Disclaimer & Privacy Notice

Terms and Conditions of Use - Important!!

These disclaimers and legal notice form the terms and conditions for using the Passman & Jones, a Professional Corporation ("Passman & Jones") website. Using this site indicates acceptance of these terms and conditions. These terms and conditions are subject to change by Passman & Jones at any time in its discretion (sometimes referred to as this "Agreement"). Your continued use of the website after changes constitutes acceptance of the changes.

Information Transmitted To Us

TRANSMITTED INFORMATION WILL NOT BE TREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL; NO ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. The information you transmit to us will not be treated as confidential. Further, no attorney-client relationship will exist unless or until you have received written confirmation from us that we will represent you. Accordingly, until such written confirmation is given, (1) no attorney-client relationship will exist as a result of your e-mail message to us or any response to your e-mail or any other communications between us, (2) your e-mail message and other information provided to us will not be subject to the attorney-client privilege, and (3) the information you provide us will not be treated as confidential.

IRS Circular 230 Disclosure

To ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any U.S. tax advice contained in this communication or on this website (including any materials included in this website or accessible by links or otherwise from this website) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing, or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein.

Permitted Use & Limitation of Liability

This website, including without limitation, the compilation of articles, features, and/or hyperlinks, is not intended to and does not offer legal advice. Reference to any organization or person on this website, or any that it is linked to, does not indicate any form of endorsement. This website is provided for information purposes only and does not take the place of the advice and recommendation of an attorney.

Passman & Jones does not take responsibility or accept liability for any loss or damage resulting from using or viewing this website or any site to which it is linked. This website is updated only periodically and may not reflect the most recent information. The use of this website does not create an attorney-client relationship and we cannot, therefore, agree to maintain the confidentiality of information provided. Please do not send any information about a specific legal matter or problem that may involve you until we know that representing you does not create a conflict of interest and an attorney-client relationship is established in writing. Contact any attorney by phone or e-mail to inquire about becoming a client of Passman & Jones.

Unless otherwise noted, attorneys are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Because of the informational purpose of this website, it does not target any particular community, area or user. As such, Passman & Jones is not "doing business" or establishing "minimum contacts" with any jurisdiction outside of the State of Texas.

Warranties

PASSMAN & JONES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY WEBSITE CONTENT ACCESSIBLE WITHIN OR THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. PASSMAN & JONES MAKES NO, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY, WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, AND RELIABILITY OF THE TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS TO OTHER SITES AND ANY OTHER ITEMS ACCESSED FROM OR VIA THIS WEBSITE OR THE INTERNET, OR THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

Indemnity

Users will indemnify and hold Passman & Jones, its directors, shareholders, employees, agents, and contractors harmless from any breach of these terms and conditions, including without limitation the use of any content other than as expressly authorized and from claims by third parties arising out of the user's use of the information accessed from this website.

Use of Models and Actors

Photographs on this website may include models or actors and such photographs are not intended to depict attorneys, staff members, or clients.

Links

Links to other websites are provided as a service to our site visitors. Other websites, however, are not monitored by Passman & Jones and we accept no responsibility for their content. The inclusion of a link on this website should not be interpreted as an endorsement. Visitors to linked websites must judge for themselves the accuracy and quality of the information provided and take responsibility for acting on such information. Passman & Jones does not warrant or guarantee that files available for downloading will be free of viruses. Downloading files from this or any other website may subject your computer to contamination or the destruction of files.

Copyright

All designs, images, text and other content of this website are copyrighted by and proprietary to Passman & Jones or licensed by Passman & Jones for use on this website. As a user of this website, you may print off complete pages and whole documents from this website, but only for your personal use so long as all copyright notices are retained. All copies must include the following notice: "Copyright © 2006 Passman & Jones, A Professional Corporation. All Rights Reserved." The pages and documents may not be modified in any way.

With the exception of the stipulations regarding use in the paragraph above, no materials, information or other content may be copied from this website, stored in any medium, reproduced in any form or distributed without prior written permission of Passman & Jones.

Severability

If any section of this Agreement is held illegal, unenforceable, or in conflict with any law by a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitral tribunal, that section or provision shall be deemed severed from the Agreement and the remainder of the Agreement shall remain wholly valid and enforceable.

Governing Law

This Agreement is governed by and construed under the law of the State of Texas and will be enforced wholly within the State of Texas. The exclusive venue for any dispute regarding the use or content of this website will be in a court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Dallas County, Texas.

PRIVACY NOTICE

Our Commitment to You

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. We want this notice to be easy to find, so the "Privacy" link appears on each page of our website.

Our Commitment to Data Security

We want to prevent unauthorized access to our website, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, so we have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. All personally identifiable data is encrypted with secure server software. E-mail sent to us via the "Contact Us" link may be shared with staff personnel, attorney, or agent that is best able to respond to your inquiry. We make every effort to respond in a timely way once we receive your communication. Your communication with us will either be archived or discarded, depending on the type of inquiry we receive from you. E-MAIL IS NOT A COMPLETELY SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. It is possible that another internet user could access your e-mail while it is in transit to us. If you wish to keep your communications private, do not use our e-mail.

The Information We Collect

We do collect information about visitors to our website without identifying individuals. By collecting and logging the IP address of all visitors to our website, we track the number of people accessing the site, the type of computer and browser used, the day and time of each visit and whether you are a repeat visitor. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the internet. IP addresses allow computers and servers to communicate with one another. IP addresses do not include personally identifiable information and we do not link your IP address with any identifiable information you give us such as your e-mail address in order to maintain your anonymity. We use this information to assess the website's usefulness and to review its technical specifications.

We are not able to identify you or gain personal information unless you submit personal information. You may visit our website without disclosing your identity or giving us personal information. We may need information from you to correspond when you contact us, however. Any information submitted will not be passed to third parties.

"Cookies" are small pieces of information that websites store on your computer hard drive when you visit them. We use cookies like many other websites to obtain information about traffic to our website. Obtaining this information, however, does not allow us to identify you. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify the security setting on your computer to reject cookies on a case-by-case basis. Disabling the cookies in your browser will block our ability to gather information about your computer and the number of times you visit but also means that some parts of our website may not work properly for you.

Passman & Jones may use the information you submit and retain it in a database to communicate with you directly via e-mail or direct mail, such as to inform you about newsworthy topics and upcoming events that may be of interest to you. By submitting your e-mail address to us, you opt-in to receiving e-mail from Passman & Jones. You may opt-out of receiving further e-mail by contacting info@passmanjones.com.

Policy Changes

While we reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time without advance notice, if we do change our policy, the new policy will not go into effect until it is posted here. We also reserve the right to add features designed to elicit consumer information. If we do decide to add any such features, we will clearly mark these features and explain the nature and potential use of the data collected.

Contacting Us

Should you have questions or concerns about our privacy policies, please call us at 214-742-2121 or send an e-mail to info@passmanjones.com.