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LawQuo.com Inc. Terms and Conditions for Bidding -
As a condition for entering my offer for either an exclusive article placement on this legal domain and/or for the exclusive right to receive public queries coming to this legal domain from my indicated area code, I understand, affirm, and agree to the following:
i) The email address I entered belongs to me and/or my firm. It is a valid, existing email address that I monitor regularly for incoming communications. I am entitled to enter an offer, through the indicated email address, on behalf of myself and/or my firm.
ii) I have entered a bona fide offer, open for acceptance by LawQuo.com Inc., at its sole discretion, for up to seven (7) days after the close of the bidding period for this month. For the purposes of this Agreement, "the bidding period" for this month is the period during which LawQuo.com is open for offers for exclusive article placements on this domain, and/or for the exclusive right to receive public queries from my indicated area code through this domain, for the upcoming month.
iii) I understand and accept that LawQuo.com Inc. maintains the sole discretion to determine when the bidding period for this month will end, though it is my understanding that the bidding period for this month will close no later than the end of this month.
iv) LawQuo.com Inc. may reject my offer for any reason, at its sole discretion, and is under no obligation to respond to my offer, either by email, phone, or by any other communication.
vi) In the event that LawQuo.com Inc., in its sole discretion, chooses to accept the offer I entered this month, I undertake to respond forthwith to any comunications from LawQuo.com Inc. informing me that my offer has been accepted, and further undertake to honor my offer in full by making payment forthwith to LawQuo.com Inc. in the amount that I have indicated in my offer.
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vii) Where my offer is for an exclusive article placement on this domain for the upcoming month:
a) I understand that my offer, if accepted, will entitle me to upload one original article on the home page of this domain within 48 hours after LawQuo.com Inc. has received payment by me; and that:.
b) I understand and accept that, until such time as I have submitted my article for uploading on this domain, any existing article on the home page of this domain will continue to be featured on this domain.
c) I understand and accept that my uploaded article will be exclusively featured on this domain until such time as a third party competing offer is accepted by LawQuo.com Inc., and payment received from that party, for the succeeding month or thereafter. Until such time as payment is received from that party for the succeeding month or thereafter, it is my understanding that I may, in the meantime, maintain my article on this home page for free, without any further obligation of payment to LawQuo.com Inc. (presuming that I have not entered any new bids for the succeeding month or thereafter).
d) I understand that my offer, if accepted, entitles me to a continuing right to match the highest competing offer entered on the succeeding month or on any month thereafter, so long as I have entered a new bid on that month that is no less than the bid amount I entered this month or on any month immediately preceding the month on which the competing offer was entered. Accordingly, I understand and accept that my continuing right to match any competing offers for the succeeding month, and on any month thereafter, will lapse on the month in which I fail to match my offer from the month immediately preceding.
e) I warrant and affirm that my uploaded article - if not supplied by LawQuo.com Inc. - will not infringe on any copyright, nor will it contain any obscene or defamatory content.
f) I acknowledge that I am solely responsible for any injuries that may be deemed to be caused by article contents provided by me, and that I am, moreover, responsible for the consequences of any direct contacts I may have with members of the public arising from the showcasing of my article on this domain.
g) I acknowledge and accept that, LawQuo.com Inc., for purposes of quality control, may, at its sole discretion, request that I make certain changes to contents submitted by me that LawQuo.com Inc.deems to be unacceptable. Should I refuse to make the requested changes acceptable to LawQuo.com Inc., I accept that LawQuo.com Inc. is under no obligation to feature the submitted article. Under such circumstances, until such time as a competing third party offer is accepted by LawQuo.com Inc., and payment received from that party, on the suceeding month or thereafter, I understand that I may continue to submit alternative articles or contents for acceptance by LawQuo.com Inc.
h) Due to, but not limited to, circumstances such as tardiness in forwarding payment to LawQuo.com Inc., tardiness in submitting an acceptable article to LawQuo.com Inc, or due to other delays originating in my conduct, I acknowledge and accept that LawQuo.com Inc. will be under no obligation to lengthen the amount of time my article is featured on this domain, particularly in the event that a competing third party offer is accepted by LawQuo.com for the succeeding month and subsequently honored by that party.
i) In the event of delays or downtime arising solely from technical difficulties with the web site of, or from conduct solely originating in, LawQuo.com Inc, I acknowledge and accept that LawQuo.com Inc. can only guarantee that my article will be featured for no less than nineteen (19) days out of the upcoming month for which I have entered this bid. In the event that my article has been featured for less than nineteen (19) days out of the upcoming month, due solely to the aforementioned technical difficulties, or to conduct solely originating in LawQuo.com Inc., I understand that LawQuo.com Inc. will extend me a free article placement on this domain for the succeeding month, even where a competing bid has come in for that month. Under such circumstances, I need not match the competing bid for that month, nor need I make any bid at all for that month, in order to maintain my continuing right to match competing offers for the month thereafter.
