LEGAL NOTICE
Legal Notice and Disclaimer
Last Revised: January 17, 2024
THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE LEGAL ADVICE NOR IS IT INTENDED TO BE A SOURCE OF LEGAL ADVICE OR A SUBSTITUTE FOR LEGAL COUNSEL
Use of Ask a Mediator® (hereafter known as AAM) website (Site), services, mobile application, and products (hereafter collectively known as Services) is NOT permitted by individuals under the age of majority in their state of residence and is NEVER permitted for individuals under the age of 13.
By accessing, browsing, or using AAM Services, you acknowledge you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the AAM Legal Notice and Disclaimer, Privacy Policy, Resource Community Policy, and Terms of Use. AAM may, in its sole discretion, update this Legal Notice and Disclaimer at any time and from time to time, by posting the amended Legal Notice and Disclaimer on this Site. The revised or amended Legal Notice and Disclaimer shall be effective upon posting. Any access to or use of AAM Services following such update shall be deemed consent to such update. All visitors and users are therefore encouraged to refer back to this page regularly. The Legal Notice and Disclaimer may not be otherwise amended without the written consent of the AAM owners.
AAM operates and controls this Site from its location within the United States. Claims relating to, including the use of this Site and the materials contained herein are governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Texas, without regards to its conflicts of laws provision. If you choose to access this Site from another location, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance of applicable local laws.
Although we would like to hear from you, do not send us or any mediator listing services on this Site or mobile application information that you or someone else considers confidential, private, or secret in nature. Contacting AAM or a mediator through AAM does not establish a mediator/client relationship, and sending confidential information without such a relationship in place does not create any confidentiality obligations. A mediator/client relationship cannot be established until you and a mediator know that doing so will not create a conflict of interest and until you and the mediator reach an agreement on terms of the relationship.
Neither the content on this Site and all AAM Services nor any transmissions between you, AAM Services, and any mediator listing services through this Site or AAM Services are intended to provide legal advice. No user of this site or mobile application should act or refrain from acting on the basis of information included on this Site and AAM Services or from any mediator listing services through this Site and all AAM Service without seeking legal advice of counsel.
While every effort is made to maintain the information on this Site and all AAM Services as accurately as possible, omissions or errors may occur and AAM disclaims any liability as to information contained on this Site, mobile application, or provided by any mediator listing services through this Site or mobile application.
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Links to organizations and governmental agencies are provided by AAM on this Site and mobile application as a convenience. There is no sponsorship or affiliation between AAM or mediators listing services or products on this Site and mobile application with such organizations and agencies. AAM makes no representations or warranties about the contents of information provided by organizations and governmental agencies to which links are provided.
AAM assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information provided through this Site, mobile application, or mediators listing their services on this Site or mobile application. This Site, mobile application, and its contents (including the materials, its accuracy and completeness) are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, an implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement.
This Site and mobile application may be considered advertising in your jurisdiction. In conformity with some jurisdictions in the United States regarding mediation advertising, be advised that “Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.”
To the fullest extent permitted by law, in no event shall AAM or any of its affiliates, suppliers and distributors, or any of their respective directors, employees and agents be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill or other intangible losses, resulting from (1) the outcome of any mediation matter; (2) any conduct or content of any third party relating to the Services or software; (3) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the services of the software; or (4) unauthorized access, use or alternation of information.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the total liability of AAM, and its affiliates, suppliers and distributors, for any claim arising out of or relating in any manner to the use of the services or software, is limited to the amount you paid AAM to use the services to which such claim relates in the 12 month period preceding the filing of such claim.
Please do not use our Services on any mobile device in a way that prevents or distracts you from obeying traffic or safety laws.
If you have any questions or comments about this Legal Notice and Disclaimer or the practices relating to our Services, please contact us at:
Ask a Mediator®
Attn: Legal Notice and Disclaimer
P. O. Box 311673
New Braunfels, TX 78131