Your use of this website in any way constitutes your agreement to all of the terms contained herein. If you do not agree to abide by all of the terms contained herein you must immediately stop using our service and accessing our website.

Modifications to the Terms of Use: The Terms of Use shall change from time to time without further notice. Legal Ventures reserves the right at our sole discretion to change, modify, add, or delete portions of the Terms of Use at any time. Such changes shall become effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of our website, or any activity governed by these Terms, after the posting of changes to these Terms, will mean you agree to abide by those changes.  It is your responsibility to review the Terms of Use every time you use our service or visit our website.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances, including negligence, will Legal Ventures be liable for any damages of any type including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages, loss of revenues, goodwill or lost profits, personal injury, advertising injury, or property damage that result from the use of our service or the inability to use our service.

Conduct.  In connection with your use of the website, you agree you will not post, transmit or upload any material that (i) is unlawful, offensive, defamatory, fraudulent, deceptive, misleading, harmful, harassing or obscene, or (ii) disrupts or interferes with the normal operations of the site such as making an abnormally large posting.

Indemnity: You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Legal Ventures, its principals, owners, agents, employees and affiliates from any liabilities, expenses and costs, including but not limited to legal fees and expenses, incurred in connection with any claims or demands of any third party resulting from or arising out of your use or misuse of this site and/or any fraud, manipulation, or other breach of these Terms.

No Guarantee re: Accessibility to Website: LEGAL VENTURES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR LOSS OR DAMAGES SUFFERED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF ANY FAILURE OR REFUSAL BY LEGAL VENTURES IN RECEIVING, PROCESSING OR ACCEPTING ANY COMMUNICATION SENT TO LEGAL VENTURES BY MEANS OF THE WEB SITE OR EMAIL. IN NO EVENT WILL LEGAL VENTURES BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY USE OF THIS WEB SITE, OR ANY OTHER HYPER LINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Some states or other jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations and exclusions may not apply to you.

ALL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED BY LEGAL VENTURES ON AN "AS IS" AND AN “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS ONLY. LEGAL VENTURES PROVIDES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY AND NONINFRINGEMENT. LEGAL VENTURES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES THAT THE SITE WILL (I) BE UNINTERRUPTED AND SECURE (II) BE ERROR OR VIRUS FREE, AND (III) MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS.

Links.  Legal Ventures makes no representations whatsoever about any other web site which you may access through this one. When you access a non-Legal Ventures web site, please understand that it is independent from Legal Ventures, and that Legal Ventures has no control over the content on that web site. In addition, a link to a non-Legal Ventures web site does not mean that Legal Ventures endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use, of such web site. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature. Legal Ventures specifically disclaims any responsibility if sites accessed through this one: (i) infringe any third party's intellectual property rights; (ii) are inaccurate, incomplete or misleading; (iii) are not merchantable or fit for a particular purpose; (iv) do not provide adequate security; (v) contain viruses or other items of a destructive nature; or (vi) are libelous or defamatory.

Ownership, Copyright and Trademark:  This Legal Ventures website and all of its content (including, but not limited to, all text and images), arrangement, organization, gathering, compilation, magnetic translation, digital conversion and other matters related to the website are owned and copyrighted by Legal Ventures or others with all rights reserved unless otherwise noted.  Permission to use or copy the Content is granted for personal use only and may not be used for any other purpose, linked with another web site, or edited without the express written consent of Legal Ventures. By furnishing information, Legal Ventures does not grant any licenses to any copyrights, patents or any other intellectual property rights.

Entire Agreement: This Terms of Service Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the User and Legal Ventures with respect to our services and supersedes all prior agreements between User and us. In the event that a portion of this Agreement is held unenforceable, the unenforceable portion will be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties, and the remainder of the provisions will remain in full force and effect. Waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement or the failure by either party to exercise any right hereunder shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of that right or as a waiver of any other right.

Binding Arbitration: Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of, relating to, or concerning the interpretation or performance of this Agreement, or related to the use of Legal Ventures, that cannot be resolved through negotiation shall be submitted to binding arbitration by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its rules. Such arbitration shall occur in Oakland, California. The American Arbitration Association shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any such dispute. Any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator, if any, may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. By agreeing to binding arbitration, all parties hereby waive their right to a jury trial and the right to appeal.

Governing Law: The laws of the United States of America and the State of California (excluding its choice of law rules) will govern interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement. User hereby consents to personal jurisdiction in the federal and state courts of California for any action arising out of or relating to use of Legal Ventures. The federal and state courts of Alameda County, California will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over all such actions.

August 20, 2008