Terms and Disclaimer
Terms of Use, Disclaimers, and Privacy Policy Disclaimer
The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements. No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
While the Siskind Law Firm may maintain joint responsibility, most cases of these types are referred to a separate law firm for principal responsibility.
No Attorney-Client Relationship is Created by Your Use of The Websites
No attorney-client relationship between you and The Siskind Law Firm ("The Siskind Law Firm" or "the Firm") is or may be created by your access to or use of The Siskind Law Firm website (the "Website") or any information contained on it. The only way to become our client is through a mutual agreement in writing as described below. Further, none of the information on the Website constitutes legal advice, nor does it necessarily reflect the opinions of the Firm, our attorneys or our clients. Any information you submit via the Website will not be considered confidential and may be subject to applicable disclosure and reporting requirements, as required by law.
Please Contact Us If You Would Like Us to Represent You
If you are interested in asking us to represent you, please call us, email us, or otherwise contact us through one of our Websites so we can determine whether the matter is one for which we are willing or able to accept professional responsibility. The telephone numbers for our office are listed on our Website. If you submit information to us by email or otherwise through one of our Websites, you acknowledge that it will not be considered to be confidential and consent to our sharing it with other law firms to determine whether we will agree to represent you. In any event, we will not make the determination whether to represent you by e-mail communication or communications through the Websites. We reserve the right to decline any representation, and may be required to decline representation if it would create a conflict of interest with our other clients.
Terms of Use
You Should Not Rely on the Information Contained on the Website
The information provided on the Website is general in nature and does not apply to any particular factual, legal, medical, financial, insurance, or other situation. As such, you should not rely on any information on our Website, and should seek professional advice as you determine appropriate.
In particular, you should consult personally and directly with:
• an attorney to understand what your legal rights may be in any particular situation;
• appropriate medical, health, counseling, or other professionals for any medical, health, counseling, or other similar advice.
In addition, although we try to provide accurate and complete information, we make no commitment or express or implied warranty that the factual, legal, medical, financial, or any other information contained on our Websites, or on any linked Websites, is accurate, complete, error-free, or current. We assume no liability if it is not, and your use of the Websites is solely at your own risk.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we are not responsible for any content, communications, information, or other materials posted, submitted, communicated, shared, discussed or otherwise generated through blogs, discussion boards, or other public areas of the Websites ("User Generated Content"), nor do we guarantee its truthfulness, accuracy or completeness. Any actions you take or do not take based on or related to User Generated Content are solely at your own risk.
Third-Party Websites
The Website, including User Generated Content, may contain links to third party Websites. These links are provided only as a convenience to the recipient. We do not control and are not responsible for any linked third-party Websites, and their policies and practices may not be consistent with these Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy. Further, we do not necessarily endorse any of these third-party Websites and do not intend to imply any association between the Firm and the party or parties involved. If you use any third-party links, you do so at your own risk, and should check their terms of use and privacy policies before accessing or using them.
THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND THE SISKIND LAW FIRM EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF OTHER TERMS HEREIN, THE FIRM ALSO DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR ANY WAY RELATED TO (A) ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TECHNICAL INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, (B) USER GENERATED CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS THEREIN, (C) ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITES OR CONTENT THEREIN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACCESSED THROUGH LINKS IN OUR WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS THEREIN, (D) THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, (E) YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE.
Limitation of Liability
The Siskind Law Firm is not and will not be liable for any damages, including but not limited to any direct, indirect, incidental, special, reliance, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, lost profits, savings, or data), in any way due to, resulting from, or arising in connection with the Website, including its content and your use thereof, regardless of any negligence or fault of the Firm, and whether or not the Firm was apprised of the possibility of such damages. In no event will the aggregate liability of the Firm related to your use of the Website, User Generated Content, or its other content be greater than $100.
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use set forth the conditions under which you may access and use the Website. By accessing and using the Websites, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use then in effect and by all applicable law. If you do not agree with any of the Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy, you should not access or use the Website for any purpose. We reserve the right to terminate or limit your access to the Website for any violation of the Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy, or for any other reason, in our sole discretion.
What Information Do We Collect?
Our Website generally collects your personally identifiable information when you voluntarily submit it through any of the Websites. For example, you may submit and we may collect your name, e-mail address, or similar information when you choose to apply for a free case evaluation, register for or provide it on one of our discussion boards or blogs, or otherwise submit it to us through our Website.
We also may collect non-personally identifiable information when you access and use our Website.
We are not responsible for the data collection, privacy practices or policies of any third-party Websites that we may link to or that may link to our Websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every Website you visit.
Cookies
Like many other Websites, we use cookies for various reasons. Cookies are bits of text that are placed on your computer's hard drive when you visit certain Websites. We use cookies to tell us, for example, whether you've visited us before or if you're a new visitor, and to help us understand what areas of the Websites are of greatest interest to you. Cookies also may enhance your online experience by saving your preferences and password so you do not have to re-enter this information each time you visit our Websites. Cookies are not used to identify you and will not collect personally identifiable information.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can configure your browser to stop accepting new cookies, to notify you when you a new cookie is received, and to disable existing cookies. If you choose to disable cookies in your browser, however, you may not be able to take full advantage of all our Website's features.
How Do We Use and Share Your Information?
By submitting information, including personally identifiable information, to our Websites, you (i) consent to our use and disclosure of such information in any manner permitted by law, and (ii) acknowledge that you have no expectation of privacy, confidentiality, or privilege in it.
Specifically, but without limitation, you consent that any information you submit to the Firm, other users, and other third-parties over the Websites may be collected, used, shared, sold, or disclosed to:
• evaluate whether to represent you (and it may be shared with other law firms for this purpose)
• provide you with legal services if you are or become a client of the Firm
• monitor and analyze our business or Website operations
• collect debts, fight fraud, or protect the rights or property of the Firm, our clients, our Websites, their users, or third parties, or as otherwise permitted by law
• be incorporated into our database for mailings or other purposes
Furthermore, any communication, material or content you submit, post or access on an interactive discussion board, blog, other public area, or other interactive function on the Website is a public or other non-private communication, and may be viewed by the general public and/or by the other Website users to whom you share or provide it.
Legally Required and Other Related Disclosures
In addition to the foregoing, we may release your personally identifiable information to law enforcement, governmental authorities, or third parties if (i) required to do so by law, search warrant, subpoena, court order, or other legal process, (ii) requested by law enforcement or other governmental authorities, in our discretion, or (iii) we otherwise have a good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of the Firm or third parties.
How Do We Protect Personally Identifiable Information You Provide to Us?
We make reasonable efforts to protect personally identifiable information that you submit over the Websites from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, which may include the use of firewalls and other security measures on our servers. However, the Firm does not warrant or represent that its level of security meets or exceeds any particular standard, and no server or internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. You should take this into account when submitting personal or confidential data on any Websites, including ours. Similarly, any information that you send us in an e-mail message or other form through the Website is not confidential or privileged, and may be subject to applicable disclosure and reporting requirements, as required by law.
What About Changes to This Privacy Policy?
The Firm reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify or otherwise update this policy at any time and you agree to be bound by such modifications or updates. We will notify you of material changes to this privacy policy by posting the revised policy with the date it was revised on this page. Your continued use of our Websites constitutes your agreement to this privacy policy and any updates. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy policy to stay informed about how we are protecting the personally identifiable information we collect.
