DISCLAIMER & POLICIES

Disclaimer

Effective August 29, 2016

This website provides general information about Ruttle Law for the convenience of visitors to the site and does not constitute legal advice. The website, its contents, and any affiliate sites (including, but not limited to: the firm’s website and/or Ruttle Law’s blog, if any, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, or other social media) will not establish an attorney-client relationship and should not be relied upon for any purpose without first consulting an attorney. This website may be considered attorney advertising under the rules of some states. No statements on this website are intended to provide, nor do they provide, any guarantees regarding services and their outcomes. The information provided may or may not reflect the most current legal environment, thus the information on this website and any affiliate sites (including, but not limited to: the firm’s website and/or Ruttle Law’s blog, if any, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, or other social media) may or may not be correct or complete. Ruttle Law expressly disclaims all liability in respect to actions taken or not taken based on any or all of the contents on this website. Furthermore, messages containing confidential or time-sensitive information should not be sent via the aforementioned mediums, in addition, said messages do not constitute an attorney-client relationship and will not be treated as privileged or confidential. If you communicate with us by email regarding an issue in which represent you, you should be aware that the use of the Internet and email systems may not be secure.

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Privacy and Security

Effective August 29, 2016

Ruttle Law, PC (“Ruttle Law”) operates RuttleLaw.com and may operate other websites and social media brands, including, but not limited to: the firm’s website, Ruttle Law’s blog, if any, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, or other social media. It is Ruttle Law’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites. Your privacy and security are very important to us when it comes to your personal information; however, we are unable to guarantee the security of the information you transmit via the Internet if it is not encrypted. We take the security of your personal information very seriously and only collect information you voluntarily provide us or that which is collected by our third party web-hosts.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Ruttle Law collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Ruttle Law’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Ruttle Law’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Ruttle Law may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Ruttle Law also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on ruttlelaw.com blogs/sites. Ruttle Law only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Ruttle Law’s websites choose to interact with Ruttle Law in ways that require Ruttle Law to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Ruttle Law gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at ruttlelaw.com to provide their name and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Ruttle Law are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Ruttle Law collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Ruttle Law. Ruttle Law does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Ruttle Law may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Ruttle Law may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Ruttle Law does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Ruttle Law discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Ruttle Law’s behalf or to provide services available at Ruttle Law’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Ruttle Law’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Ruttle Law will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Ruttle Law discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Ruttle Law believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Ruttle Law, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Ruttle Law website and have supplied your email address, Ruttle Law may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Ruttle Law and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Ruttle Law takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Ruttle Law uses cookies to help Ruttle Law identify and track visitors, their usage of Ruttle Law website, and their website access preferences. Ruttle Law visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Ruttle Law’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Ruttle Law’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If Ruttle Law, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Ruttle Law goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Ruttle Law may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Ruttle Law and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

We take pride in the fact that we offer new content and services. Accordingly, we may modify our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and/or Disclaimer as we see fit and your continued use of this website and any of the aforementioned social media platforms constitutes acceptance and agreement with such modifications. Ruttle Law encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy.

Please contact the firm if you have questions about the Privacy Policy or use of this website at Info@RuttleLaw.com.

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Effective August 29, 2016

The following terms and conditions govern all use of the RuttleLaw.com website and all content, services and products available at or through the website (taken together, the Website). The Website is owned and operated by Ruttle Law (“Ruttle Law”). The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, Ruttle Law’s Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by Ruttle Law (collectively, the “Agreement”).

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by Ruttle Law, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 18 years old.

Website

The website, Ruttle Law.com, and its affiliate social media platform sites (such as, but not limited to: Ruttle Law’s blog, if any, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, Reddit, and Hacker News) are the property of Ruttle Law and are protected by copyright and other domestic and international intellectual property laws. Your access of the website is by license, or with the permission of Ruttle Law. You are provided with personal and non-exclusive access to the website subject to the terms and limitations set forth in this Privacy Policy. You agree that the website may be inaccessible or inoperable for any reason, including, without limitation: (1) periodic maintenance procedures or repairs by Ruttle Law; (2) equipment malfunction; (3) causes beyond the control of Ruttle Law, whether foreseeable or not; or (4) Ruttle Law’s decision to discontinue the site.

We respect your privacy and permit you to control the treatment of your personal information. A link to a complete statement of the firm’s current policy can be found in the footer of this website. The firm’s privacy policy is expressly incorporated into this Terms of Use agreement by this reference.

No Attorney-Client Relationship

Use of this website, RuttleLaw.com, its contents, and any affiliate sites (including, but not limited to: the firm’s website, Ruttle Law’s blog, if any, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, or other social media) will not establish an attorney-client relationship. Furthermore, simply contacting us by email, phone or by other means will not establish an attorney-client relationship between you and Ruttle Law. Transmission of information between Ruttle Law and/or any of its social media platforms is not intended to, and will not create, an attorney-client relationship between Ruttle Law and you. An attorney-client relationship will not be formed unless and until the Principal Attorney expressly and explicitly agrees in a written engagement letter with you that the firm will undertake an attorney-client relationship, or as provided by law. The information and content contained on the website or any of Ruttle Law’s affiliated social media platforms is not intended to constitute legal advice, and you should contact an attorney before relying on any information or content on the website.

Third-Party Sites

Our site may contain links to third-party websites, which we do not control and may collect additional information. Ruttle Law has no responsibility for the content contained on any linked site and disclaims all liability for anything contained on a linked site. Please consult the appropriate Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, and Terms of Use of that third-party website.

Attorney Advertisement

This website may constitute advertising in some jurisdictions. If this website fails to comply with the State Bar Rules of the jurisdiction from which you access or use this site, Ruttle Law does not wish to represent you. Unless specifically indicated on the website, our attorneys are not certified by the boards of legal specialization of any state.

