Welcome to GeneralCounsels.com, the website of General Counsel Solutions, LLC (“GCS”). GCS provides content on this website subject to the terms and conditions in these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. Please read these Terms of Use carefully. By visiting or using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood, and agree to be bound by, these Terms of Use. You also agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including United States and international copyright and trademark laws.
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General Counsel Solutions is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. The attorneys in the GCS-Network are independent contractors and do not constitute a law firm among themselves. General Counsel Solutions is a registered trademark of General Counsel Solutions, LLC, and is used for the sole purpose of marketing General Counsel Solutions products and services.
This website, including any blog, is made available by GCS for general informational purposes only, not to provide specific legal advice. By using this website, including the blog, you understand that there is no attorney client relationship between you and GCS, or the blog or any blog participants. The website or blog should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state.
Please review our Privacy Policy, which applies to your visit to, and use of, this website and describes GCS’ practices and policies related to the collection, use, and storage of information about users of this website.
This GeneralCounsels.com website is owned and operated by GCS. All content and functionality on this website, including text, graphics, logos, icons, and images and the selection and arrangement thereof, is the exclusive property of GCS or its licensors and is protected by United States and international copyright laws.
The trademarks, service marks, trade dress, designs, and logos (collectively, "Trademarks") displayed on this website are the registered and unregistered Trademarks of GCS and its licensors. You agree that without the prior written permission of GCS, you will not (i) attribute any information to GCS or its licensors in any public medium (e.g., press release or websites) for advertising or promotional purposes, or for the purpose of informing or influencing any third party, or (ii) use or reproduce any Trademark of, or imply any endorsement by or relationship with, GCS or its licensors. Nothing on this website or in these Terms of Use should be construed as any license or right to use any Trademarks displayed on this website without the express written permission of GCS or the owner of such Trademark.
GCS hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable license to access and download, display, electronically copy and print any of the content and functionality displayed on this website (the “Content”) on any single computer solely for your personal or internal business use, provided that you do not modify the Content in any way and that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices displayed on the Content. You agree that you will not (i) reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, or commercially exploit in any way any of the Content, (ii) modify or create derivative works from the Content, (iii) use any of the Content in any public display, performance, sale or rental, (iv) decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer the Content, or (v) remove any copyright, trademark registration, or other proprietary notices from the Content. You further agree not to access or use this website in any manner that may be harmful to the operation of this website or the Content.
GCS prohibits the posting of any content on this website that infringes or violates the copyright or other intellectual property right (including rights of privacy and publicity) of any person or entity. If you believe that your intellectual property right (or such a right that you are responsible for enforcing) is infringed by any content on this website, please write to us at the address shown below, giving a written statement containing (i) identification of the copyrighted work or intellectual property right that you believe to be infringed, (ii) identification of the content on this website that you request be removed, (iii) your name, address, and daytime telephone number and email address if available, (iv) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted work or the intellectual property right is not authorized by its owner, its agent, or applicable law, (v) a statement that the information in your statement is accurate and that, under penalty of perjury, the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the right you believe to be infringed, and (vi) the signature of the owner of the right that you believe to be infringed or a person authorized to assert such infringement on behalf of the owner. GCS will remove any content on this website that infringes the copyright or other intellectual property right of any person under United States law upon receipt of such a statement. Statements of infringement under this section should be submitted to Legal Department, General Counsel Solutions, 260 Madison Avenue, Suite 200, New York, New York 10016.
This website may contain links to websites that are not maintained by GCS. We try to include links only to websites which are in good taste and safe for users of this website, but we are not responsible for the content or accuracy of any website other than this website, and we cannot guarantee that any such third- party’s website will not change without our knowledge. The inclusion of a link to a third-party’s website in this website does not imply GCS’ endorsement of that third-party’s website. If you use any link on this website to access a third-party’s website, you do so at your own risk and subject to the terms of use and privacy policies, if any, of that website.
This website is operated by GCS from its offices in New York City. Users who access this website from other locations are responsible for compliance with applicable local law.
THE CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GCS IS NOT THEREBY ENGAGED IN RENDERING PROFESSIONAL OR LEGAL ADVICE AND SERVICES TO YOU. ALL CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. GCS AND ITS THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OWNERSHIP, ACCURACY, OR ADEQUACY OF THE SITE CONTENT. GCS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON ANY LINKED WEBSITE, CONTAINED IN ANY CONTENT PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE, OR PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES. NEITHER GCS NOR ITS THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR FOR LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT OR FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR INJURY BASED ON ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY.
The disclaimers above apply to any damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, act of God, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of record, whether for breach of contract, tort, negligence, or under any other cause of action. You also acknowledge that GCS is not liable for defamatory, offensive, infringing or illegal materials or conduct by you or any third party. Some states do not allow limitations of liability, so the foregoing limitations may not apply to you.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless GCS and its officers, directors, stockholders, affiliates, employees, and agents from and against any claims, actions, or demands, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, from and against any and all causes of action, claims, liabilities, damages and expenses arising from your use of this website, including but not limited to any claims alleging a breach by you of these Terms of Use.
You acknowledge that a violation or attempted violation of these Terms of Use will cause such damage to GCS as will be irreparable, the exact amount of which would be difficult to ascertain and for which there will be no adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, you agree that GCS shall be entitled as a matter of right to an injunction issued by any court of competent jurisdiction restraining such violation or attempted violation of these terms and conditions by you, as well as recover from you any and all costs and expenses sustained or incurred by GCS in obtaining such an injunction, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees. You agree that no bond or other security shall be required in connection with such injunction.
