This Terms and Conditions of Use Policy applies to individuals and institutions (“you”) visiting the Website (LegalResearch.com), and, by downloading, printing, distributing or otherwise using or exploiting materials or content (“use”) on the Website, you hereby agree to comply with the Terms and Conditions of Use detailed here.
Legal Research Center Inc. owns and operates the LegalResearch.com website and the products and services found on LegalResearch.com. The following Terms and Conditions of Use apply to the LegalResearch.com website and Legal Research Center, Inc., including but not limited to public domain research documents, written and graphic or design materials, underlying HTML or other source files, discussion groups, and email features found on the LegalResearch.com website.
Litigation PathfinderTM and Compliance PathfinderTM contain proprietary material of Legal Research Center, Inc., as well as material licensed from third parties by Legal Research Center, Inc. for distribution through Litigation PathfinderTM, Compliance PathfinderTM and LegalResearch.com, which is protected by copyright and other laws respecting proprietary rights. In addition to proprietary materials created or licensed by Legal Research Center, Inc., Litigation PathfinderTM, Compliance PathfinderTM and the LegalResearch.com website may from time to time contain public-domain documents which Legal Research Center, Inc. has compiled and placed in a Legal Research Center content warehouse. Though Legal Research Center, Inc. does not claim title to the decisions enunciated in any individual document, the compilation of those documents is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright laws. To the extent provided by law, Legal Research Center, Inc. retains all rights in LegalResearch.com website and the Litigation PathfinderTM and Compliance PathfinderTM products, and the materials therein, including (without limitation) all copyright and other proprietary rights worldwide in all media. You may not publish, broadcast, sell, or otherwise redistribute these materials for commercial purposes.
Use of any robot, spider, or other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy any pages or material on the website is strictly forbidden.
U.S. export control laws regulate the export and re-export of technology originating in the United States. This includes the electronic transmission of information and software to foreign countries and to certain foreign nationals. You agree to abide by these laws and their regulations — including but not limited to the Export and Administration Act and the Arms Export Control Act and not to transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise, any content derived from the website to either a foreign national or a foreign destination in violation of such laws.
The website contains links to other websites for which Legal Research Center, Inc. does not maintain control. Any concerns regarding any such service or resource, or any link thereto, should be directed to the particular service or resource.
Though there is no charge, fee or payment to access the LegalResearch.com website per se, there is a subscription fee to access Litigation PathfinderTM and Compliance PathfinderTM to use their search engines to locate and retrieve documents within the content warehouse of Legal Research Center, Inc. After paying all relevant subscription fees, there is no charge to download, copy, or print any document located and/or retrieved by the Litigation PathfinderTM and Compliance PathfinderTM search engine, i.e., there are no charges to use the documents within the content warehouse, but rather to use the search engine by which the documents are sorted, located, and retrieved by the user.
Subscription prices to retrieve materials using the Litigation PathfinderTM and Compliance PathfinderTM search engine are subject to change without notice. No price is guaranteed beyond the period for which the user has paid and no contract is implied, nor may one be inferred, to guarantee a price based on the user’s previous subscription(s) or membership(s).
Legal Research Center, Inc. reserves the right to change, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the LegalResearch.com website or the Litigation PathfinderTM and Compliance PathfinderTM products at any time, including the availability of any feature, database, or content, at its sole discretion. Legal Research Center, Inc. may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict access to parts or all of the LegalResearch.com website, or the Compliance PathfinderTM or the Litigation PathfinderTM products without notice or liability.
Legal Research Center, Inc. reserves the right to modify this website and these Terms and Conditions with or without notice, in its sole discretion. Any and all changes to this Terms and Conditions of Use Policy will posted exclusively on the website. Continued use of this website following any change constitutes your acceptance of the change.
Trademarks
The Legal Research Center Inc.’s trademarks, service marks, logos, and design elements displayed on the website are owned by the Legal Research Center, Inc. (collectively, the “Trademarks”). The Trademarks may not be used except to provide attribution as specified above. Nothing contained on the website should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademarks, service marks, logos or design elements displayed on the website without the express written permission of Legal Research Center, Inc. or any third party that may own such marks displayed on the website.
