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IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Terms of Use

Introduction; Your Agreement to these Terms of Use.

Welcome to the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG, ("IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG") web site -and IALAWYERS.ORG- and any other web sites or services owned or operated by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG (the "IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services"). The following Terms of Use for the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services is a legal contract between you, either an individual subscriber, customer, member, or user of at least 18 years of age or a single entity such as a law school, ADR provider, or law firm ("You" or, collectively, "Subscribers"), and IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG regarding your use of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services.

The services hereunder are offered by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG, located at: PO BOX 976, 2355 Westwood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90064 and email: info@IALAWYERS.ORG

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE. BY REGISTERING FOR AND/OR ACCESSING, BROWSING, OR USING THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES AND FUTURE MODIFICATIONS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “TERMS”). IF AT ANY TIME YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THEN PLEASE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE YOUR USE OF THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES.

IF YOU ARE USING OR OPENING AN ACCOUNT WITH IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG ON BEHALF OF A LAW FIRM, LAW SCHOOL, ADR PROVIDER, OR OTHER COMPANY, ENTITY, OR ORGANIZATION (COLLECTIVELY, A “SUBSCRIBING ORGANIZATION”) THEN YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU: (I) ARE AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT SUBSCRIBING ENTITY WITH THE AUTHORITY TO BIND SUCH ENTITY TO THESE TERMS; (II) HAVE READ THE FOREGOING TERMS; (III) UNDERSTAND THESE TERMS, AND (IV) AGREE TO THESE TERMS ON BEHALF OF SUCH SUBSCRIBING ORGANIZATION.

1. Important Disclaimers

1.1 Compliance with Laws. You hereby represent, warrant, and agree to comply with all laws, regulations, and rules applicable to your use of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services in all jurisdictions, localities, states, territories, and/or countries in which you or your Subscribing Organization may practice law.

1.2 No Legal Advice. The information displayed on and distributed through the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services is for general information purposes only and is not legal advice, which is the application of the law to a specific person’s particular facts and circumstances. IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG is not a law firm and its employees in no way represent you regarding any legal matters or otherwise. Do not rely or act upon any of the information found on the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services as a replacement for legal advice provided by a professional attorney in good standing and licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. The information displayed on and distributed through the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services is not intended to and in no way establishes an attorney-client relationship between you and IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG, its employees, or any of the attorneys listed on IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG.

1.3 No Referrals or Recommendations. IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG is not a referral service. Lawyers and judges will be listed and evaluated regardless of whether they pay a fee. IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG does not recommend, endorse, or refer its Subscribers to attorneys; IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG provides a self-service web site where you choose an attorney at your own will and sole risk. In addition, IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG does not and has no involvement in: (a) any fees and expenses agreement between you and your chosen attorney; (b) any attorney-client relationships that you may form; (c) any potential conflicts of interest between you, your matters, and your chosen attorney; or (d) any confidential information shared by you with your chosen attorney.

Searching the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG database will guide you to attorneys who fit the criteria you entered regardless of whether that attorney has paid to be listed on our service. It is solely your decision to determine which lawyer is best for your circumstances and your use of IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG constitutes a waiver of any claim against IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG pertaining to your subsequent interaction with any lawyer listed thereon.

Nothing contained on the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services constitutes a recommendation or endorsement of any product, service, site, law firm, judge, or attorney. Any listing, name, content, or material of any attorney or law firm found on the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services does not constitute any endorsement, recommendation or referral of such firms or attorneys. That an attorney obtains IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG’s highest rating or yields the highest search result is not a recommendation from IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG that you hire that attorney. When deciding to hire any attorney or law firm you should do your own independent research and not solely rely on the materials found on IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG.

2. Privacy Notice. Your privacy is important to IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG.
IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG’s Privacy Notice is hereby incorporated into these Terms by reference. Please read this notice carefully for information relating to IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG’s collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information.

3. Individual Features and Services. When using the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, you will be subject to any additional posted guidelines or rules applicable to specific services and features which may be posted from time to time (the “Guidelines”). All such Guidelines are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms.

4. Modification of these Terms. IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG reserves the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms at any time. Please check these Terms and any Guidelines periodically for changes. Your continued use of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services after the posting of changes constitutes your binding acceptance of such changes. For any material changes to these Terms, such amended terms will automatically be effective thirty days after they are initially posted on the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services.

5. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. It is IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG’s policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. For more information, please go to IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG’s DMCA Notification Guidelines. IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG will promptly terminate without notice any Subscriber’s access to the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services if that Subscriber is determined by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG to be a “repeat infringer.” A repeat infringer is a Subscriber who has been notified by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG of infringing activity violations more than twice and/or who has had a Subscriber Evaluation or any other user-submitted content removed from the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services more than twice.

6. Subscriber Evaluations.

6.1 Definition of Subscriber Evaluations. IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG permits Subscribers to submit descriptive listings of their practice and/or law firm (“Subscriber Listings”) as well as reviews and evaluations of judges and lawyers (“Subscriber Evaluations”). You understand that whether or not such Subscriber Evaluations are published, IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any Subscriber Evaluations. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OF THE SUBSCRIBER EVALUATIONS THAT YOU PROVIDE AND YOU MAY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY INACCURACIES OR FALSITIES.

6.2 Ownership, Limited License Grants.
(a) Limited License Grant to IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG. By submitting Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations to the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, you hereby grant to IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable license to display, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, and exploit your Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations in any media formats and through any media channels. You understand and agree that you may not be able to update or modify any evaluations, reviews, or listings once such information is submitted through the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services.

(b) Limited License Grant to other IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Users. By submitting Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations to the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, you also hereby grant to each user of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services a non-exclusive license to access and use your Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations through the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services.

(c) Required Rights in Subscriber Evaluations. You are solely responsible for your Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations, you affirm, represent and/or warrant that you created, own, or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and to authorize IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG and IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG’s Subscribers to use your Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations as necessary to exercise the licenses granted by you in this section and in the manner contemplated by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG and these Terms.

(d) Subscriber Evaluations Representations. In connection with Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations, you further agree that you will not: (i) submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret laws or is otherwise subject to third-party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG and its Subscribers all of the license rights granted herein; (ii) publish falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG or any third party person or entity; (iii) submit material that is defamatory, unlawful, obscene, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, demeaning with regard to sexual orientation, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law or is otherwise inappropriate; (iv) post advertisements or solicitations of business; or (iv) impersonate another person.

(e) Subscriber Evaluations Disclaimer. You understand that when using the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services you will be exposed to Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations from a variety of sources, and that IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations that are inaccurate, offensive, indecent or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG with respect thereto. IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG does not endorse any Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations or any opinion, recommendation or advice expressed therein, and IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations. If notified by a Subscriber or a content owner of a Subscriber Listing and/or Subscriber Evaluation that allegedly does not conform to these Terms, IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG may investigate the allegation and determine in its sole discretion whether to remove the Subscriber Listing and/or Subscriber Evaluation, which it reserves the right to do at any time and without notice. For clarity, IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG does not permit copyright infringing activities on the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services.

7. Prohibited Conduct – BY USING THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES YOU AGREE NOT TO:

7.1 post, upload, or distribute any defamatory, libelous, or inaccurate Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations or other content;

7.2 post, upload, or distribute any Subscriber Listings and/or Subscriber Evaluations or other content that is unlawful or that a reasonable person could deem to be objectionable, offensive, indecent, pornographic, harassing, threatening, embarrassing, distressing, vulgar, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, demeaning with regard to sexual orientation, or otherwise inappropriate;

7.3 impersonate any person or entity, falsely claim an affiliation with any person or entity, or access the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services accounts of others without permission, forge another persons’ digital signature, misrepresent the source, identity, or content of information transmitted via the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, or perform any other similar fraudulent activity;

7.4 make unsolicited offers, advertisements, proposals, or send junk mail to other Subscribers of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services. This includes, but is not limited to, unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or other solicitation material, bulk mailing of commercial advertising, chain mail, informational announcements, charity requests, and petitions for signatures;

7.5 use the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services for any illegal purpose, or in violation of any local, state, national, or international law, including, without limitation, laws governing intellectual property and other proprietary rights, and data protection and privacy;

7.6 defame, harass, abuse, threaten or defraud users of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, or collect, or attempt to collect, personal information about third parties without their consent, or use the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services for any commercial use, it being understood that the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services are for personal, non-commercial use only;

7.7 use the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services if you are under the age of eighteen (18) years old;

7.8 fail to deliver payment for any products or services that you purchase through the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services;

7.9 remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content accessible through the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, or features that enforce limitations on the use of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services; or

7.10 intentionally interfere with or damage operation of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services or any user’s enjoyment of them, by any means, including uploading or otherwise disseminating viruses, worms, or other malicious code.

