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Terms and Conditions of Use and General Information

Use of this Website is subject to the terms and conditions ("Terms") set forth below. Access to this Website is an acknowledgement that these Terms, as amended from time to time, have been read and accepted. To aid in navigation of these Terms, they have been divided into several sections. To access a section, please click on the appropriate link below:

General
Location of Website Host
Materials on this Website
No Assurances
Malicious Code
Third Party Information and Links to Other Entities
Contacting Lindasy Boyd and Associates
No Lawyer-Client Relationship
Privacy
Limitation of Liability
IRS Circular 230 Disclosure
Indemnification
Miscellaneous

General
Lindsay Boyd and Associates (the “Firm”) comprises multiple affiliated entities: a limited liability company with the full name Lindsay Boyd and Associates qualified in Indiana and maintaining offices or affiliate relationships throughout the United States, in Brazil and in Europe; a foreign legal consultancy ( Boyd & Associates) maintaining an office in Recife, Brazil; Lindsay Boyd and Associates, its affiliates or of counsel maintain the appropriate registrations in the jurisdictions in which its offices or affiliates are located. The Firm may therefore be subject to the rules of various jurisdictions and professional bodies depending on where each office or affiliate is located. The Firm's lawyers and its affiliates lawyers or of counsel are subject to the rules of the regulatory bodies to which they are admitted and are admitted to practice in the jurisdictions listed on their individual resumes.

Location of Website Host
The host server for this Website is located in the United States of America.

Materials on this Website
The materials on this Website are for general information purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice, legal opinion or any other advice on any specific facts or circumstances. Readers should not act or refrain from acting upon this information without seeking professional advice. Transmission of information on or by use of this Website is not intended to create, and receipt does not constitute, a lawyer-client relationship between the sender and receiver. Such communications will not be treated as confidential. Photographs and other graphics may be for dramatization purposes only and may include models. Likenesses do not necessarily imply current client, partnership or employee status.

No Assurances
The information on this Website is subject to change without notice. Although we try to keep our Website current and accurate, you should not rely on this information or its applicability to any specific circumstances without first seeking professional advice. The information on this Website should in no way be taken as an indication of future developments or results. Lindsay Boyd and Associates makes no warranties, representations, or claims of any kind concerning the information available from, or the operation of, this Website. Lindsay Boyd and Associates and contributing authors expressly disclaim all liability to any person in respect of the consequences of anything done or omitted to be done wholly or partly in reliance upon the use or contents of this Website.

Malicious Code
The Firm has procedures in place to check whether the operation of this Website, including materials posted to it, might have been compromised by malicious code. However, we cannot guarantee that such operation is free of malicious code and we do not accept any responsibility for any damage or loss caused by any such code.

Third Party Information and Links to Other Entities
This Website may provide links to a variety of other Internet resources and may provide access to third-party information. However, Lindsay Boyd and Associates is not responsible for any third party content, products or services that may be accessed through the Website and the availability of links on this Website to such third party content, products or services should not be construed as referrals to, or endorsements of, the linked entities or the content, products or services that they make available. Lindsay Boyd and Associates will remove any link from this Website upon request from the linked entity. Without our prior written consent, you may not link material on this Website with another website, or associate or frame material on this Website with another webpage or materials of any other entity.

Contacting Lindsay Boyd and Associates
Persons contacting Lindsay Boyd and Associates through the Internet e-mail facility provided through this Website should not send confidential, privileged or sensitive information. If you have a specific legal question, please provide details in the e-mail of how we can contact you and the general nature of your inquiry, without providing any confidential specifics. We will then endeavour to pass on your e-mail enquiry to one of our qualified lawyers. If the matter is very time-sensitive, please telephone a lawyer at any of our offices. Your use of the Internet e-mail facility on this Website does not give rise to a lawyer-client relationship. We will endeavour to respond to any question submitted through the Website’s e-mail facility but accept no liability for failure to do so.

No Lawyer-Client Relationship
This Website is not intended to be an offer to represent any person. Your use of the Internet e-mail facility on this Website does not give rise to a lawyer-client relationship. Please do not consider there to be any lawyer-client relationship between you and the Firm or any of its lawyers unless or until: (i) you have sought to retain us; (ii) we have had an opportunity to check and clear any conflicts; and (iii) you have received a letter from us confirming the retention and its scope.

Privacy
We recognize that privacy and data security are important issues, and so have taken steps to safeguard the information that you may provide to us through this Website. Please click here to view our Privacy and Security Statement for this Website.

Limitation of Liability
In no event shall Lindsay Boyd and Associates, its partners officers, employees, agents, affiliates, of counsel or contributors to this Website be liable for any loss or injury, or any damages, whether direct, special, indirect, punitive, incidental, exemplary, consequential, or otherwise, whether based on breach of contract, tort (including negligence), product liability or otherwise, resulting from or occasioned by your access to or use of this Website.

IRS Circular 230 Disclosure
To ensure compliance with certain IRS requirements, we inform you that any tax advice contained on this website is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing, or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed on this website.

Indemnification
You agree that you will not use this Website for any unlawful purpose or for any purpose prohibited by these Terms. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Lindsay Boyd and Associates, its partners and contributors from any liability, loss, claim and expense (including attorneys’ reasonable fees) related to your violation of these Terms.

Miscellaneous
If any of these Terms is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, that shall not affect: (a) the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other Term or (b) the legality, validity or enforceability in other jurisdictions of that Term or any other Term.