Children’s Information

Our site is not directed to children under the age of 18. Please contact us if you are aware that a child has provided information to us via the firm’s website and/or Ruttle Law’s blog, if any, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, or other social media and it will be deleted.

Intellectual Property and Content Restrictions

This Agreement does not transfer from Ruttle Law to you any Ruttle Law or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with Ruttle Law. All material included on this Website and those included on Ruttle Law’s blog, if any, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, or other social media platforms, including, but not limited to: graphics, images, logos, videos, and text, and all related intellectual property (trademarks, service marks, trade dress, and copyrights), are owned by Ruttle Law or are displayed by Ruttle Law with the permission of its owners or as permitted by applicable law. You agree not to copy, reproduce, display, modify, transmit or distribute such materials without prior written consent of Ruttle Law. These restrictions apply to content in all adaptations or transformations and in all media and forms, now existing and hereafter developed. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Ruttle Law or third-party trademarks.

As Ruttle Law asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by Ruttlelaw.com violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Ruttle Law in accordance with Ruttle Law’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Policy. Ruttle Law will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. Ruttle Law will terminate a visitor’s access to and use of the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Ruttle Law or others. In the case of such termination, Ruttle Law will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to Ruttle Law.

Responsibility of Website Visitors

Ruttle Law has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the Website, Ruttle Law does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. Ruttle Law disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.

Content Posted on Other Websites

We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which Ruttlelaw.com links, and that link to Ruttlelaw.com. Ruttle Law does not have any control over those non-Ruttle Law websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-Ruttle Law website or webpage, Ruttle Law does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. Ruttle Law disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-Ruttle Law websites and webpages.

Responsibility of Contributors

If you operate a blog, comment on a blog, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:

The downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;
If your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;
You have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;
The Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;
The Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);
The Content is not pornographic, does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
Your blog is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods;
Your blog is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your blog’s URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and
You have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by Ruttle Law or otherwise.

By submitting Content to Ruttle Law for inclusion on your Website, you grant Ruttle Law a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your blog. If you delete Content, Ruttle Law will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.

Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Ruttle Law has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Ruttle Law’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in Ruttle Law’s reasonable opinion, violates any Ruttle Law policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in Ruttle Law’s sole discretion. Ruttle Law will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.

IRS Circular 230 Disclosure

Disclosure In compliance with the requirements of the IRS pertaining to the publication of Circular 230, we inform you that any advice contained on this website or in any communication originating from this website or this law practice which is related to U.S. federal tax advice is not intended or created to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of 1) either avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or promoting, marketing or 2) recommending to another party any transaction or matter that is contained on this website or in any communication originating from this law practice.

General Representation and Warranty

You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the Ruttle Law Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.

Content Disclaimer

The content on this website is provided “as is.” Ruttle Law does not represent that the content will be error-free, timely, free of viruses or other harmful elements, or that defects will be corrected. Neither Ruttle Law nor any of its affiliates makes any representation, express or implied, with respect to the timeliness, accuracy or completeness of any of the contents of this website, and expressly disclaim any liability of warranties, express or implied, including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or use, or non-infringement. Ruttle Law expressly disclaims any liability for any action, or failure to take action, in reliance on any of the contents of the website. Your sole remedy for any dissatisfaction with any of this websites contents is to refrain form using the website or its affiliates.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will Ruttle Law, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this Agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to Ruttle Law under this Agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. Ruttle Law shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify Ruttle Law for your acts and omissions. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Ruttle Law, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives from any and all third party claims, losses, liability, damages, and/or costs (including reasonable attorney fees and costs) arising from your access to or use of the Website, your violation of this Agreement, the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, or your infringement, or infringement by any other user of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. We will notify you promptly of any such claim, loss, liability, or demand, and will provide you with reasonable assistance, at your expense, in defending any such claim, loss, liability, damage, or cost.

Governing Law

These Terms of Use and Privacy Policy shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California, without reference to their rules regarding conflicts of law. You hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts in San Francisco, California, USA in all disputes arising out of or related to the use of the Site or Service.

Severabilility; Waiver

If, for whatever reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finds any term or condition in the Terms of Use or Privacy Policy to be unenforceable, all other terms and conditions will remain unaffected and in full force and effect. No waiver of any breach of any provision of the Terms of Use or Privacy Policy shall constitute a waiver of any prior, concurrent, or subsequent breach of the same or any other provisions hereof, and no waiver shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

California Use Only

The website and its affiliates are controlled and operated by Ruttle Law from its offices in the State of California. We make no representation that any of the materials or the services to which you have been given access are available or appropriate for use in other locations. Your use of the website should not be construed as Ruttle Law purposefully availing itself of the benefits or privilege of doing business in any state or jurisdiction other than California.

Reviewing and Correcting Information

You may contact us at Contact@RuttleLaw.com if you wish to change or update any of your information. In addition, you may contact us at Contact@RuttleLaw.com if you would no longer like to receive our newsletters or blog updates.

We take pride in the fact that we offer new content and services. Accordingly, we may modify our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and/or Disclaimer as we see fit and your continued use of this website and any of the aforementioned social media platforms constitutes acceptance and agreement with such modifications. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Ruttle Law may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Termination

Ruttle Law may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement, you may simply discontinue using the Website. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

Mandatory Arbitration

Claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. (“JAMS”) by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in Fairfield, California, in the English language and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees.

Miscellaneous

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Ruttle Law and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of Ruttle Law, or by the posting by Ruttle Law of a revised version. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; Ruttle Law may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assignees.

Acknowledgment

By using the service or accessing the site or its affiliates, you acknowledge that you have read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and agree to be bound by them.

Please contact the firm if you have questions about the terms of use, disclaimer, or use of this website at Info@RuttleLaw.com.