Terms of Use
1. Definitions
The following terms have these meanings:
- “CAM” means California Association of Museums, a non-profit corporation
- “Members” means CAM members
- “Site” means the website hosted by CAM at www.calmuseums.org/legaltemplates
- “Materials” means the documents and other text included on the Site as they may be updated over time
- “CAM Parties” means, collectively, (a) CAM and its directors, employees, officers, and agents and (b) Members and Members’ directors, employees, officers, and agents who assisted or may assist CAM in developing the Materials and Site
- “Terms” means these Terms of Use
2. Your Agreement
Your accessing or using the Site in any way, including reviewing, copying, or downloading any Materials, constitutes and confirms your agreement to be bound by the Terms.
3. No Legal Advice
3.1 No Legal or Tax Advice
We are providing a resource to Members. We are not giving legal or tax advice or providing substantive legal information on the Site. You should not act on the information on the Site or use any Materials without first seeking the advice of a lawyer. The Materials are examples only and are not designed for your particular situation.
3.2 Availability and Use of Materials
You acknowledge and agree that our making Materials available on the Site, and your reviewing, copying, downloading, or using any Materials, does not constitute the delivery of legal or business advice by us, or the practice of law by us.
3.3 Relationship
Nothing in these Terms, our making available the Site and Materials, or your use of the Site and Materials creates or results in a fiduciary or similar relationship between you and us for any purpose.
3.4 No Endorsement
You may not use the CAM name, logo, or branding element in any manner that states, implies, or otherwise suggests that we have approved in any way any documents you create or use.
3.5 Lawyer Use and Responsibility
If you are a lawyer using this Site, we make no express or implied guarantees to you or your clients about the outcomes of any matters you may be handling for your clients. You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for your conduct, that you must use and rely upon your own research, investigation, professional judgment, and consultation with your clients in making decisions about matters you may be handling, and that all decisions you make and documents you draft are your sole responsibility.
4. No Warranties; Links
4.1 No Guarantees and No Updates We make no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of any of the Materials. We expressly disclaim liabilities for errors or omissions, if any, in the Materials. The Materials may not reflect recent developments in the law and may not be applicable in your situation. We do not undertake any obligation to update any of the Materials to reflect new developments or otherwise.
4.2 No Warranties You understand and agree that, to the extent permitted under applicable law, your use of the Site, including any Materials, is at your sole risk, and the Site and Materials are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, with all faults. We expressly disclaim all warranties, representations, and conditions of any kind, whether express or implied, related to the Site and Materials, including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or freedom from computer virus.
4.3 Links to Other Websites
Any links on the Site that lead to outside services and resources are provided for your convenience only. We do not control all of those outside services and resources.
5. Ownership and Use
5.1 Ownership
We own the copyrights in the Materials and related rights protected under United States and other copyright and other intellectual property laws.
5.2 Limited License
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, and revocable license to access and use the Site and download Materials. We are not conveying any other rights to you, and we may revoke this license at any time on the basis set out in these Terms. You may not sell or transfer for commercial purposes any Materials without the prior written consent of CAM.
5.3 Appropriate Use
You will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site.
6. Legal Clinic Support
6.1 Work with Law School
CAM worked with the Organizations and Transactions Clinic (“Clinic”) at Stanford Law School (“SLS”) in developing the Materials. For purposes of these Terms, the term “Stanford Parties” means the Clinic, SLS, Stanford University, and the instructors and students in the Clinic.
6.2 No Attorney-Client Relationship
Your access or use of the Site or any Materials does not create an attorney-client relationship between you (or, if you are a lawyer, any of your clients) and any CAM Party or any Stanford Party.
6.3 No Advertising or Solicitation
The Site is not intended to be an advertisement for legal services or solicitation of clients. It is not an invitation to form an attorney-client relationship with the Clinic, any attorney or law student working in the Clinic, or any other attorney.
6.4 No Endorsement
You may not use the name, logo, or branding element of any Stanford Party in any manner that states, implies, or otherwise suggests that such Stanford Party has approved in any way any documents you create or use.
7. Liability Limitation and Indemnification
7.1 Limitation of Liability
No CAM Party or Stanford Party will be liable to you or any other person for any claims or damages that result from your use or inability to use the Site or any of the Material, your use of the Materials, or otherwise as a result of any Materials or other content, information, services, or resources made available through the Site.
7.2 Indemnification
You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless each CAM Party and each Stanford Party, to the fullest extent under law, against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, such CAM Party or Stanford Party may suffer which relate to or arise out of your use of the Site and Materials.
8. General Provisions
8.1 Entire Agreement
These Terms express the final, complete, and exclusive agreement between you and us and supersede any and all prior or contemporaneous written and oral agreements, arrangements, communications, courses of dealing, or understandings between you and us relating to its subject matter.
8.2 Changes to the Terms
We reserve the right to make changes to any Materials and other information on the Site, including these Terms, without notice to you. The most current Terms will be posted here on the Site and will be effective upon posting.
8.3 Waiver
If we do not immediately take action to address a violation of these Terms, we are not waiving our rights to take action in the future.
8.4 Severability
If any particular provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, that provision will be severable and will not affect any of the other provisions.
8.5 Third-Party Beneficiaries
Except as specifically provided in Sections 6 and 7, these Terms are for the exclusive benefit of you and us, and not for the benefit of any third party.