Sharif | Faust Lawyers, Ltd., operates its website, located at www.shariffaust.com (“the “Website”), and blog located at www.shariffaust.com/blog (the “Blog”). The blog is owned by Sharif | Faust Lawyers, Ltd. (“Sharif | Faust”). You are permitted the nonexclusive and limited right to access, use, and display for non-commercial purposes the Blog and the Website insofar as you agree to and abide with these Terms of Use.
- No Attorney-Client Relationship. An attorney-client relationship can only be created through the execution of a written attorney-client agreement. Reviewing the contents of the Website or the Blog will not create an attorney-client relationship.
- No Legal Opinions. We are not offering any legal opinions that are to be relied upon. Content on the Website and the Blog is provided for informational purposes only. Accordingly, please do not consider anything on the Website or the Blog to be a substitute for obtaining legal advice from a qualified attorney licensed in your state. We may update the Website or the Blog without notice. While we try to update and revise our content on a regular basis, it might not reflect the most current, legal developments, and thus we do not make any representations or warranties that the contents or complete, correct, or up-to-date. Any opinions posted on the Website or the Blog are the opinions of the individual author, which may be distinct from the opinions of Sharif | Faust or any other particular attorney.
- California Lawyers. Sharif | Faust maintains its principle office in San Diego, California, and the Website and Blog are thus not intended for use for those seeking legal services outside the state of California. Sharif | Faust makes no warranties or representations that the contents of the Website or the Blog are appropriate or available for use outside of California. Third parties’ use or display of the Website or the Blog will not subject Sharif | Faust to any jurisdiction outside of California, and access to the Website or the Blog from any jurisdiction where the content is illegal is prohibited. You are solely responsible for ensuring that the use, access, or viewing of the Website or Blog is lawful in the jurisdiction you are located and Sharif | Faust makes no such warranties or representations. Using, accessing, or viewing the Website or the Blog constitutes your express permission and consent to the jurisdiction of the state and/or federal courts in the State of California, County of San Diego for the purposes of any and all related claims, actions, or disputes. All attorneys are licensed in the states in which their profiles indicate they are licensed in.
- Advertisement. The Website is considered to be a “communication” pursuant to C.R.P.C. 7.2 and the attorneys responsible for managing its content are Khodadad D. Sharif and Matthew J. Faust. The contents of the Blog are intended to be informational only, and are not intended to be communications. Every case is distinct and results will vary between cases based upon differences in facts.
- Copyright Ownership. Sharif | Faust maintains copyright in all content posted on the Website and the Blog or the party listed as the provider of the content. Unauthorized use of the content, including but not limited to, copying, duplicating, transmitting, re-transmitting, uploading, downloading, posting, reproducing, and/or republishing, is strictly prohibited. By using, viewing, or accessing the Website or the Blog, you are representing and warrantying that your use is only for personal, noncommercial, informational, or other permissible uses. Any commercial use, including but not limited to, copying, duplicating, transmitting, re-transmitting, uploading, downloading, posting, reproducing, and/or republishing, is prohibited without receiving Sharif | Faust’s express, written permission. To obtain such permission, please contact info@ shariffaust.com and identify: (1) your contact information (including, company, name, email address, physical address, and telephone number), (2) what materials or content you wish to use, (3) how it will be used (including when, where, and in what manner), (4) if any physical copies will be used, how many will be created, (5) the intended recipients of the material and the use, (6) the nature and context of the use (including the identification of other materials that Sharif | Faust’s content/materials will be presented in conjunction with), and (7) the timing/duration of the use. Sharif | Faust makes no representations or warranties that it will grant any or even partial rights to the use of the Website or Blog, but we will consider your request in as timely a fashion as is reasonably practicable.
- Trademark. Sharif | Faust asserts trademark and/or service mark rights in the Dragon and Shield logo and the word marks “Sharif | Faust Lawyers, Ltd.”, “Sharif | Faust Lawyers”, “Sharif | Faust”, and any other combination of words or symbols that is likely to confuse a consumer.
- Licensed Use. Licensed use of any of Sharif | Faust’s intellectual property requires appropriate attribution.
- External Links. The Website and/or the Blog may, from time-to-time, link to external sources (e.g., others’ blogs or websites). These links are provided as a courtesy for the readers and Sharif | Faust makes no representations or warranties to any such external sources because we are unable to verify or control the content, materials, goods, services, or information contained on such external sources. Accessing these external sources is done so at your own risk. Sharif | Faust maintains the right to remove any link at any time.
- DMCA Notification. Sharif | Faust respects the intellectual property rights of others, and, upon proper notice, Sharif | Faust will remove comments, posts, messages, or other submissions to the Website or Blog that violate copyright law. Sharif | Faust maintains the right to suspend access to the Website and Blog (in full or in part) to any user who violates copyright law. Pursuant to section 512 of the United States Copyright Act, Sharif Faust review written notification of alleged infringement. If you believe your copyright has been infringed, please provide us “Notification of Infringement” that includes all of the following: (1) a specific identification of the work you believe to have been infringed, (2) the content or material that you contends to infringe upon your work, (3) contact information (including, email address, physical address, telephone number), (4) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the claimed infringement is not authorized, (5) a statement that you are the owner of the infringed work, or that you are authorized to act on the owner’s behalf (in which case you must also identify your capacity to act on behalf of the owner), (6) a statement that the above are made under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States of America, (7) any documents which you believe to support your claim, and (8) your physical or electronic signature. By submitting your Notice of Infringement, you agree that Sharif | Faust will be authorized to forward the Notice and all related communications and/or documents to the users who posted the alleged infringement identified therein. Do not send such notices to Sharif | Faust’s authorized agent for service of process, instead, Sharif | Faust’s designated DMCA agent is:
Matthew J. Faust, Esq.
Sharif | Faust Lawyers, Ltd.
600 B Street, Suite 2490
San Diego, CA 92101
email: info@shariffaust.com
If your Notice and all supporting documentation contain ten pages or less, you may fax them to: (619) 233-6602.
- No Email Notice. Sharif | Faust does not authorize any user to provide notice to the firm through the Website or the Blog for any purpose, where it be contract, law, rules, regulations, or otherwise.
- Modification. Sharif | Faust maintains the unilateral right to revise these Terms of Use at any time by updating this posting. Continued use, access, or viewing of the Website or the Blog constitutes your agreement to any such modifications or revisions.
- “As Is”; Other Disclaimers. The Website and the Blog are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, security, accuracy and non-infringement. Without limiting the foregoing, Sharif | Faust makes no warranty or representation, either express or implied, that access to or operation of the Website and the Blog will be uninterrupted or error free. Sharif | Faust disclaims any and all liability for any viruses, malware, or other infection of your computer or device and expressly disclaims any and all liability for actions taken or not taken based upon your use, access, and/or viewing of the contents of the Website and/or Blog.