viii) Where my offer is for the exclusive right to receive public queries coming to this legal domain from my indicated area code in the upcoming month:
a) I understand that my offer, if accepted, will confer me with the exclusive right to receive an unlimited number of public queries coming through this domain from my indicated area code in the upcoming month ("Exclusive Right"), effective within 48 hours after LawQuo.com Inc. has received payment by me; and that:.
b) I understand and accept that my Exclusive Right on this domain will continue until such time as a third party competing offer is accepted by LawQuo.com Inc., and payment received from that party, for the succeeding month or thereafter. Until such time as payment is received from that party for the succeeding month or thereafter, it is my understanding that I may, in the meantime, maintain my Exclusive Right on this domain for free, without any further obligation of payment to LawQuo.com Inc. (presuming that I have not entered any new bids for the succeeding month or thereafter).
c) I understand that my offer, if accepted, entitles me to a continuing right to match the highest competing offer entered the succeeding month or on any month thereafter, so long as I have entered a new bid for that month that is no less than the bid amount I entered this month or on any month immediately preceding the month on which the competing offer was entered. Accordingly, I understand and accept that my continuing right to match any competing offers for the succeeding month, and on any month thereafter, will lapse on the month in which I fail to match my offer from the month immediately preceding.
d) I acknowledge and accept that LawQuo.com Inc. cannot guarantee how many, and whether any, public queries will come to me in the month for which I have secured the Exclusive Right.
e) I understand and accept that the Exclusive Right pertains to queries submitted through the Find A Lawyer function featured on the home page of this domain. Accordingly, I acknowledge and accept that the Exclusive Right does not pertain to any contacts or queries that might arise from outside of the aforementioned function, including, but not limited to, the featured article on this domain, and any advertisements displayed on this domain.
f) I acknowledge and accept that I am responsible for the consequences of any direct contacts and/or communications I may enter into with members of the public arising from my use of the Exclusive Right.
g) Due to, but not limited to, circumstances such as tardiness in forwarding payment to LawQuo.com Inc., or due to other delays originating in my conduct, I acknowledge and accept that LawQuo.com Inc. will be under no obligation to lengthen the amount of time I am entitled to my Exclusive Right on this domain, particularly in the event that a competing third party offer for the succeeding month is accepted by LawQuo.com and subsequently honored by that party.
h) In the event of delays or downtime arising solely from technical difficulties with the web site of, or from conduct solely originating in, LawQuo.com Inc, I acknowledge and accept that LawQuo.com Inc. can only guarantee that my Exclusive Right will be functional for no less than nineteen (19) days out of the upcoming month for which I have entered this bid. In the event that my Exclusive Right is functional for less than nineteen (19) days out of the upcoming month, due solely to the aforementioned technical difficulties, or to conduct solely originating in LawQuo.com Inc., I understand that LawQuo.com Inc. will extend my Exclusive Right on this domain for the succeeding month, even where a competing bid has come in for that month. Under such circumstances, I need not match the competing bid for that month, nor need I make any bid at all for that month, in order to maintain my continuing right to match competing offers for the month thereafter.
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ix) In the event that I have made payment to LawQuo.com Inc. on an accepted offer, and in the event of any subsequent dispute between myself and LawQuo.com Inc., my monetary damages, if any, will, in all cases, be limited to an amount to be determined by my tolled use of either my featured article or the Exclusive Right out of a nineteen day period for the month in which the dispue in question arose (For example, if I benefited from an undisputed use of the featured article or Exclusive Right for 40% of a nineteen day period for that month, my monetary damages, if any, would be limited to 60% of my bid amount for that month).
x) In the event that I have made payment to LawQuo.com Inc.on an accepted offer, and in the event of any subsequent dispute between myself and LawQuo.com Inc., I agree to accept an offer by LawQuo.com Inc. for either a free featured article placement on this domain for a subsequent month or for a free Exclusive Right on this domain for a subsequent month, if such an offer is extended by LawQuo.com Inc., in lieu of monetary damages.
xi) I will hold LawQuo.com Inc. blameless for any contacts and communications I have entered into with members of the public by reason of my use of its services.
xii) I acknowledge and agree that, unless my offer is accepted by LawQuo.com Inc., and unless it has received payment in full on my offer, LawQuo.com Inc. does not owe me any obligations or duties whatsoever.
xiii) This Agreement constitutes the sole understanding between myself and LawQuo.com Inc. There are no representations, warranties, terms, conditions, undertakings or collateral agreements, express, implied or statutory, between the parties other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
xiv) In the event that any term in this Agreement is held to be vague, uncertain, or invalid, all other terms shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect. Where any term or circumstance under this Agreement is held to be vague or uncertain, it is agreed by both parties that the resolution of any vague or uncertain terms shall be made in accordance with the overall spirit, aims, and undertakings as set out in this Agreement.
xv) This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. All unresolved disputes, if any, between the parties, shall be referred to binding arbitration in the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, in accordance with the laws therein.