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in your jurisdiction for your particular legal issues.
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obscure the copyright notice or other notices on my website, your
website does not engage in illegal or pornographic activities, and you
stop providing links to my website at once upon request by me.
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may send me email. However, if you communicate with me about a matter
for which I do not already represent you, you should not send me
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should note that the security of Internet email is uncertain. By
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absence of confidentiality over the Internet.
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myself. Please contact me at the address or phone number listed on my
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I practice law only in jurisdictions in which I am licensed to do so.
I do not seek to represent anyone in any jurisdiction where my website
does not comply or is in any way inconsistent with the rules governing
communication of legal services in a particular state. I will not
represent clients from those states where the materials do not comply
with state bar requirements and where the client is generated as a
result of that communication.
The
law is constantly changing and the data may not be complete or
accurate depending on your particular legal issue. Each legal issue
depends on its individual facts and different jurisdictions have
different laws and regulations.
I
may make changes to the features, functionality or content of my
website at any time. I reserve the right in my sole discretion to edit
or delete any data appearing on my website.
I
reserve the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of
these Terms of Use and to take any action I deem appropriate,
including but not limited to reporting any suspected unlawful activity
to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and
disclosing any data necessary or appropriate to such persons or
entities relating to your profile, email addresses, usage history, IP
addresses and traffic data.
The
aggregate liability of me and any affiliated parties for any claim
arising out of or relating to my website shall not exceed one hundred
($100) dollars and that amount shall be in lieu of all other remedies
which you may have against me and any affiliated party.
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These Terms of Use shall be treated as though it were executed and
performed in Plano, Collin County, Texas, and shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas without
regard to conflict of law principles. Any cause of action by you with
respect to my website must be instituted within one (1) year after the
cause of action arose or be forever waived and barred. All actions
shall be subject to the limitations set forth in these Terms of Use.
The
language in these Terms of Use shall be interpreted as to its fair
meaning and not strictly for or against any party. Any rule of
construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against
the drafting party shall not apply in interpreting these Terms of Use.
Should any part of these Terms of Use be held invalid or
unenforceable, that portion shall be construed as much as possibly
consistent with applicable law and the remaining portions shall remain
in full force and effect. To the extent that anything in or associated
with my website is in conflict or inconsistent with these Terms of
Use, these Terms of Use shall take precedence. My failure to enforce
any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be deemed a waiver of
the provision nor of the right to enforce the provision. My rights
under these Terms of Use shall survive any termination of this
agreement.
Any legal claim arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or my
website, excluding intellectual property right infringement claims by
me, shall be settled solely by confidential binding arbitration per
the American Arbitration Association commercial arbitration rules. All
claims shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be
consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any
other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in Plano, Collin
County, Texas. Each party shall bear one half of the arbitration fees
and costs incurred, and each party shall bear its own lawyer fees.
The
data contained in my website does not necessarily reflect the opinions
of my clients.
These
Terms of Use were last updated on September 10, 2006.
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