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Terms of Use

Updated: September 11, 2020

This Terms of Use agreement (“this Agreement”) shall be governed by the Electronic Signatures Act, and your agreement to the terms of this Agreement shall be manifested by any use, viewing, or access to this website.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND UNDERSTAND THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE.  Karen J. Orlin P.L., Karen J. Orlin, and their affiliates and suppliers (individually and collectively, “us,” “we” or “our”) provide this website and website-related services subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.  This Agreement governs the relationship between us and you or your company, the visitor to this website (individually and collectively, “you” or “your”), with respect to your use of this website.  BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT.  IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MUST NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

We may at any time, in our sole discretion, revise or otherwise update this Agreement by posting amended Terms of Use on this website, which shall be effective immediately upon that posting.  The date at the top of each Terms of Use indicates the date of the latest revision or update.  Your use of this website after that posting constitutes acceptance of this Agreement as revised or updated.

We also reserve the right, at any time, to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this website or any portion of this website without notice.  You agree that none of us shall be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of this website or any materials on this website (“Materials”).

This website includes general information about us and law and related materials for your personal general informational purposes only and not as legal advice, a solicitation or offer for the formation of any attorney-client relationship, nor an offer or agreement by us to represent you.  

The information and Materials on this website may not apply to a user’s factual or legal circumstances.  Accordingly, no person or entity should rely on this website or any of the Materials for legal advice.  Anyone accessing the Materials should refrain from acting or relying upon them without first seeking legal counsel from an attorney licensed to practice law in the jurisdiction of residence or business location of the respective user of this website.

Neither this website, nor its use by you, nor your receipt of any of the Materials, nor your sending us any email or information not expressly requested by us, creates an attorney-client relationship and any such email or information shall be deemed public and not confidential and may be disclosed to others under the terms and conditions stated in our Privacy Notice.

An attorney-client relationship with us can be formed only by the signature and delivery of an engagement letter agreement with Karen J. Orlin P.L. in a form approved, signed, and delivered to the prospective client by Karen J. Orlin P.L.  Furthermore, we do not seek to represent anyone desiring representation based upon assessing this website in any jurisdiction where this website does not comply with applicable laws and ethical rules, and Karen J. Orlin does not seek to practice law in any jurisdiction other than New York and Florida, where she is licensed to practice law.

Please do not send us information you regard as non-public or confidential unless we establish a formal attorney-client relationship with you.  And as stated in our Privacy Notice, please do not provide personal information to us if you are located outside the United States of America.

THIS WEBSITE AND THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS,” “WHERE IS,” “WITH ALL FAULTS,” AND WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY.  WE DO NOT MAKE ANY, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL, RPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES THAT MIGHT ARISE FROM YOUR USE OR RELIANCE ON THIS WEBSITE (INCLUDING ANY LINKS TO OTHER SITES THAT MAY BE CONTAINED  WITHIN THIS WEBSITE) AND THE MATERIALS, INCLUDING WITHIOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.  WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHER THEORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, EVEN IF ANY OF US HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN ADVANCE.  YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF THE MATERIALS IS TO STOP USING THIS WEBSITE, THE MATERIALS, AND THE SERVICES OF KAREN J. ORLIN P.L.

If a link within this website leads you to another site not sponsored, authored, or maintained by us, then we provide that link for your convenience without our endorsement or approval of the content, information, or materials at that link. We do not control, are not responsible for, and do not verify nor warrant the content, information, or materials on, any such other site.  If you go to any such other site, you assume any risk of doing so and are subject to the terms, conditions of use and privacy policies of such other site.

If you wish to use  any information or Materials on this website for any other purpose other than your personal general informational purposes, please contact Karen J. Orlin, Managing Member, Karen J. Orlin P.L., at karen@orlinlaw.com or (305) 794-6387 to request permission to do so.

You agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations in connection with your accessing or using this website or any information or Materials on this website.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree not to impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, insert any content into any of this website’s content or Materials, use any content of this website for commercial or promotional purposes, attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems, materials, information, or data through this website, engage in seeking information from this website that you are not authorized to obtain, intentionally reverse engineer, circumvent, decrypt, disassemble, decompile, interrupt, damage, disable, overburden, impair, alter, or interfere with the proper functioning of, this website, violate our or any third party’s intellectual property or other proprietary rights, or attempt or encourage or support the attempt by another person of any of the foregoing or any other unauthorized use of this website.

You acknowledge and agree that this website and the Materials are and shall remain the property of Karen J. Orlin P.L. and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other proprietary rights and laws.  Nothing on this website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any right or license to use any of our trade names, trademarks, or service marks without our respective prior express written permission.

You shall indemnify and hold harmless each of us from and against all claims, losses, costs, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees and expenses) arising from your use or distribution of this website, any information on this website, or any Materials, or any violation or allegation of violation by you of applicable laws, rules, and regulations or this Agreement.

Please do not send us any sales, marketing, or other email, mail, voice mail, text, or other message that we have not expressly requested otherwise than for the purposes of inquiring about our prospective legal or expert witness services to you.

This website is not intended to subject any of us to the laws or any jurisdiction other than Florida, New York, and the federal government of the United States of America.

This Agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida (where Karen J. Orlin P.L. maintains its office for the practice of law) and the United States of America, without regard to principles of conflicts or choice of law.  In the event of a dispute arising under or relating to this Agreement, the website, or the Materials, you agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in the State of Florida and waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.

Any provision of this Agreement found to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provision of this Agreement.  Your or our failure to insist on or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.

This Agreement and other notices referenced in this Agreement is the entire agreement between you and us relating to your use of this website or the Materials and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements between you and us or previously posted to this website relating to your use of this website or the Materials other than other written, fully-executed contracts between you and us.  Neither the course of conduct between you and us, nor trade practice, shall act to modify any provision of this Agreement.  This Agreement is not assignable, transferable, or sub-licensable by you except with our prior written consent.

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