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Acceptance of Terms
Thank you for visiting and welcome to legalcareers.com and complianceHQ.com.
Your use of www.legalcareers.com, www.complianceHQ.com and www.hedgefundpros.com, its
related services, including, but not limited to all web pages directly
or indirectly accessible from or linked to www.legalcareers.com, www.complianceHQ.com and www.hedgefundpros.com (the
"Website") is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use that
follow (the "Terms and Conditions of Use"). Please read these
Terms and Conditions carefully. By accessing or using the Website, which
includes your access to or use of any of the services available through
the Website, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Use. Legend Global
Search, Inc. ("Legend"), the operator of the Website, reserves
the right to change the Terms and Conditions of Use from time to time
in its sole discretion. Your use of the Website will be subject to the
most current version of the Terms and Conditions of Use posted on the
Website at the time of such use. If Legend changes these terms and conditions,
a notice will be posted on the home page of the Website and the date of
the latest change will be noted. If you have not read the Terms and Conditions
since the date of the last change, please read the revised Terms and Conditions,
as they will govern your use of the Website. Your continued use of this
site after we post such notice and/or the date of the last change to the
Terms and Conditions, whether or not we post such notice, will constitute
your acceptance of the new Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to
each of the Terms and Conditions of Use, then you are not authorized to,
and may not, use the Website. If you breach any of the Terms and Conditions
of Use, your authorization to use the Website automatically terminates.
A hard copy of these Terms and Conditions of Use is available to you
by printing these Terms and Conditions of Use directly from the Website,
by downloading the Terms and Conditions of Use from the Website to a disk
and then printing them or by e-mailing us your request for a copy of the
Terms and Conditions, along with your mailing address, at staffing@legalcareers.com.
Intellectual Property Rights
Copyright
The materials, content and services on the Website, including their selection
and arrangement, are protected by copyright and/or other intellectual
property laws, including laws of the United States and other countries,
treaties and international conventions. Any unauthorized use of the materials,
content or services available on the Website may violate such laws. Legend
does not grant any express or implied right or license under any copyright
or other intellectual property in any material, content or service on
the Website, except as authorized in these Terms and Conditions. Except
for printing not more than two copies of materials or content provided
on the Website for use consistent with the purposes for which you are
authorized to have access to such materials or content, no portion of
the materials, content or information on the Website may be reproduced
or distributed in any form or by any means without Legend’s prior
written permission.
Trademark
Legend, the Legend design logo, "Staffing strategies . . . that work!"
and certain other names or logos displayed on the Website are service
marks or trademarks of Legend, and all related products and service names,
design marks and slogans are the service marks or trademarks of Legend,
and are protected by the trademark laws and other intellectual property
laws of the United States and other countries, and by international treaties
and conventions. Elements of the site, including, but not limited to the
"look" and "feel" of the Website, are protected by
trade dress and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole
or in part.
Acceptable Use of the Site
The Website and its services are intended for individuals seeking employment
in law-related fields and for employers seeking candidates for employment.
The Website may be used only for lawful purposes within the context of
the foregoing intention. Legend is the sole interpreter of the Website’s
intended and acceptable use. It is your responsibility to ensure that
your use of the Website complies with these Terms and Conditions of Use.
As one of the conditions of your use of the Website, you represent, warrant
and agree, as the case may be, to Legend that:
(a) you will not use (or encourage or help others to use) the Website
for any purpose or in any manner that is prohibited by these Terms and
Conditions of Use or by applicable law; (b) you will not upload, post
or transmit to or distribute or otherwise publish through the Website
any materials that: (i) restrict or inhibit any individual who uses any
aspect of the Website or its services (a "User") from using
and enjoying the Website; (ii) are unlawful, threatening, hateful, abusive,
defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually
explicit, indecent or endorse or advocate illegal or immoral activity,
or violate the rights of any third party; (iii) constitute or encourage
conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability
or otherwise violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including,
without limitation, those governing securities transactions, consumer
protection, unfair competition, false advertising, deceptive practices
or discrimination); (iv) violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of
third parties, including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade
secret, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary
right; (v) contain a virus, worm, Trojan horse, or any other destructive
feature, regardless of whether you intend any damage to the Website and/or
its content; (vi) contain any information, software or other material
of a commercial nature; (vii) contain advertising of any kind; (viii)
impersonate another person, living or dead; (ix) contain chain letters,
pyramid schemes or like documents; (x) contain any opinions or notices,
commercial or otherwise; (xi) contain any information or are presented
in any manner or for any purpose other than that which is within the Website’s
intended and acceptable use; (xii) are unsolicited; or (xiii) constitute
or contain false or misleading indications of origin or statements of
fact, including, but not limited to, the use of a false name; (c) you
will not upload, post or transmit to or distribute or otherwise publish
through the Website any materials anonymously or under a false name; (d)
you will report inappropriate conduct to Legend; (e) you will represent
yourself accurately and truthfully at all times; (f) you grant Legend
the right to verify independently by any lawful means any information
that you submit through the Website about yourself; (g) Legend has the
right to create different classes of Website users, granting access to
certain areas of the Website only to certain users, e.g., candidate users
and employer users may have access to different areas of the Website;
(h) you will not delete or revise any material posted by any other person
or entity; (i) you will not modify, alter, adapt, translate, create derivative
works from, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or decode the Website,
or any element of it for any reason, except as expressly permitted by
applicable law; (j) you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic
device, or manual process to monitor or copy the Website or its content,
or any substantial part thereof without Legend’s prior written consent;
and (j) you are at least 18 years old and are legally competent to form
binding contracts.