Practice of Law
LegalResearch.com is not engaged in the practice of law. Any statements made by LegalResearch.com or its representatives are strictly for use by a licensed attorney and in no way constitute legal advice. Any information exchanged through LegalResearch.com is used strictly for informational purposes and does not create an attorney-client relationship. LegalResearch.com agrees not to intentionally disclose any information provided through this website but does not warrant complete protection of any confidential or proprietary information exchanged through the website.
Fraud, Misrepresentation, and Misuse
The rights granted by Legal Research Center, Inc. to access the Litigation PathfinderTM and Compliance PathfinderTM search engine and to download, copy or print the documents found and retrieved by the search engine, is predicated upon a user’s agreement to: a) acknowledge and accept this User Agreement; b) pay for the access granted; and c) not share the access granted with any other person or entity.
In the event that a user fails to pay for the access granted, or shares the access granted with any person or entity, or misuses the system by any means actionable under a federal, state, or local statute, code, regulation, law, or civil action, Legal Research Center, Inc. will consider the user’s access as having been acquired by fraud or misrepresentation and will terminate the user’s access. In such a case, the user expressly agrees to waive any and all refund for subscription fees paid for access to Litigation PathfinderTM or Compliance PathfinderTM. Legal Research Center, Inc. retains the right to seek civil or criminal redress, the entire cost of which shall be borne solely by the user.
Legal Research Center, Inc. further reserves the right to refuse service to any person, organization, or entity that has demonstrated an abuse of our system, policies, and/or guidelines as to payment, use of content, or communications with Legal Research Center, Inc. staff.
Warranty Disclaimers
Legal Research Center, Inc. attempts to include accurate information on this website, but because of the possibility of human and mechanical error as well as other factors, Legal Research Center, Inc. is not responsible for any errors. All material available from this website is provided “AS IS.” To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, Legal Research Center, Inc. disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Specifically, but without limitation, Legal Research Center, Inc. DOES NOT WARRANT THE TIMELINESS, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, PERFORMANCE, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE INFORMATION IT CONTAINS. LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC., DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE IS ERROR-FREE IN CONTENT OR IN FUNCTIONALITY.
Legal Research Center, Inc. disclaims all responsibility for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting from, arising out of, or in any way related to, any errors in or omission from this website, including but not limited to technical inaccuracies and typographical errors; the unavailability of the LegalResearch.com website or Compliance PathfinderTM or Litigation PathfinderTM product, or any portion thereof; your use of either the website or the products; or your use of any equipment or software in connection with the website or products.
Limitation of Liability
LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO A CUSTOMER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE LEGALRESEARCH.COM WEBSITE OR THE LITIGATION PATHFINDERTM AND COMPLIANCE PATHFINDERTM PRODUCTS, FOR RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE WEBSITE, OR LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC.’S SUPPORT SERVICES, OR FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC., ITS AFFILIATES, ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE, SUBCONTRACTOR, AGENT, SUCCESSOR, OR ASSIGNEE OF LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC. OR ITS AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND LOST PROFITS OR SAVINGS) IN ANY WAY DUE TO, RESULTING FROM, OR ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING ITS CONTENT, REGARDLESS OF ANY NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC., ITS AFFILIATES, ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE, SUBCONTRACTOR, AGENT, SUCCESSOR, OR ASSIGNEE.
Jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, U.S.A., as they apply to agreements made and performed therein.
Entire Agreement
These Terms and Conditions of Use incorporate by reference any notices contained on the LegalResearch.com website and the Litigation PathfinderTM and Compliance PathfinderTM products and constitute the entire agreement with respect to your access to and use of LegalResearch.com or Litigation PathfinderTM and Compliance PathfinderTM. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions of Use is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from the remaining provisions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. Legal Research Center, Inc. may, in its sole discretion and without notice, revise these terms at any time by updating this posting. If you do not agree with these Terms and Conditions of Use in full, you must immediately terminate your use of this website.
Last Edited on 2016-01-12