We reserve the right to vary or amend these terms and conditions from time to time. Any changes shall take effect upon posting to this Website.

California
This website constitutes a "communication" as defined in Rule 1-400(A) of the California Rules of Professional Conduct because it is a message made by and on behalf of attorneys at Lindsay Boyd and Associates who are members of the State Bar of California concerning Lindsay Boyd and Associates and the availability for professional employment of those members and their law firm.

Additionally, pursuant to applicable laws and rules of professional conduct in other states, this website may constitute advertising. The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements. Before you select any lawyer, you should inquire further about the particular abilities, qualifications, and experiences of the lawyer to determine if they are appropriate for your needs. If you wish to consider retaining Lindsay Boyd and Associates to be your lawyers, please ask us to send you free written information about our qualifications and experience.

Texas
The attorneys resident in all offices, unless otherwise indicated, are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Lindsay Boyd and Associates is, unless otherwise stated, the owner or licensee of all rights in this Web site and its contents, software, databases and services. The materials contained in this Web site are protected by the copyright and trademark laws and other laws of the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries. No user of this Web site has any right, title, or interest in such contents, software, databases or services not previously expressly granted in writing to such user by Lindsay Boyd and Associates or by its licensor.

Other Web sites operated by Lindsay Boyd and Associates, such as extranets available to clients of the Firm, are subject to agreements posted on such other Web sites. Such agreements may contain terms that differ from the terms of this Notice.

No materials from this Web site may be published, uploaded, downloaded, transmitted, posted, copied, reproduced, distributed or republished except (a) with the Firm’s express written permission, (b) in accordance with a license granted by the Firm, (c) in accordance with a contract entered into with the Firm, or (d) as permitted by applicable law. However, you may view, print or download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial use only, but only if:

(i) all proprietary notices, including copyright, trademark and other intellectual property notices, are kept intact;

(ii) the materials are not modified;

(iii) the materials, absent the Firm’s express written permission, are not used in a manner that suggests an association with any of our services; and

(iv) the materials are not incorporated in any other work or publication.

Notwithstanding the foregoing,

(i) any materials available on this Web site are subject to any additional or narrower restrictions stated in such materials or by the owners thereof;

(ii) more than one copy of brochures, announcements, registration forms, client alerts and bulletins, and similar materials may be printed or downloaded as may be necessary and reasonable under the circumstances;

(iii) you may send copies of the materials to individual third parties for their personal information, but only if you acknowledge this Web site as the source of the material and you inform the third party that the terms of this Notice apply;

(iv) no part of this Web site may be distributed or recopied for any commercial purpose or for a fee.

The Firm reserves the right at any time at its discretion to withdraw or modify the permissions set out above.

Lindsay Boyd and Associates ®, the Lindsay Boyd and Associates logo®, PROTECTING YOUR DREAMS, FAMILY AND BUSINESS®, LAW FOR LIVING®,Lindsay Boyd and Associates logo ® and LAW FOR LIVING logo®, Lindsay Boyd and Associates and Law for Living are registered service marks or trademarks, service marks, and/or trade names owned by Lindsay Boyd and Associates. These and all other trademarks, service marks, and trade names used on this Web site and the Firm’s other Web sites are owned by the Firm or third parties, and are protected by state, federal, and/or international trademark laws. No user of any Firm Web site has any right, title, or interest in those marks or names not previously expressly granted in writing to such user by the Firm or the third party.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is an electronically transmitted file that holds small pieces of information. The cookie collects certain information about your use of our Web site and sends it back to our Web server. Cookies do not, standing alone, identify you as an individual; they merely recognize your browser. No cookie on our Web site collects personal information.

There are two types of cookies: persistent and session-based. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you've closed your browser or turned off your computer. Session cookies disappear from your computer when you close your browser, turn off your computer or exit from the portion of the web site that caused the cookie to be set. For example, we may use session cookies on the online seminar registration and online publication order forms.

When you visit the general portion of our Web site (that is, the portion other than our extranets), our Web server sends a persistent cookie to your computer. We use this cookie to help us understand better how visitors use our Web site so that we can improve it. For example, the cookies allow us to collect information about how many people are visiting our Web site, what pages they are visiting and how they navigate the site. They allow us to recognize different browsers when visitors return to our site. This helps us to track trends over time.

When you visit the home page of the general portion of our Web site, you also have the opportunity to choose to display the site without Flash navigation or Flash graphics throughout the duration of your visit. If you click on the "non-Flash site" link in the lower left-hand corner of the home page, a session cookie will be set to implement your choice. Without this session cookie, you would see the Flash-version of the Web site as soon as you left the home page, even if you had selected the non-Flash version.

You can choose to not receive a cookie by changing the settings on your browser to enable it to refuse cookies or to prompt you before you accept a cookie. You can also delete cookies from your computer. Refusing to accept our persistent cookie or deleting it will have no adverse effect on your experience of our Web site. However, refusing to accept cookies or deleting the session cookie will prevent you from viewing the non-Flash version.

Our Web site does not currently use "Graphics Interchange Format" files (GIFs), web beacons or other Web tools that operate in a manner similar to cookies, although we may do so in the future. We do not allow third party cookies to be placed on our Web site. For more information about cookies including how to set your internet browser to reject cookies please go to www.allaboutcookies.org.