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

20. Term and Termination. These Terms of Use will take effect at the time you begin using the Sites. The Sawtelle Law Firm reserves the right, with or without notice, at any time and for any reason to deny you access to the Sites or to any portion thereof, and to terminate these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with the terms set forth herein. You may terminate these Terms of Use at any time by ceasing to use the Sawtelle Law Firm Website, but all applicable provisions of these Terms of Use will survive such termination. Upon termination, you must destroy all copies of any portion of the Sites, including any Sawtelle Law Firm Content, in your possession.