ACLEA WEB SITE
TERMS OF USE

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS, REVISIONS

The Association for Continuing Legal Education ("ACLEA") is providing this web site as an information service to its members and nonmember customers. By accessing this web site, you are indicating your agreement to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use this site and exit now.

ACLEA may revise these Terms at any time without prior notice by updating this page and such revisions will be effective upon posting to this page. Please check this page periodically for any changes. Your continued use of this web site following the posting of any revisions to these Terms will mean that you accept those changes.

GRANT OF RIGHTS AND AUTHORIZATION OF USE

ACLEA provides educational opportunities and professional interaction for its members and the community of CLE professionals.

ACLEA will grant you a nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited right to access, display on your computer, upload, and download files, and to use the web site and services consistent with these Terms. This grant shall be terminable at will by ACLEA for any reason, and at ACLEA's sole discretion.

MEMBER REGISTRATION FOR SERVICES AND SECURITY OF ACCOUNTS

If you are a member of ACLEA, ACLEA provides you with a username and password. You are responsible for taking all reasonable steps to ensure that no unauthorized person shall have access to your password or account. It is your sole responsibility to control the dissemination and use of passwords; authorize, monitor, and control access to and use of your account and password; and promptly inform ACLEA of any need to deactivate an account.

You grant ACLEA the right to transmit, monitor, retrieve, store, and use your information in connection with the operation of our web site. ACLEA does not assume any responsibility or liability for any information you submit to the web site or for your or third parties' use or misuse of information transmitted or received using the web site.

COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Except as otherwise indicated, this web site and its entire contents (including, but not limited to, the text, information, software, graphics, images, sound, animation) are owned by ACLEA and are protected by domestic and international copyright, trademark, patent, and other intellectual property laws. All copyrightable text and graphics, the selection, arrangement, and presentation of all materials (including information in the public domain), and the overall design of this web site are © 1995-2002 The Association for Continuing Legal Education. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to download and print materials from this web site for the sole purposes of viewing, reading, and retaining for reference. Any other copying, distribution, retransmission, or modification of information or materials on this web site, whether in electronic or other form, without ACLEA's express prior written permission is strictly prohibited.

All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are proprietary to ACLEA or to other respective owners that have granted ACLEA the right and license to use their marks.

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT NOTICE

Copyright Complaints

ACLEA respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask you to do the same. ACLEA may, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, terminate the access of users who infringe the copyright or intellectual property rights of others.

If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible at ACLEA's web site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that ACLEA's web site contains links or other references to another online location that contains material or activity that infringes your copyright rights, you may notify ACLEA by providing our copyright agent the information required by the U.S. Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §512.

ACLEA's agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on or regarding this web site can be reached as follows:

Repeat infringers will be terminated.

MATERIALS POSTED BY VISITORS

By posting, uploading, or otherwise sending any materials to ACLEA, to ACLEA's web site, or to any list serv operated by ACLEA, you grant (or warrant that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) ACLEA a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, and distribute such materials or incorporate such materials into any form, medium, or technology.

You also represent that you have all necessary rights to use any material that you post or otherwise upload to ACLEA's web site.

Please do not send ACLEA anything that constitutes a trade secret or confidential and proprietary information. ACLEA is not in a position to accept such information, nor can ACLEA agree to obligations of nondisclosure or confidentiality with regard to submitted plans or ideas. You agree that any information or materials that you, or individuals acting on your behalf, provide to ACLEA will not be considered confidential or proprietary.

DISCLAIMER

ACLEA does not warrant the accuracy, currency, or completeness of the information or the reliability of any advice, opinion, statement, or other materials displayed on, or distributed through, this web site. The information set forth on this web site may contain inaccuracies and typographical errors. You acknowledge that any reliance on any such opinion, advice, statement, memorandum, or materials will be at your own risk.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL ACLEA BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, MULTIPLE, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM) THAT ARE RELATED TO THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, AND FUNCTIONS OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED WEBSITE, EVEN IF ACLEA IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES AND SERVICES

To the extent that ACLEA's web site contains links to other web sites and outside services and resources, ACLEA does not control the availability and content of those web sites, services or resources, nor does ACLEA necessarily review or endorse materials available at or through such other web sites. Viewing other web sites or using outside services and resources is done at your own risk.

MISCELLANEOUS

These Terms are governed by the substantive laws of the State of Texas, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. You agree that any claims or legal actions arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of our web site shall be commenced and maintained only in a state or federal court located in the State of Texas and you hereby submit to the jurisdiction and venue of any such court in connection with any such claim or action.

If any provision or portion of these Terms is held illegal, invalid, or unenforceable, in whole or in part, it shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to correct any deficiencies and shall not affect the legality, validity, or enforceability of any other provisions or portions of these Terms.

Failure to abide by any portion of these Terms shall revoke your privilege to visit ACLEA's web site. ACLEA may take appropriate steps to block your access and/or institute any other appropriate measures at ACLEA's sole discretion.

If you have any questions regarding these Terms, contact ACLEA at aclea@aclea.org.