General
This User Agreement governs the use of this Web site, and any other Web site owned or operated by Daily Journal Corporation (“Daily Journal”). The Daily Journal reserves the right to add, remove or modify portions of these terms at any time. By accessing the Web sites after Daily Journal posts changes to the User Agreement, you agree to be bound by all of the changes made through such date. Updates to this User Agreement can be viewed by selecting the “User Agreement” link.

Copyright
All text, images, icons, and photographs available on the Daily Journal Web site or sent to a user by Daily Journal via an e-mail subscription service, are defined as “Licensed Information”. The Licensed Information is the property of Daily Journal or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. Licensed Information received through this Web site or any other Daily Journal Web site may be displayed, reformatted and printed for your personal, non-commercial use only. You agree not to reproduce, transmit, distribute, display, sell, store, archive or publish any Licensed Information to anyone, including but not limited to others in the same company, firm or organization, without the express prior written consent of Daily Journal. The one exception is that the Daily Journal allows the results of various searches to be sent via e-mail to a single e-mail address and a single individual, provided the copyright and other proprietary notices are kept intact. The use of any Daily Journal Web site material on any other Web site or networked computer environment is prohibited.

The Daily Journal’s Directory section is provided to assist you in selecting an attorney, private judge, arbitrator/mediator, or an attorney service provider. You may not use information contained in Daily Journal’s Directory section for commercial purposes, distribute it to third parties, or use it to create directories for mailing or marketing lists.

Fees and Payments
You agree to pay all fees and charges incurred in connection with your username and password at the rates in effect when the fees and charges were incurred. The Daily Journal may change the fees and charges in effect at any time. The list of fees currently in effect can be accessed under “Content and Fees”. All fees and charges incurred in connection with your username or password will be billed monthly by paper invoice sent to your paper subscription’s delivery address. If there are any annual, monthly or similar periodic fees for your subscription, these fees will be billed by invoice at the start of the annual, monthly or similar period and at the start of each renewal period, unless the subscription is terminated prior to the beginning of the next subscription period. All amounts are due not later than 30 days after the date of any invoice.

Username and passwords are distributed by the Daily Journal to a single individual subscriber, and are not intended to be used throughout a company, firm or organization. If you believe someone has used your username and password to access the Daily Journal Web sites, contact our Customer Service center immediately by sending an e-mail to djonline@dailyjournal.com, which includes your username and your Daily Journal subscription account number. Subscribers have the ability to create their own username. The Daily Journal may refuse to grant you a user name that impersonates someone else, is protected by trademark or other proprietary right law, or is offensive, in each case as determined by the Daily Journal.

The Daily Journal may discontinue or change the services available on the Daily Journal Web sites, certain Licensed Information or certain content within any site, or site availability, at any time. Subscriptions to the Daily Journal publications can be cancelled at any time through the Daily Journal Circulation Department (213) 229-5412, subject to applicable termination penalties.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Liabilities
ALL LICENSED INFORMATION AND OTHER MATERIAL ON THE DAILY JOURNAL WEB SITES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LEGISLATION AND CASE REPORTS) IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. DAILY JOURNAL, ITS AFFILIATES AND LICENSORS CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF ANY LICENSED INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE OR THE SERVICE ITSELF. DAILY JOURNAL, ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AFFILIATES AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, OR DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN OR NOT TAKEN BY YOU IN RELIANCE ON SUCH CONTENT.

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED AT THE DAILY JOURNAL WEB SITES IS NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE. YOUR ACCESS OF THE SERVICES, INCLUDING DOCUMENTS ORDERED FROM THE DAILY JOURNAL WEB SITES, DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE IS ASSUMED BY THE USER OF THE LICENSED INFORMATION. THE LICENSED INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE, AND DAILY JOURNAL UNDERTAKES NO DUTY OR RESPONSIBIITY TO UPDATE LICENSED INFORMATION OR TO NOTIFY USERS OF ANY CHANGES TO LICENSED INFORMATION.

