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REFERENCE SOURCE AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE LEGAL OR LEGISLATIVE ADVICE. THE WEB
SITE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A SUBSTITUTE FOR INDEPENDENT LEGAL/LEGISLATIVE
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AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES. IN NO EVENT
SHALL THE MFCN, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ITS OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, BE HELD
LIABLE TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR
ANY OTHER FORM OF DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING FROM THE USE OF OR RELIANCE UPON
ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED OR REFERENCED IN THIS WEB SITE OR OTHERWISE
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THE USER SHALL RELEASE, HOLD HARMLESS, DEFEND AND INDEMNIFY THE MFCN, INCLUDING
AND WITHOUT LIMITATION ITS OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL
CLAIMS, CAUSES OF ACTION AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE USE OF OR
RELIANCE UPON ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED OR REFERENCED IN THIS WEB SITE
OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE. IF ALL OF THE FOREGOING
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USER OF THIS WEB SITE, THE USER IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS OR OTHERWISE
UTILIZE THIS WEB SITE.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE
This website is owned and operated by the MFCN of the District of Columbia and
contains material which is derived in whole or in part from material supplied
by its staff and members. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish,
upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any material from this site
including code and software. You may download material from this site for your
personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and
other proprietary notices. However, by posting messages, uploading files,
inputting data, or engaging in any other form of communication through this service,
you are granting MFCN a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted,
worldwide license to: Use, copy, sublicense, adapt, transmit, publicly perform
or display any such communication. Sublicense to third parties the unrestricted
right to exercise any of the foregoing rights granted with respect to the
communication. The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any
proprietary rights in such communication, including but not limited to rights
under copyright, trademark, servicemark or patent laws under any relevant
jurisdiction.
LIMITED LIABILITY
MFCN has provided links and pointers to Internet sites maintained by third
parties. Neither MFCN nor its affiliate chapters are in control of any
information, products or services on these third-party sites. Unless expressly
endorsed or ratified by MFCN in accordance with procedures set forth in its
by-laws, the materials in this site and the third party sites are provided
"asi is" and without warranties of any kin, either expressed or
implied. This service may include bulletin boards and chat rooms which allow
feedback to MFCN and real-time interaction between users. MFCN does not control
the messages, information or files delivered to bulletin boards. It is a
condition of your use of the bulletin boards and this Web site that you do not:
Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the bulletin boards;
post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory,
obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any kind,
including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging
conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability
or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law; nor post
or transmit any information, software or other material which violates or
infringes upon the rights of others, including material which is an invasion of
privacy or publicity rights or which is protected by copyright, trademark or
other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without
first obtaining permission from the owner or right holder.
TERMINATION
This agreement is effective until terminated by MFCN, at any time without
notice. In the event of termination, you are no longer authorized to access the
bulletin boards and the restrictions imposed on you with respect to material
downloaded from the bulletin boards, the disclaimers and limitations of
liabilities set forth in this agreement, shall survive. This agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia without giving effect
to any principles or conflicts of law. If any provision of this agreement shall
be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be
deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and
enforceability of any remaining provisions.
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