ATTORNEY ADVERTISING & TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT

January 12, 2017

Conditions of Use
Welcome to the Athena Law Group LLP (“Athena Law Group”) website (the “Website”). Athena Law Group operates as a limited liability partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (USA) By accessing or using the website, you indicate that you have read and understand this Terms of Use Agreement (the “Agreement”) and agree to be bound by it. You must accept the terms of the Agreement in order to use the Web site. If you do not understand or have questions about the Agreement, immediately stop all use of the website and contact info@athenalaw.com. This Agreement may periodically change without notice, so you should check the Agreement before every attempt to use the website. When the Agreement is changed, the date of the latest revision will appear at the top of this page.

No Legal Services or Attorney Client Relationship
Although the website may provide information concerning potential legal issues, it is not a substitute for legal advice from qualified counsel. You should not and are not authorized to rely on the website as a source of legal advice. Your use of the website does not create any attorney-client relationship between you and Athena Law Group.

The website contains electronic contact information for many Athena Law Group attorneys. The mere act of contacting an Athena Law Group attorney electronically, however, does not create an attorney-client relationship.  If you wish to become a client of Athena Law Group, you must contact the Athena Law Group managing partner, and explicitly negotiate a retention. The website is not an invitation to form an attorney-client relationship.

Unless you have an attorney-client relationship with Athena Law Group, we are not obliged to keep confidential information you may send us.  Under no circumstances, therefore, should you send confidential information to Athena Law Group unless you have been authorized to do so by an Athena Law Group attorney or you have a pre-existing documented attorney-client relationship with Athena Law Group.

User Conduct
You agree that you will not use the website for any illegal purpose. In addition, you agree that:

You will not harvest, collect or otherwise use contact information made available on the website for the purpose of sending unsolicited improper communications, including without limitation, unsolicited bulk email (collectively, spam) and that you will not use any Athena Law Group communications facility to deliver or attempt to deliver spam;

You will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or the servers and network associated with the website;
You will not circumvent or attempt to circumvent any security or access control technology implemented on the website, or the servers and network associated with the website; and

You will not use the website in any manner designed to degrade the performance or functioning of the website, including, without limitation, launching Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks against the website

Copyright
Athena Law Group claims a copyright in its works presented at this website. Athena Law Group authorizes you to view, copy, download and print Athena Law Group documents on this website, subject to the following conditions:

The documents may be used solely for personal, noncommercial and informational purposes;

The documents may not be modified; and

The following copyright notice and permission notice must appear in each document: “© Copyright 2017 Athena Law Group LLP. All rights reserved. Athena Law Group documents available from this web site are protected by the copyright laws of the United States and international treaties. All use subject to Terms of Use.”

Commercial Use of Athena Law Group Website Materials and Screen Shots
Reproduction, copying or redistribution of materials on the Athena Law Group website for commercial purposes is prohibited without the express written permission of Athena Law Group. To obtain permission to copy portions of this site, please send email to info@athenalaw.com, with all details relating to your requested use.  We will evaluate your request and advise you as soon as possible. Athena Law Group reserves the right to refuse permission to copy, distribute, broadcast or publish any of its copyrighted material, including text and images on our website.

No Warranties and Limitation of Liability
INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT. ATHENA LAW GROUP PERIODICALLY ADDS CHANGES, IMPROVES OR UPDATES THE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS ON THE WEBSITE WITHOUT NOTICE. ATHENA LAW GROUP ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY SHALL ATHENA LAW GROUP, ITS SUPPLIERS OR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THE WEBSITE’S CONTENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER ARISING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THE WEBSITE.

Links to Third Party Sites
If you use any links on the website to websites not maintained by Athena Law Group, you will leave Athena Law Group website. The linked sites are not under the control of Athena Law Group and Athena Law Group is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained on a linked site. Athena Law Group provides these links to you only as a convenience and the inclusion of any link does not imply recommendation, approval or endorsement by Athena Law Group of the site.

Service Marks – Permitted Use of Athena Law Group Service Marks
Athena Law Group service marks identify Athena Law Group products and services and let the public know the source of those products and services. You may make fair use of our service marks in advertising and promotional materials, and in referencing our products and services (for example, in a magazine article) without our permission, provided you follow standard trademark usage practices and provide proper attribution. Other uses require our written permission. If you are in doubt as to whether you need our permission for a specific type of use, please ask us.

You may not use Athena Law Group logos or “design” service marks (as opposed to our service marks consisting solely of words) under any circumstances without our prior written authorization.

In addition, you may not use Athena Law Group service marks, whether design or word marks, in the following ways:

  • In a non-Athena Law Group service name or publication title;
  • In, as, or as part of, your own service or trademarks;
  • To identify non Athena Law Group’s products or services;
  • In a manner likely to cause confusion;
  • In a manner that implies inaccurately that we sponsor or endorse, or are otherwise connected with, your own activities, products and services; or

As hidden or embedded text in web pages in an effort to cause a search of Athena Law Group marks to result in a hit on a page not maintained by Athena Law Group in a manner disparaging of Athena Law Group

Jurisdiction; Choice of Law
This Agreement and your use of the website shall be governed by the laws of California, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed and all other provisions shall remain in force.

Legal Notices
Athena Law Group operates as a limited liability partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (USA).  Under New York’s Code of Professional Responsibility, portions of this website contain attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Results depend upon a variety of factors unique to each representation. Any results portrayed were dependent on the facts of the particular matters and the results will differ if based on different facts. Unless otherwise indicated, attorneys listed on this Web site are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Please direct all inquiries regarding our conduct under New York’s Disciplinary Rules to Hilary Luros, Athena Law Group LLP, 543 West Crescent Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Phone: +1.650.704.3050.  Athena Law Group is a law firm practicing in jurisdictions where such practice is permissible, and its attorneys are subject to the rules of the jurisdictions in which the firm’s offices are located. In addition, the firm’s lawyers are subject to the rules of the regulatory body with whom they are admitted.  Unless otherwise indicated, all references on this website to “Athena Law Group,” “Athena” or “the firm” should be read as referring to Athena Law Group LLP.