Use and Protection of User Name and Password
If you at any time are issued a user name and password for the purpose
of gaining access to restricted areas of the Website, you are responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of your user name and password. You
are no longer authorized to use, and you may not use, the user name and
password if, at any time, you are no longer authorized to have access
to the restricted areas of the Website, or if the conditions which entitle
you to access cease to exist. You are responsible for all uses of your
user name and password whether or not you have expressly or impliedly
authorized such use. Legend is entitled to rely on your compliance with
the foregoing, and to assume that any person accessing restricted areas
of the Website using your user name and/or password is you, or is authorized
by you to enter into agreements or make warranties or representations
on your behalf.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Legend, and all its officers,
directors, owners, agents, employees, information providers, affiliates,
licensors and licensees (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties")
from and against any and all liability and costs incurred by the Indemnified
Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you
of these Terms and Conditions or any use of your user name and password,
including, without limitation, attorneys fees and costs. You shall cooperate
as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim. Legend reserves
the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control
of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and you shall
not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of Legend.
Your Information
"Your Information" includes any information that you provide
to Legend, including but not limited to, any information that you provide
(i) during your use of the Website, (ii) in any public message area that
may be part of the Website at any time, or (iii) through any electronic
mail ("e-mail") you send to Legend, using the Website’s
features, or otherwise. You are solely responsible for Your Information.
Legend will act only as a passive conduit for the distribution and publication
of Your Information. However, Legend may take any action that it deems
necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion if Legend believes that
Your Information creates a risk of liability to Legend. Legend may, in
appropriate circumstances and in its sole discretion, remove or disable
access to material or content on the Website that may, in its view, violate
the rights of third parties or is otherwise harmful to Legend.
If you believe that any material on the Website infringes a copyright
that you own or are authorized to represent, please provide Legend with
a written notice (e-mail is sufficient) that includes the following information:
(a) electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on
behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
(b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
(c) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is
located on the Website; (d) your address, telephone number, and e-mail
address; (e) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that
the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent,
or the law; and (f) a statement by you, under penalty of perjury, that
the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright
owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
The above notice should be provided to Legend copyright agent for notice
of claims of copyright infringement on the Website, at nmolloy@legalcareers.com.
Privacy Policy
Legend will only use and disclose Your Information in accordance with
its then current privacy policy, available on the Website, which is incorporated
herein by reference. Please note that any information that you may submit
to websites linked to the Website will be subject to the privacy policies
of such linked websites, and will not be subject to Legend’s privacy
policy.
Monitoring
Legend is under no obligation to monitor any information submitted through,
or posted to, the Website, but it may monitor any such information at
random. Posted information determined to breach any provision of these
Terms and Conditions may be removed in Legend’s sole discretion,
for which it shall have no liability.
Links to Other Sites
The Website may contain links and pointers to websites operated by third
parties. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not
as an endorsement by Legend of the contents of such third-party websites.
Legend is not responsible for the content of linked third-party websites
and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy
of materials on such third-party websites. If you decide to access linked
third-party websites, you do so at your own risk.
Security Rules
You are prohibited from taking any actions that will violate or attempt
to violate the security of the Website, including, without limitation
(a) accessing data not intended for your use or logging into a server
or account which you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe,
scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security
or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) attempting
to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without
limitation, by means of submitting a virus, worm or Trojan horse to, overloading,
"flooding," "mailbombing" or "crashing"
the Website; or (d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or
advertising of products or services (all of the foregoing, the "Security
Rules"). Attempts to violate, or violations of, system or network
security or the Security Rules may result in civil or criminal liability.
