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1. Overview and Legal
Compliance
1.1
Baird & Warner Holding Company and its subsidiaries
and affiliates ("Baird & Warner," "B&W,"
"We," "Us" or "Our") created
this Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement (the "Terms
of Use") to clarify how visitors to Our home page
located at www.baird-warner-offices.com
(the "Web Site") may use this site.
1.2 The
following agreement describes the terms on which We
permit use of the Web Site. These Terms of Use govern
all use of the Web Site and apply to all Internet traffic
visiting the Web Site (called "Users" or "You").
Before using the Web Site, please read all of these
Terms of Use carefully as Your use of the Web Site constitutes
Your acceptance of these Terms of Use. If You do not
agree to these terms, You may not use the Web Site.
1.3 We
may amend these Terms of Use at any time. Except as
stated below, all amended terms are effective automatically
when they are posted on the Web Site. You should check
the Web Site frequently for changes to these Terms of
Use. These Terms of Use may not be amended in any other
way except in writing signed by You and Us.
1.4 This
policy does not extend to any information that is inherent
in the operation of the Internet, and therefore beyond
Our control. You agree not to use the Web Site in any
manner contrary to applicable law or government regulation.
1.5 You
agree not to transmit or post on the Web Site anything
- under a false
name;
- unlawful, libelous,
defamatory, threatening, abusive, harassing, or
otherwise objectionable information including
without limitation, anything constituting or encouraging
conduct that would constitute a criminal offense,
give rise to civil liability, or otherwise under
any applicable law;
- that discloses
another person's private or personal matters or
which would violate a person's rights of privacy
or publicity;
- that contains
a virus, worm, Trojan horse or any other contaminating
or destructive features; or
- that would violate
the property rights of others, including unauthorized
copyrighted text, images or programs, trade secrets,
confidential or proprietary information, or use
trademarks or service marks in an infringing fashion.
2.
Unauthorized Use of the Site
2.1 Illegal
and/or unauthorized used of the Web Site, including
but not limited to, unauthorized framing of or linking
to the Web Site, or any part of the Web Site, or unauthorized
use of any devise or program on the Web Site, will be
investigated and We will take appropriate legal action,
including but not limited to, civil, criminal, and/or
injunctive redress.
3.
Permitted Use of the Site
3.1 You
agree that You are only authorized to visit, view and
to retain a copy of pages of this Site for Your own
personal use, and that You shall not duplicate, download,
publish, modify or otherwise distribute the material
on this Site for any purpose other than Your personal
use, unless otherwise specifically authorized by Us
to do so. You also agree not to deep-link to the site
for any purpose, unless specifically authorized by US
to do so. The content and software on this Site is the
property of Baird & Warner and/or its suppliers
and is protected by state, federal, and international
copyright laws. We post a legal notice and various credits
on pages of the Site, which may not be removed. Please
do not remove these notices and credits, or any additional
information contained along with notices and credits.
4. Copyright Information
4.1
All content appearing on this Web Site is the copyrighted
property of Baird & Warner unless otherwise noted.
Reproduction or storage of materials retrieved from
this Web Site is subject to the U.S. Copyright Act of
1976, Title 17 U.S.C. You may not use, distribute, reproduce,
publish, transmit, transfer, sell, create derivative
works from, or in any way exploit the content, except
for personal, noncommercial use, provided that You maintain
all copyright and other notices contained in the content.
5. Trademarks/Service
Mark Information
5.1
Baird & Warner, Baird & Warner Home Services,
Baird & Warner HomeFinder, Baird & Warner Luxury
Residences, Key Mortgage Services, Transitions, and
KeyMoves are trademarks and/or service marks of Baird
& Warner. Any other trademarks or service marks
appearing on this Web Site are the property of their
respective owners.
6. No Agency
6.1
You and Baird & Warner are Independent Contractors
and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employer-employee
or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or
created by the Terms of Use.
7. Disclaimer
7.1
THE WEB SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS
AVAILABLE," AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY REGARDING
THE QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, OR FUNCTIONALITY OF THE WEB
SITE OR REGARDING THE QUALITY OR ACCURACY OF ANY INFORMATION
OBTAINED FROM OR AVAILABLE THROUGH USE OF THE WEB SITE
OR THAT THE WEB SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
BAIRD & WARNER MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT ANY DEFECTS,
WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT
THE WEB SITE WILL BE VIRUS-FREE. BAIRD & WARNER
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MECHANTIBILITY,
AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES
SO THESE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN THESE
STATES, BAIRD & WARNER'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
8. Liability Limit
8.1
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BAIRD & WARNER BE LIABLE
UNDER ANY SECTION OF THESE TERMS OF USE OR UNDER CONTRACT,
NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE
THEORY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS,
LOSS OF DATA OR INFORMATION OF ANY KIND OR LOSS OF BUSINESS
GOODWILL OR OPPORTUNITY) WHETHER OR NOT BAIRD &
WARNER HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS
OR DAMAGES. BAIRD & WARNER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OR SUBSTITUTE GOODS, SERVICES,
OR TECHNOLOGY AND IN NO EVENT SHALL BAIRD & WARNER'S
LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE GREATER OF (i) THE AMOUNT
OF FEES YOU HAVE PAID TO BAIRD & WARNER DURING THE
NINETY (90) DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO DAMAGE OR (ii)
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00). NO ACTION, REGARDLESS
OF FORM, ARISING OUT OF THESE TERMS OF USE MAY BE BROUGHT
BY YOU OR BAIRD & WARNER MORE THAN ONE (1) YEAR
AFTER THE EVENT UNDERLYING THE CAUSE OF ACTION HAS OCCURRED.
THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION WILL SURVIVE ANY TERMINATION
OF THESE TERMS OF USE AND YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE OR
THE SERVICES PROVIDED THEREBY. IN JURISDICTIONS THAT
RESTRICT LIMITATION OF LIABILITY PROVISIONS, BAIRD &
WARNER'S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW. THIS LIMITATION WILL APPLY REGARDLESS
OF THE FAILURE OF THE ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED
REMEDY.
9. Indemnity
9.1
YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD BAIRD &
WARNER, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, LICENSEES, AFFILIATES, DISTRIBUTORS,
RESELLERS AND MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES HARMLESS FROM
AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES
AND COSTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, REASONABLE
ATTORNEY FEES AND COURT COSTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "CLAIMS")
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR BREACH OF ANY OF
THESE TERMS OF USE OR USE BY YOU OF THE WEB SITE, EXCEPT
TO THE EXTENT SUCH CLAIMS DIRECTLY RESULT FROM BAIRD
& WARNER'S OWN NEGLIGENCE. THIS INDEMNIFICATION
OBLIGATION SHALL SURVIVE ANY TERMINATION OF THESE TERMS
OF USE OR OF THE WEB SITE OR THE SERVICES PROVIDED THEREBY.
10. Notices
10.1
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, (i) all notices
to Baird & Warner shall be made by postal mail to
Baird & Warner, 120 South LaSalle Street, Suite
2000, Chicago, IL 60603 Attn: Legal Department and (ii)
all notices to You shall be made by postings to Our
Web Site. Alternatively, we may give you notice by sending
an email to the email address You provided us when registering.
In the case of email, notice shall be deemed given 24
hours after email is sent, unless the sending party
is notified that the email address is invalid. In the
case of postal mail, notice shall be deemed given 3
days after the date of mailing.
11. Entire Agreement
11.1
These Terms of Use constitute the sole agreement between
Baird & Warner and You regarding the subject matter
contained herein and fully supercede any and all other
understandings or agreements, whether oral or written.
You acknowledge and agree that You have read and understand
these Terms of Use and agree to be bound by them.
12. Force Majeure
12.1
Baird & Warner will not be liable in any amount
for failure to perform, or delay in performing, any
obligations, hereunder if such delay or failure is caused
by any events beyond Our control including, without
limitation, acts of third parties, wars, hostilities,
revolutions, riots, civil commotion, national emergency,
strikes, lock-outs, unavailability of supplies, epidemics,
fire, flood, earthquake, force of nature, explosions,
embargo, or any other Act of God, unavailability, errors
or other failures on the Internet, other data networks,
or telecommunications systems, any law, proclamation,
regulation, ordinance, or other act or order of any
court, government or governmental agency or delays.
13. Legal Actions
13.1
These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois,
without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions.
The application of the United States Convention of Contracts
for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded.
The exclusive personal jurisdiction of and venue for
all disputes arising out of these Terms of Use and your
use of the Web Site and/or the services provided thereby
shall be the state and federal courts located within
the State of Illinois and you consent to such jurisdiction
and waive all objections to such jurisdiction and venue.
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Severability
14.1 If
any provision of these Terms of Use as such may exist
or may hereafter be amended, is found to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable for whatever reason, such provision
shall be fully severable and the other remaining provisions
shall remain in full force and effect, and shall be
construed as if the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provision never comprised a part thereof. Furthermore,
in lieu of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision
there shall be added automatically in its place a provision
similar in its terms and intent to the illegal, invalid
or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be
legal, valid or enforceable.
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No Waiver
15.1 Any
failure of Baird & Warner to enforce any provision
of these Terms of Use shall not be construed a waiver
of any rights under such provision or any other provision
of the Terms of Use. Baird & Warner may only make
such waiver by an express writing.
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No Assignment
16.1 Any
rights or obligations granted to You hereunder may not
be assigned or transferred to any other person or entity.
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