Terms and Conditions

Website Terms and Conditions

Please read the following information carefully.

No Attorney-Client Relationship Formed:

All materials on this website are provided by Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. for informational purposes only and do not contain legal advice, legal opinions or any other form of advice regarding any specific facts or circumstances. The transmission and receipt of information contained on the web site neither form nor constitute an attorney-client relationship with Melendrez & Sims, A P.C., or any of its owners or associates. Any use of the information contained on this web site or transmittal of information from emails on this web site do not give you a reasonable basis for a belief that said use creates an attorney-client relationship.

Limitation of Liability:

Although Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. makes reasonable efforts to keep material on this web site current, please understand that laws, regulations, other legal authorities and other information change quickly and may not be fully reflected on this site without delay. Therefore, you should not act upon any information on this website without seeking professional counsel. Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. makes no warranties, representations or claims of any kind with respect to any of the information on this web site, including without limitation the accuracy, completeness and suitability for any purpose of this information. Under no circumstance shall Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. or any of its partners, associates or agents involved in the creation or delivery of the material on this web site be liable to you or anyone else as a result of damages from your access or use of material on this web site.

Links:

Some links within our web site may lead you to other sites (third-party sites). Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. does not have control over those sites and is not responsible for their content or your reliance on the information contained there. Our links to third-party sites do not necessarily create an endorsement or approval of any content on those sites. Once you go to a third-party site, you do so at your own risk. You are subject to the terms, conditions of use and privacy policies of the third-party site.

Indemnification:

You must defend, indemnify and hold harmless Melendrez & Sims, A P.C., its partners, associates and agents from any claims, damages, costs and expenses resulting from your failure to comply with terms set out here.

Disclosures and Disclaimers:

Under Rule 1-400 of the California Rules of Professional Conduct, this web site is a “communication” that is made by lawyers at Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. who are members of the State Bar of California and addresses the availability of professional employment. In other states, this web site may be deemed an advertisement.

In the event you believe this web site does not comply with the rules of the state where you reside, you should disregard its contents and, if you wish, seek information about the services provided by Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. from other resources or directly from the firm, its partners, associates or consultants.

The mailing address of Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. is 7700 Irvine Center Dr Suite 820, Irvine, CA 92618.

Site Terms
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

When you visit Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. Site or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. site and all information, content, materials, software, and services included on or otherwise made available to you through the site are provided by Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. on an “as is” and “as available” basis unless otherwise specified in the agreement. Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of the site or the information, content, materials, software, or services included on or otherwise made available to you through Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. site unless otherwise specified in writing. You expressly agree that your use of this site is at your sole risk. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. does not warrant that this site; information, content, materials, products (including any software) or services included on or otherwise made available to you through Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. site; its servers; or e-mail sent from Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. are free of viruses or other harmful components. Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of the Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. site or from any information, content, materials, products (including software) or services included on or otherwise made available to you through the Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. site, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages, unless otherwise specified in the agreement. Certain state laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. if these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations may not apply to you, and you might have additional rights.

APPLICABLE LAW

By visiting Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. Site, you agree that the laws of the state of California, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Site Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and Melendrez & Sims, A P.C.

SITE POLICIES, MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY

Please review our other policies on the Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. Site. We reserve the right to make changes to Melendrez & Sims, A P.C.’s site, policies, and these Site Terms at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining conditions.

The mailing address of Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. is 7700 Irvine Center Dr Suite 820, Irvine, CA 92618.

Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy describes prohibited uses of the web services offered by Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. The examples described in this Policy are not exhaustive. We may modify this Policy at any time by posting a revised version on Melendrez & Sims, A P.C.’s Site. By using the Services or accessing Melendrez & Sims, A P.C.’s Site, you agree to the latest version of this Policy.

No Illegal, Harmful, or Offensive Use or Content

You may not use, or encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to use, the site or Melendrez & Sims, A P.C. for any illegal, harmful or offensive use, or to transmit, store, display, distribute or otherwise make available content that is illegal, harmful, or offensive.

Prohibited activities or content include:

• Illegal Activities. Any illegal activities, including advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available gambling sites or services or disseminating, promoting or facilitating
  child pornography.
• Harmful or Fraudulent Activities. Activities that may be harmful to others, our operations
  or reputation, including offering or disseminating fraudulent goods, services, schemes, or promotions (e.g., make-money-fast schemes, ponzi and pyramid schemes, phishing, or pharming), or engaging in other deceptive practices.
• Infringing Content. Content that infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property or proprietary rights of others.
• Offensive Content. Content that is defamatory, obscene, abusive, invasive of privacy, or otherwise objectionable, including content that constitutes child pornography, relates to bestiality, or depicts non-consensual sex acts.
• Harmful Content. Content or other computer technology that may damage, interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, program, or data, including viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, or cancelbots.

No Security Violations

You may not use the Services to violate the security or integrity of any network, computer or communications system, software application, or network or computing device (each, a “System”).

Prohibited activities include:

• Unauthorized Access. Accessing or using any System without permission, including attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of a System or to breach any security or authentication measures used by a System.
• Interception. Monitoring of data or traffic on a System without permission.
• Falsification of Origin. Forging TCP-IP packet headers, e-mail headers, or any part of a message describing its origin or route. This prohibition does not include the use of aliases or anonymous re-mailers.

No Network Abuse

You may not make network connections to any users, hosts, or networks unless you have permission to communicate with them.

Prohibited activities include:

• Monitoring or Crawling. Monitoring or crawling of a System that impairs or disrupts the System being monitored or crawled.
• Denial of Service (DoS). Inundating a target with communications requests so the target either cannot respond to legitimate traffic or responds so slowly that it becomes ineffective.
• Intentional Interference. Interfering with the proper functioning of any System, including any deliberate attempt to overload a system by mail bombing, news bombing, broadcast attacks, or flooding techniques.
• Operation of Certain Network Services. Operating network services like open proxies, open mail relays, or open recursive domain name servers.
• Avoiding System Restrictions. Using manual or electronic means to avoid any use limitations placed on a System, such as access and storage restrictions.

No E-Mail or Other Message Abuse

You will not distribute, publish, send, or facilitate the sending of unsolicited mass e-mail or other messages, promotions, advertising, or solicitations (like “spam”), including commercial advertising and informational announcements. You will not alter or obscure mail headers or assume a sender’s identity without the sender’s explicit permission. You will not collect replies to messages sent from another internet service provider if those messages violate this Policy or the acceptable use policy of that provider.

Our Monitoring and Enforcement

We reserve the right, but do not assume the obligation, to investigate any violation of this Policy or misuse of the Services or Melendrez & Sims, A P.C.’s Site.

Last Amended October 13, 2021.