Legend will investigate occurrences which may involve any such attempts
or violations, may report them to law enforcement agencies, and may cooperate
with law enforcement agencies in prosecuting users who are involved in
such attempts to violate or violations.
WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS
THE WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN 'AS IS'
BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. LEGEND,
ITS AFFILIATES, PARENTS AND SUBSIDIARIES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES’
RIGHTS, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUALITY, ACCURACY, QUIET ENJOYMENT
OR WEBSITE AVAILABILITY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, LEGEND MAKES
NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE
WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR WILL RESULT IN THE PROCUREMENT OF EMPLOYMENT
OR SERVICES FOR ANY USER (ii) THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED,
TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, OR (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM THE USE OR THE SERVICES OR MATERIALS WILL BE EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE
OR RELIABLE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY MAY LAST, SO
THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE,
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES THAT ARE NOT PERMITTED TO BE EXCLUDED ARE LIMITED
TO NINETY (90) DAYS OR SUCH LONGER PERIOD AS APPLICABLE LAW REQUIRES.
WEBSITE CONTENT MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. LEGEND
MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY,
COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS OF THE WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENT. BY USING THE
WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE, AND YOU AGREE
TO USE THE WEBSITE AT YOUR OWN RISK. LEGEND MAY CHANGE THE WEBSITE AT
ANY TIME. LEGEND RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO CORRECT
ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY PORTION OF THE WEBSITE.
LEGEND DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT
THE WEBSITE AND ITS SERVERS ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN
HORSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE
CONTENTS RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA,
LEGEND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS. YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY
AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND THE INTERNET GENERALLY.
IN NO EVENT SHALL LEGEND BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY
DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA, OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OF OR ACCESS TO, OR THE INABILITY
TO USE OR ACCESS, THE WEBSITE ITS CONTENT AND/OR ANY DOCUMENT, WHETHER
BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER
OR NOT LEGEND HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE
SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION
OR LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE LIMITATIONS
SET FORTH IN THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF THE LIMITATIONS
SET FORTH ABOVE ARE HELD INAPPLICABLE OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON,
THEN LEGEND MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY TYPE OF DAMAGES SHALL BE
LIMITED TO $100.00 OR SUCH LARGER AMOUNT AS APPLICABLE LAW REQUIRES.
Notices
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices under this Agreement
shall be given by e-mail to staffing@legalcareers.com (in the case of
Legend) and to the e-mail address that you provide to Legend in any submission,
or such other address as you shall specify from time to time (in your
case). Notice shall be deemed given six (6) hours after an e-mail is sent,
or earlier if actually received earlier by the recipient, unless the sending
party is notified that the e-mail address is invalid. Alternatively, we
may give you notice by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt
requested, to the address provided to Legend in any job application or
otherwise. In such case, notice shall be deemed given three (3) days after
the date of mailing.
Governing Law
This Website (excluding any linked sites) is controlled by Legend from
its offices within the State of New York. The laws applicable to the interpretation
of these Terms and Conditions of Use shall be the laws of the State of
New York and applicable federal law, without regard to any conflict of
laws rules thereof. Legend makes no representation that the content, materials,
services or information available on the Website are appropriate for access
outside of the United States and accessing them from jurisdictions where
they are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this Website
from outside the United States do so on their own initiative, at their
own risk, and are responsible for compliance with local laws. You agree
to submission of any dispute arising under or in connection with the use
of this Website and/or its Contents to the state and federal courts sitting
in the State of New York and the County of New York, New York, and hereby
agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction thereof.
General
Except as expressly provided in a particular "Legal Notice"
or text on a particular Web page of this Website, these Terms and Conditions
of Use set forth the entire understanding and agreement between Legend
and you with respect to the subject matter hereof. If any provision of
these Terms and Conditions of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable,
such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.
Legend’s failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others
does not waive Legend’s right to act with respect to subsequent
or similar breaches. You acknowledge that transmissions to and from the
Website are not confidential and it is possible that your communications
may be read or intercepted by others. You acknowledge that by submitting
communications to Legend, no confidential, fiduciary, contractually implied
or other relationship is created between you and Legend other than pursuant
to this Agreement.
Additional Terms and Conditions of Use
Certain areas of the Website may be subject to additional terms and conditions
of use. By using such areas, or any part thereof, you agree to be bound
by such additional terms and conditions of use.
Complaints, Questions or Comments
If you have any complaints, questions or comments about these Terms and
Conditions of Use, the Website and/or the Content, please feel free to
e-mail us at staffing@legalcareers.com.
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