Attorney Advertising & Terms of Use

I. Conditions of Use

Welcome to the Paradigm Counsel LLP (“Paradigm Counsel”) Web site (the “Web site”). Paradigm Counsel operates as a limited liability partnership. By accessing or using the Web site, you indicate that you have read and understand this Terms of Use Agreement (the “Agreement”) and agree to be bound by it. You must accept the terms of the Agreement in order to use the Web site. If you do not understand or have questions about the Agreement, immediately stop all use of the Web site and contact info@paradigmcounsel.com. This Agreement may periodically change without notice, so you should check the Agreement before every attempt to use the Web site. When the Agreement is changed, the date of the latest revision will appear at the top of this page.

A. No Legal Services or Attorney Client Relationship

Although the Web site may provide information concerning potential legal issues, it is not a substitute for legal advice from qualified counsel. You should not and are not authorized to rely on the Web site as a source of legal advice. Your use of the Web site does not create any attorney-client relationship between you and Paradigm Counsel.

The Web site contains electronic contact information for Paradigm Counsel attorneys. The mere act of contacting a Paradigm Counsel attorney electronically, however, does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you wish to become a client of Paradigm Counsel, you must contact an appropriate Paradigm Counsel attorney, and explicitly negotiate a retention. The Website is not an invitation to form an attorney-client relationship.

Unless you have an attorney-client relationship with Paradigm Counsel, we are not obliged to keep confidential information you may send us. Under no circumstances, therefore, should you send confidential information to Paradigm Counsel unless you have been expressly authorized to do so by a Paradigm Counsel attorney or you have a pre-existing documented attorney-client relationship with Paradigm Counsel.

B. User Conduct

You agree that you will not use the Web site for any illegal purpose. In addition, you agree that:

1. you will not harvest, collect, or otherwise use contact information made available on the Web site for the purpose of sending unsolicited improper communications, including without limitation, unsolicited bulk email (collectively, “spam”) and that you will not use any Paradigm Counsel communications facility to deliver or attempt to deliver spam
2. you will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Web site or the servers and network associated with the Web site;
3. you will not circumvent or attempt to circumvent any security or access control technology implemented on the Web site, or the servers and network associated with the Web site;
4. you will not use the Web site in any manner designed to degrade the performance or functioning of the Web site, including, without limitation, launching Denial-of-Service (“DoS”) attacks against the Web site.

C. Copyright

Paradigm Counsel claims a copyright in its works presented at this Web site. Paradigm Counsel authorizes you to view, copy, download and print Paradigm Counsel documents on this Web site, subject to the following conditions:

The documents may be used solely for personal, noncommercial and informational purposes.

The documents may not be modified.

The following copyright notice and permission notice must appear in each document: “© Copyright 2008-2015 Paradigm Counsel LLP. All rights reserved. Paradigm Counsel documents available from this Web site are protected by the copyright laws of the United States and international treaties.

D. Commercial Use of Paradigm Counsel Web Site Materials and Screen Shots

Reproduction, copying or redistribution of materials on the Paradigm Counsel Web site for commercial purposes is prohibited without the express written permission of Paradigm Counsel.

E. No Warranties and Limitation of Liability

Information provided on the Web site is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or noninfringement. Paradigm Counsel periodically adds changes, improves or updates the information and documents on the Web site without notice. Paradigm Counsel assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Web site. Your use of the Web site is at your own risk. Under no circumstances and under no legal theory shall Paradigm Counsel, its suppliers or any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the Web site’s contents be liable to you or any other person for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages of any character arising from your access to, or use of, the Web site.

F. Links to Third Party Sites

If you use any links on the Web site to websites not maintained by Paradigm Counsel, you will leave Paradigm Counsel Web site. The linked sites are not under the control of Paradigm Counsel and Paradigm Counsel is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained on a linked site. Paradigm Counsel provides these links to you only as a convenience and the inclusion of any link does not imply recommendation, approval or endorsement by Paradigm Counsel of the site.

G. Service Marks – Permitted Use of Paradigm Counsel Service Marks

Paradigm Counsel service marks identify Paradigm Counsel services and let the public know the source of those services. You may make fair use of our service marks in advertising and promotional materials, and in referencing our services (for example, in a magazine article) without our permission, provided you follow standard trademark usage practices and provide proper attribution. Other uses require our written permission. If you are in doubt as to whether you need our permission for a specific type of use, please ask us.

You may not use Paradigm Counsel logos or “design” service marks (as opposed to our service marks consisting solely of words) under any circumstances without our prior written authorization.

In addition, you may not use Paradigm Counsel service marks, whether design or word marks, in the following ways:

1. in a non-Paradigm Counsel service name or publication title;
2. in, as, or as part of, your own service or trademarks;
3. to identify services that are not Paradigm Counsels’;
4. in a manner likely to cause confusion;
5. in a manner that implies inaccurately that we sponsor or endorse, or are otherwise connected with, your own activities or services; or
6. as hidden or embedded text in web pages in an effort to cause a search of Paradigm Counsel marks to result in a hit on a page not maintained by Paradigm Counsel in a manner disparaging of Paradigm Counsel;

H. Jurisdiction; Choice of Law

This Agreement and your use of the Web site shall be governed by the laws of California, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

I. Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed and all other provisions shall remain in force.