ATTORNEY ADVERTISING & TERMS OF USE
2 April 2018
Conditions of Use
Welcome to the SDS & Associates PLLC ("SDSA" or "us") website (the "Website"). SDSA operates worldwide as a professional limited liability corporation organized under the laws of the State of Texas (USA). By accessing or using the Website, 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 Website. If you do not understand or have questions about the Agreement, immediately stop all use of the Website. This Agreement may periodically change without notice, so you should check the Agreement before every attempt to use the Website. When the Agreement is changed, the date of the latest revision will appear at the top of this page.
1. No Legal Services or Attorney Client Relationship
Although the Website 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 Website as a source of legal advice. Your use of the Website does not create any attorney-client relationship between you and SDSA.
The website contains contact information for SDSA attorneys and staff, however the act of contacting an SDSA attorney electronically does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you wish to become a client of SDSA you must contact an us 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 SDSA, we are not obliged to keep confidential information you may send us. Under no circumstances, therefore, should you send confidential information to SDSA unless you have been authorized to do so by an SDSA attorney or you have a pre-existing documented attorney-client relationship with us.
2. User Conduct
You agree that you will not use the Website for any illegal purpose. In addition, you agree that:
1. You will not harvest, collect or otherwise use contact information made available on the website for the purpose of sending unsolicited improper communications, including without limitation, unsolicited bulk email (collectively, spam) and that you will not use any SDSA communications facility to deliver or attempt to deliver spam.
2. You will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website or the servers and network associated with the Website.
3. You will not circumvent or attempt to circumvent any security or access control technology implemented on the Website, or the servers and network associated with the Website.
4. You will not use the Website in any manner designed to degrade the performance or functioning of the Website, including, without limitation, launching Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks against the Website.
3. Copyright
SDSA claims a copyright in its works presented at this Website. SDSA authorizes you to view, copy, download and print SDSA documents on this Website, subject to the following conditions:
· The documents may be used solely for personal, noncommercial and informational purposes, and
· The documents may not be modified.
The following copyright notice and permission notice must appear in each document: "© Copyright 2018 SDS & Associates PLLC. All rights reserved. SDSA documents available from this web site are protected by the copyright laws of the United States and international treaties. All use subject to Terms of Use."
4. Commercial Use of SDSA Website Materials and Screen Shots
Reproduction, copying or redistribution of materials on the Website for commercial purposes is prohibited without the express written permission of SDSA. To obtain permission to copy portions of this site, please send email to stefano@sdsalaw.com. We will evaluate your request and advise you of our decision as soon as possible. SDSA reserves the right to refuse permission to copy, distribute, broadcast or publish any of its copyrighted material, including text and images on our Website.
5. No Warranties and Limitation of Liability
Information provided on the Website is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties of merchantability, accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. SDSA assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the website. Your use of the Website is at your own risk. Under no circumstances and under no legal theory shall SDSA, its suppliers or any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the Website's contents be liable to you or any other person for any direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages of any character arising from your access to, or use of, the Website.
6. Service Marks - Permitted Use of SDSA Service Marks
SDSA service marks identify SDSA products and services and let the public know the source of those products and services. You may make fair use of our service marks in advertising and promotional materials, and in referencing our products and 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 SDSA 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 SDSA service marks, whether design or word marks, in the following ways:
a. In a non-SDSA service name or publication title,
b. To identify products or services that are not SDSA's,
c. In a manner likely to cause confusion,
d. In a manner that implies inaccurately that we sponsor or endorse, or are otherwise connected with, your own activities, products and services, or
e. As hidden or embedded text in web pages in an effort to cause a search of SDSA marks to result in a hit on a page not maintained by SDSA in a manner disparaging of SDSA.
7. Jurisdiction; Choice of Law
This Agreement and your use of the website shall be governed by the laws of Texas, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions that would result in the application of the laws of another State. By use of the Website, you irrevocably agree to the jurisdiction of the state courts of Harris County, TX for the resolution of any disputes arising from your use of the Website.
8. Criminal Finances Act 2017
SDSA is committed to conducting its business in accordance with the highest standards of professionalism, ethics and integrity. SDSA has a zero-tolerance approach to tax evasion and the facilitation of tax evasion by anyone who performs services on our behalf and has implemented procedures designed to prevent such conduct.
9. 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.
10. Legal Notices
SDSA operates worldwide as a professional limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Texas (USA)
Under New York's Code of Professional Responsibility, portions of this website contain attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Results depend upon a variety of factors unique to each representation. Any results portrayed were dependent on the facts of the particular matters and the results will differ if based on different facts. Please direct all inquiries regarding our conduct under New York's Disciplinary Rules to Stefano de Stefano at Stefano@sdsalaw.com.
SDSA is an international law firm practicing in jurisdictions around the world and its attorneys are subject to the rules of the jurisdictions in which they work. In addition, the firm's lawyers are subject to the rules of the regulatory body with whom they are admitted.