8. Account; Payment Terms

8.1 Account. THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 OR TO ANY SUBSCRIBERS PREVIOUSLY SUSPENDED OR REMOVED FROM THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES BY IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG. When you subscribe to the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services and/or purchase a listing or any products, services, or information from the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, you will be asked to provide a password. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You agree that the information you provide to IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG on registration and at all other times will be true, accurate, current, and complete. You also agree that you will ensure that this information is kept accurate and up-to-date at all times. If you have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure (e.g., in the event of a loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure or use of your account ID, password, or any credit, debit or charge card number, if applicable), then you agree to immediately notify IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG. You may be liable for the losses incurred by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG or others due to any unauthorized use of your IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services account. Please contact IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG at accounts@IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG.com with any questions regarding your account.

8.2 Payment Terms. You are responsible for paying all fees and applicable taxes associated with the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services in a timely manner and with a valid payment method. All payments must be made as directed by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG. You agree to pay for any listings, products, services, advertisements, or information that you purchase through the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, and we may charge your selected payment method for any such fees owed. You are required to keep your billing information current, complete, and accurate (e.g., a change in billing address, credit card number, or expiration date) and to notify IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG if your selected payment method is cancelled (e.g., for loss or theft). You are responsible for all charges incurred under your account made by you or anyone who uses your account (including your children, family, or friends). If your payment method fails or your account is past due, we may collect fees owed using other collection mechanisms. Your account may be deactivated without notice to you if payment is past due, regardless of the dollar amount. You are also responsible for paying any governmental taxes imposed on your purchases from or use of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, including, but not limited to, sales, use, or value-added taxes. To the extent that IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG is obligated to collect such taxes, the applicable tax will be added to your account.

9. Termination; Terms of Use Violations.
You agree that IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG, in its sole discretion and for any or no reason, may terminate any account (or any part thereof) you may have with IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG or your use of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services and remove and discard all or any part of your account, Subscriber profile, and any Subscriber Evaluation, at any time. IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing access to the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services or any account you may have or portion thereof may be effected without prior notice, and you agree that IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG will not be liable to you or any third party for any such termination. Any suspected fraudulent, abusive or illegal activity may be referred to appropriate law enforcement authorities. These remedies are in addition to any other remedies IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG may have at law or in equity. As discussed herein, IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG does not permit copyright infringing activities on the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, and will terminate access to the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, and remove all Subscriber Evaluations or other content submitted by any Subscribers who are found to be repeat infringers.

10. Ownership; Proprietary Rights.
The IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services are owned and operated by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG. The visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, information, computer code, products, software, services, and all other elements of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services provided by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG (the “Materials”) are protected by United States copyright, trade dress, patent, and trademark laws, international conventions, and all other relevant intellectual property and proprietary rights, and applicable laws. Except for any Subscriber Evaluations, which are provided and owned by Subscribers, all Materials contained on the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services are the property of IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG or its subsidiaries or affiliated companies and/or third-party licensors. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are proprietary to IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG or its affiliates and/or third-party licensors. Except as expressly authorized by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG, you agree not to sell, license, distribute, copy, modify, publicly perform or display, transmit, publish, edit, adapt, create derivative works from, or otherwise make unauthorized use of the Materials.

11. Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify, save, and hold IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG, its affiliated companies, contractors, employees, agents and its third-party suppliers, licensors, and partners harmless from any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of your use or misuse of the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services, any violation by you of these Terms, or any breach of the representations, warranties, and covenants made by you herein. IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG, and you agree to cooperate with IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG’s defense of these claims. IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.

12. Third-Party Sites, Products and Services; Links.
The IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services may include links or references to other web sites or services solely as a convenience to Subscribers (“Reference Sites”). IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG does not endorse any such Reference Sites or the information, materials, products, or services contained on or accessible through Reference Sites. In addition, your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services are solely between you and such advertiser. ACCESS AND USE OF REFERENCE SITES, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH REFERENCE SITES IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

13. Disclaimers; No Warranties.
THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES AND ANY DATA, INFORMATION, THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE, REFERENCE SITES, SERVICES, OR APPLICATIONS MADE AVAILABLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG AND ITS SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.

IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG, ITS SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE DATA, INFORMATION, OR FUNCTIONS OFFERED ON THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES OR ANY REFERENCE SITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT ERRORS OR DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE IS OR WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG, ITS SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR USE OF ANY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO LAW FIRMS, ATTORNEYS, OR JUDGES) OR ANY REFERENCE SITES IN TERMS OF CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU USE, ACCESS, DOWNLOAD, OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN INFORMATION, MATERIALS, OR DATA THROUGH THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES OR ANY REFERENCE SITES AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL OR DATA.

14. Limitation of Liability and Damages.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, WILL IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG OR ITS AFFILIATES, CONTRACTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR THIRD-PARTY PARTNERS, LICENSORS, OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, RELIANCE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY UNSUCCESSFUL COURT ACTION OR LEGAL DISPUTE, LOST BUSINESS, LOST REVENUES, OR LOSS OF ANTICIPATED PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THAT RESULT FROM YOUR USE OR YOUR INABILITY TO USE THE MATERIALS ON THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES OR ANY REFERENCE SITES, OR ANY OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG, EVEN IF IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG OR A IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH CASES, IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG’S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

IN NO EVENT WILL IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG OR ITS AFFILIATES, CONTRACTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR THIRD-PARTY PARTNERS, LICENSORS, OR SUPPLIERS TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES OR ANY REFERENCE SITES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH ANY LAW FIRMS, ATTORNEYS, OR JUDGES FOUND BY YOU ON THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES OR WITH OTHER THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS, (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE), EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DAY THE ACT OR OMISSION OCCURRED THAT GAVE RISE TO YOUR CLAIM OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

THESE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY YOU BY REASON OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES SOLD OR PROVIDED ON ANY REFERENCE SITES OR OTHERWISE BY THIRD PARTIES OTHER THAN IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG AND RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY REFERENCE SITES.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG HAS OFFERED ITS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, SET ITS PRICES, AND ENTERED INTO THESE TERMS IN RELIANCE UPON THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN, THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN REFLECT A REASONABLE AND FAIR ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN YOU AND IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG, AND THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN FORM AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

15. Miscellaneous.

15.1 Notice. IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG’s terms and conditions, by email, regular mail or postings on the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services. Notice will be deemed given twenty-four hours after email is sent, unless IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG is notified that the email address is invalid. Alternatively, we may give you legal notice by mail to a postal address, if provided by you through the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services. In such case, notice will be deemed given three days after the date of mailing. Notice posted on the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services is deemed given 30 days following the initial posting.

15.2 Waiver. The failure of IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms will be effective only if in writing and signed by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG.

15.3 Governing Law. These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law.

15.4 Jurisdiction. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these Terms or IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG will be filed only in the state or federal courts in and for Los Angeles County, California, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action.

15.5 Severability. If any provision of these Terms or any Guidelines is held to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated from these Terms to the minimum extent necessary and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

15.6 Assignment. These Terms and related Guidelines, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG without restriction.

15.7 Survival. Upon termination of these Terms, any provision which, by its nature or express terms should survive, will survive such termination or expiration, including, but not limited to, Sections 1, 4, 6, 8, and 9 through 15 herein.

15.8 Headings. The heading references herein are for convenience purposes only, do not constitute a part of these Terms, and will not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

15.9 Entire Agreement. This is the entire agreement between you and IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG relating to the subject matter herein and will not be modified except in a writing, signed by both parties, or by a change to these Terms or Guidelines made by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG as set forth in Section 4 above.

15.9 Entire Agreement. This is the entire agreement between you and IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG relating to the subject matter herein and will not be modified except in a writing, signed by both parties, or by a change to these Terms or Guidelines made by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG as set forth in Section 4 above.

15.10 Claims. YOU AND IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE IALA AND IALAWYERS.ORG SERVICES MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

15.11 Disclosures. The services hereunder are offered by IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Inc., located at: 600 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800, Los Angeles, CA 90017 and email: info@IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG.com. If you are a California resident, you may have this same information emailed to you by sending a letter to the foregoing address with your email address and a request for this information.

IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG DMCA Notification Guidelines

Digital Millennium Copyright Act Compliance. It is IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG’s policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof, and you believe that any content hosted on the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Service infringes your copyrights, then you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) by providing IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG’s Designated Copyright Agent with the following information in writing:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works on the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works on the IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG Services;
3. 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 IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG to locate the material;
4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit IALA and IALAWYERS.ORG to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law (for example, “I am under the good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted content that is identified herein is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.”); and
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed (for example, “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner, of the copyright(s) that is allegedly infringed by the aforementioned content.”).