DAILY JOURNAL WEB SITES INCLUDE FACTS, VIEWS, OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEEMED OF INTEREST. DAILY JOURNAL AND ITS CONTENT LICENSORS DO NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS OF, OR OTHERWISE ENDORSE, THESE FACTS, VIEWS, OPINIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS.

DAILY JOURNAL DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE IS COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR EQUIPMENT OR THAT THE SERVICE IS FREE OF ERRORS OR VIRUSES, WORMS OR “TROJAN HORSES” AND IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU MAY SUFFER AS A RESULT OF SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. DUE TO THE INHERENT NATURE OF ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, THERE MAY BE DELAYS AND OMISSIONS IN THE SERVICE. YOU AGREE THAT THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF DAILY JOURNAL, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS, IF ANY, FOR ANY AND ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, EXPENSES, FEES OR OTHER LIABILITIES (COLLECTIVELY, “CLAIMS”) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SERVICE OR THE LICENSED INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO DAILY JOURNAL FOR THE USE OF THE SERVICE IN THE 12 MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH CLAIM(S).

If any provision in this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. This Agreement, your rights and obligations, and all action contemplated by this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the United States of America and the State of California, as if the Agreement was a contract wholly entered into and wholly performed within the State of California. [This Agreement will not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.]

Privacy Policy
The Daily Journal Web sites collects information from our subscribers during the subscription/registration process and, occasionally, at other times. This information ranges from data we need to validate your subscription, such as your name and address, to the information gathered through aggregated tracking, derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. Such information enables us to better tailor our content to our readers' needs. The Daily Journal does not disclose to third parties any personal information which could disclose your identity and will not do so without first notifying you and giving you an opportunity to elect not to have such information disclosed. The Daily Journal allows its subscribers to send the results of various searches via e-mail to a single e-mail address and a single individual, provided the copyright and other proprietary notices are kept intact. This information is used only in the case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the story. The information is not provided to third parties.

We do send subscribers e-mail notifications of new site features and topic-based news alerts. Subscribers may opt out of receiving these notifications. We reserve the right to contact any subscriber at any time regarding subscription renewals or other subscription-related problems and questions as well as changes to our User Agreement. Subscribers may change their information by clicking on “Your Account” and selecting “Make Changes”. Changes are sent to our Circulation department; updates to address information affect not only your online account, but also your paper delivery.

Links
To the extent that the Daily Journal Web site links to other Web services and resources, Daily Journal does not control the availability and content of those outside services and resources. Nor does the Daily Journal endorse any external site to which it links. Daily Journal is therefore not responsible for the availability, content or accuracy of other Web sites, services or goods that may be linked to, or advertised on, the Service. Daily Journal does not (a) make any warranty, express or implied, with respect to the use of the links provided on, or to, the Service, (b) guarantee the accuracy, completeness, usefulness or adequacy of any other Web sites, or (c) make any endorsement, express or implied, of any other Web sites, services, goods or advertisements that may be linked to the Service. Any concerns regarding any such service or resource, or any link thereto, should be directed to the particular service or resource.

Cookie Technology
We employ cookie technology to enable us to recognize users and their access privileges on the Daily Journal Web sites, as well as to track site usage. A cookie is a small text file that many Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. We do not store passwords or any personal information about you. Cookies also enable you to enter the Daily Journal Web sites as a member without having to log on each time, however, to visit an pay-per-search area of the site, you will be prompted for a username and password. A failed logon to the pay-per-search sections of the site will expire the cookie. These "remember login" cookies must be renewed every 90 days. If you have set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use any Daily Journal site, however, you do need cookies to both avoid the initial logon prompt when accessing the site and to add additional publications to a subscription request. Learn about cookies from the W3C's website

Termination
Daily Journal reserves the right to terminate this Agreement at any time for any reason, including, but not limited to, your failure to timely pay all fees and charges incurred in connection with your username and password or any other breach by you of this Agreement. Termination may be by mail, e-mail notification, or by blocking further access by the username.

Entire Agreement
This Agreement as it may be amended from time to time (including any other terms and conditions of service posted elsewhere on a Daily Journal Web site, and to which you agree), constitutes the entire agreement between you and Daily Journal and governs your use of the Service.