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Partners (“we,” “our,” or “us”) provides you with access to our website located at http://www.partnersnj.org (“Site”) subject to the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”). Please read these carefully. By visiting, accessing, browsing or using this Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use and the terms and conditions of our privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”), which are hereby incorporated into these terms of use and made a part hereof by reference (collectively, the “Agreement”). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY OF THESE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE. Partners reserves the right to amend these Terms of Use without notice by posting the amended terms on the Site. Such amended Terms shall be effective immediately upon posting. You agree to be bound by any such amendments by visiting, accessing, browsing or using this Site after they are posted. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH AMENDMENTS TO THESE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.

If you accept or agree to the Agreement on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to the Agreement and, in such event, “you” and “your” will refer and apply to that company or other legal entity.

Restrictions on Use of Information

The information provided on this Site is for informational purposes only. This Site is not intended to provide legal advice or to substitute for legal services or advice from legal counsel. Nothing on this Site is an offer for Partners to represent you or provide services to you, and your use of this Site will not create an attorney-client relationship.

Donations

If you wish to make a donation through the Site, you acknowledge and agree that the Site will link to a third party payment processor of ours who will process your payment (“Third Party Payment Vendor”), and that any information that you submit in connection with such donation will be submitted to such Third Party Payment Vendor and will be subject to the privacy policy and terms of use of such Third Party Payment Vendor.

Intellectual Property

The Site is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, Partners and its licensors exclusively own all right, title, and interest in and to the Site, including all associated intellectual property rights. You will not remove, alter, or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark, or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Site.

You may view all content on the Site (the “Content”) for your own personal use and not for any other use, including any commercial use, without the prior written consent of Partners. We, and our licensors, retain all right, title, and interest, including all intellectual property rights, in and to the Content. You may not sell, transfer, assign, license, sublicense, or modify the Content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, make a derivative version of, distribute, or otherwise use the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use or posting of the Content on any other website, social media page, or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is expressly prohibited.

If you violate any part of this Agreement, your permission to access the Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the Site.

The trademarks, service marks, and logos of Partners (the “Partners Trademarks”) used and displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered trademarks or service marks of Partners. Other company, product, and service names located on the Site may be trademarks or service marks owned by others (the “Third-Party Trademarks,” and, collectively with Partners Trademarks, the “Trademarks”). Nothing on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use the Trademarks, without our prior written permission specific for each such use. Use of the Trademarks as part of a link to or from any website is prohibited unless establishment of such a link is approved in advance by us in writing. All goodwill generated from the use of Partners Trademarks inures to our benefit.

Elements of the Site are protected by trade dress, trademark, unfair competition, and other state and federal laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part, by any means, including, but not limited to, the use of framing or mirrors. None of the Content may be retransmitted without our express, written consent for each and every instance.

Login Credentials

If you are a pro bono attorney, Partners will provide you with the login credentials that will allow you to access specific portions of the Site. You represent and warrant that all information you provide to us is truthful and accurate, and you will maintain the accuracy of such information. You are responsible for the confidentiality of such login credentials. We reserve the right to delete or change the login credentials at any time and for any reason.

Fees

The Site is provided to you free of charge.

If you register for any events through the Site, you will be required to pay the applicable registration fee and/or ticket price (“Fees”). We may use a Third Party Payment Vendor to process your payment of such Fees. You warrant and represent that you are the valid owner or an authorized user, of the credit card or payment account that you provide to such Third Party Payment Vendor, and that all information you provide is accurate.

We reserve the right to change any of the fees that we charge, or to institute new or additional fees, at any time upon notice to you.

Links to Other Sites

For your convenience, the Site may provide links to third party websites. These third party websites are not governed by these Terms of Use but, instead, are governed by the terms of use and policies of such websites. Partners is not responsible for the content of any third party website. If you decide to access third parties through the Site, you do so at your own risk. Any correspondence or dealings you have with third parties found through this Site are solely between you and the third party. Partners is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage incurred as a result of your accessing third party websites or your dealings with third parties through the Site.

