A.    User Conduct

1.    The User indicates that it he has read and understands these Terms of Use and agrees to be bound by it. The User acknowledges that the Terms of Use may periodically change without notice, and will check them regularly.
2.    The User agrees that he will not use contact information made available on the website for the purpose of sending unsolicited improper communications, including without limitation, unsolicited bulk email ("spam") . 
3.    The User agrees that he will not use the website for any illegal purpose and the he will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website.    

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B.    No Attorney-Client Relationship or Legal Services

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4.    The User's use of the website does not create any attorney-client relationship between the User and Martins de Paiva. This website contains contact information, including email address, for Martins de Paiva. The mere act of contacting Martins de Paiva electronically does not create an attorney-client relationship between Martins de Paiva and the User. If you wish to become a client of Martins de Paiva, you must contact Martins de Paiva, and explicitly negotiate a fee agreement.
5.    The website provide information concerning legal issues or current events related to the legal industry. The information provided in the website does not constitute legal advice and do not replace proper advice from qualified counsel. If the User wishes legal advice from Martins de Paiva, the User must contact the firm and negotiate a fee agreement. The User is not authorized to use the website as a direct source of legal advice.

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C.    No warranty and No Liability
 

6.    Martins de Paiva assumes no responsibility or liability related to the website. Martins de Paiva does not provide warranty of any kind, either express or implied.  Martins de Paiva will not be liable in case the website is not accessible, or presents errors or security breaches, or for any other technical reason whatsoever.
7.    Information provided in the website is provided "as is" and Martins de Paiva does not warrant the content of the website, nor the complete or accurate nature of the information provided in the website.  The User acknowledges that it uses the website and the information in it under his own risk.
 

D.    Intellectual Property
 

8.    The content of the website including data, text, images, logos, sounds, graphs and files are the exclusive propertu of Martins de Paiva or of third-parties having agreed a licence to their use.

9.    The reproduction, copy and redistribution of any element of this website for commercial purposes is forbidden. Martins de Paiva authorizes viewing, copying, downloading and printing of documents from this website under the following conditions :
 

a.    the documents can only be used for personal information purposes ;
b.    the documents cannot be modified ; and
c.    the author and this authorization must be mentioned in the reproduction or copy.
 

E.    Jurisdiction, applicable law and separability
 

10.    This website is governed by French law. Any dispute arising out of or in relation to this website will be settled exclusively by French courts and tribunals.

11.    If one of the clauses of these Terms of Use is declared void or not applicable, such clause will be regarded as absent and will have no consequence over the validity of the other clauses of these Terms of Use which will remain in force.