We appreciate hearing from users of this website and welcome your comments and suggestions regarding this website, provided that such comments and suggestions are not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringements of intellectual property rights or otherwise objectionable or injurious to third parties and do not contain or consist of viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false email address, impersonate any person, or otherwise mislead us as to the origin of any comment or suggestion. If you do submit a comment or suggestion, our policies do not permit us to accept or consider creative ideas, suggestions, inventions or materials other than those that we have specifically requested. We value your feedback but request that you be specific in your comments and not submit creative ideas, inventions, suggestions or materials. Any feedback, comments or suggestions that you send to GCS will become the property of GCS and will not be subject to any obligation of confidentiality on the part of GCS. GCS is entitled to unrestricted use of any such feedback, comments or suggestions for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you or any other person who submitted the information.
By visiting this website, you agree that the law (and jurisdiction) of the State of New York, without regard to its principles of conflict of laws, shall govern these Terms of Use and any dispute that may arise between you and GCS relating to this website or your use of this website. If any court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision, or any portion thereof, contained in these Terms of Use is unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall be deemed limited to the extent that such court deems it enforceable, and as so limited shall remain in full force and effect. If such court shall deem any such provision, or portion thereof, wholly unenforceable, the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect. These Terms of Use, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and GCS relating to your access to, and use of, this website.
GCS reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Terms of Use at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. You agree that each time you visit this website, your visit to and use of this website will be subject to and bound by the then current version of this Terms of Use.
Last Updated: May 4, 2008.
Thank you for visiting GeneralCounsels.com. General Counsel Solution, LLC (“GCS”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the privacy of any personally identifiable information that we may collect from you as you use this website. This notice describes our privacy policies. By visiting GeneralCounsels.com you are confirming your agreement to our privacy policies as described in this Privacy Policy. You should also review our Terms of Use for more information about the policies governing your use of this website.
GCS collects and stores personally identifiable information on certain areas of this website when users register, request information or a response, sign up for events, apply for jobs, or participate in user posting areas, such as blogs, bulletin boards, discussion forums and surveys. Such personally identifiable information may include your name, address, age, date of birth, sex, company or school affiliations, education level, email address, telephone numbers and information about your interests and activities. You may elect not to provide certain types of information, but that may result in your being unable to use certain features of this website. We may also collect and store personally identifiable information about other people that you provide to us. We may combine the personally identifiable information that we receive from different sources.
We may also automatically collect and store certain types of non-personally identifiable information when you visit a page of this website. For example: we may use “cookies” to obtain information when you access this website. Such information may include your IP address, your browser type, the date and time of your visit, the operating system of your computer and the domain name of your internet service provider and is used to facilitate access to this website and to personalize your online experience. Utilities are available from third parties to help you visit websites anonymously, but use of such utilities may also result in your being unable to use certain features of this website.
If you post information about yourself or others, or communicate with others using this website, we cannot control who reads your postings or what they do with the information you provide. We encourage you to use caution in posting personal information.
GCS uses your personally identifiable information to fulfill your requests for information, to process your requests to participate in events, and to review and consider any employment related inquiries that you may submit. We may keep any of your personally identifiable information on file and use it to contact you for recruiting purposes. We may also use personally identifiable information in analyzing the behavior of users of this website in order to measure interest in specific items posted on this website. In addition, we may use your email address to contact you about items posted or to be posted on this website that we think may be of interest to you or to ask you to participate in activities such as surveys. At any time, you may choose to no longer receive emails from GCS by contacting us.
We will not share any personally identifiable information that you provide to us except (i) for the purposes that you provided it to us, (ii) with your prior consent, (iii) as may be required by law as we reasonably deem necessary to protect GCS or others from injury or loss, (iv) with other persons or entities with whom we contract to provide services in connection with this website or our other business activities. If we do share personally identifiable information with a third party, we will, to the extent practical, require that the recipient protect such information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy but we cannot guarantee how such a third party will use personally identifiable information.
We may use non-personally identifiable, summary or aggregate information that we collect to improve the design and content of this website and to enable us to further enhance your experience with GCS. We may also share such aggregate information with third parties. Personally identifiable information that you provide is an asset of GCS which may be included in assets transferred to an acquirer if GCS is acquired by a third party.
We may provide links to websites of third parties as a service to users of our website. In addition, some of the content appearing to be on this website may in fact be supplied by third parties. We cannot control and are not responsible for the information collection and privacy practices of such third-party websites, which may differ from GCS’ policies with respect to this website.
You may access, correct, update, and/or delete any personally identifiable information that you have provided to us through this website. You may also unsubscribe from mailing lists or any registrations on this website. To do either of such things, please either follow the instructions on the page of this website on which you have provided such information or registered, or contact us.
GCS has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized GCS personnel or agents are provided access to personally identifiable information, and such personnel are required to treat such information as confidential. Despite these precautions, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your personally identifiable information.
GCS understands the importance of protecting the privacy of children, especially in an on-line environment. This website is not intentionally designed for or directed at children 13 years of age or younger, and GCS will not intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under the age of 13.
By using this website, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your information by GCS in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. Your visit to this website and any dispute concerning privacy will be subject to the provision of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. GCS reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. You agree that your visits to, and use of, this website will be subject to and bound by the then current version of this Privacy Policy. The form of our Privacy Policy in effect from time to time will apply to all information that we have collected.
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us.
Last Updated: May 4, 2008.