Community Guidelines

By accessing and/or using the Site, you hereby agree to comply with the following guidelines:

• You will not use the Site for any unlawful purpose;

• You will not access or use the Site to collect any market research for a competing businesses;

• You will not impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

You will not upload, post, e-mail, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that:
- infringes any copyright, trademark, right of publicity, or other proprietary rights of any person or entity; or
- is threatening, tortious, defamatory, libelous, indecent, obscene, pornographic, invasive of another’s privacy, or promotes violence; or
- discloses any sensitive information about another person, including that person’s e-mail address, postal address, phone number, credit card information, or any similar information;

• You will not decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble any software or other products or processes accessible through the Site;

• You will not cover, obscure, block, or in any way interfere with any advertisements and/or safety features on the Site;

• You will not circumvent, remove, alter, deactivate, degrade, or thwart any of the protections in the Site;

• You will not use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools, or the like to download or scrape data from the Site, directly or indirectly, except for Internet search engines (e.g., Google) and non-commercial public archives (e.g., archive.org) that comply with our robots.txt file;

• You will not take any action that imposes or may impose (in our sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our technical infrastructure; and

• You will not interfere with or attempt to interrupt the proper operation of the Site through the use of any virus, device, information collection or transmission mechanism, software or routine, or access or attempt to gain access to any data, files, or passwords related to the Site through hacking, password or data mining, or any other means.

We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to deny you (or any device) access to the Site, or any portion thereof, without notice.

Use of Personally Identifiable Information

Partners’ practices and policies with respect to the collection and use of personally identifiable information is governed by Partners’ Privacy Policy. Click here to view the Policy.

Communications To Us

Although we encourage you to e-mail us, we do not want you to, and you should not, e-mail us any content that contains confidential information. With respect to all e-mails you send to us, including but not limited to, feedback, questions, comments, suggestions, and the like, we shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in your communications for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, the development, production and marketing of products and services that incorporate such information.

Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. PARTNERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, PARTNERS DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE. PARTNERS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVER OR ANY FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING THROUGH THIS SITES ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS.

Limitation of Liability

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY WARRANTY, CONTRACT, OR COMMON LAW TORT CLAIMS: (I) NONE OF THE PARTNERS, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR TRUSTEES (THE “PARTNERS PARTIES”) SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO ACCESS AND USE THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, EVEN IF SUCH PARTNERS PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; AND (II) ANY DIRECT DAMAGES THAT YOU MAY SUFFER AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100)

BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS PARTNERS’ LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Termination

Partners reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of our Site, at any time and for any reason without prior notice or liability. Partners reserves the right to change, suspend, or discontinue all or any part of this Site or the content at any time without prior notice or liability.

You may terminate your receipt of emails and access to the Site at any time for any reason. Each email to you will receive will contain an easy, automated way for you to cease receiving email from Partners, or to change your expressed interests. If you wish to do this, simply follow the instructions at the end of any email.

User Must Comply with Applicable Laws

This Site is managed from facilities based in New Jersey, United States which may be subject to change from time to time at Partners’ sole discretion. Partners makes no claims concerning whether the Site and/or the Content may be downloaded or is appropriate for use outside of the United States. If you access this Site from outside of the United States, you are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with the laws of your specific jurisdiction. You agree that these Terms of Use and your use of this Site shall be governed in all respect by the internal substantive laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions. You further agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts located in the State of New Jersey for all disputes, cases and controversies regarding this Site and your use of this Site.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Partners, including its officers, directors, employees, agents and trustees, harmless from any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising or resulting from: (i) your breach of this Agreement; (ii) your misuse of the Content, and/or the Site; (iii) any User Generated Information provided through your accounts; and (iv) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any copyright, trademark, property, or privacy right.

Other General Provisions

If this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the Termination provision above, such termination shall not affect the validity of the following provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect: “Intellectual Property,” “Information Posted to this Site,” “Communications with Us,” “Disclaimer of Warranties,” Limitation of Liability,” “Indemnification,” “Termination,” and “Miscellaneous.” Headings are for reference purposes only. Our failure to act on or enforce any provision of the Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of that provision or any other provision in this Agreement. No waiver shall be effective against us unless made in writing, and no such waiver shall be construed as a waiver in any other or subsequent instance. Except as expressly agreed by us and you in writing, this Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between you and us with respect to the subject matter, and supersedes all previous or contemporaneous agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of our successors, assigns, licensees, and sublicensees.