Terms and Conditions

Please carefully read these Terms and Conditions (the "Terms") and the Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”). The Terms and Privacy Policy may have changed since your last visit to www.rucciburnham.com (the "Website").

The following definitions apply to the Terms and the Privacy Policy. A visitor to or user of this Website is defined as “you” or “your.” Rucci, Burnham, Carta & Carello, LLP is defined as the "Firm" or “we.” Other terms are defined throughout the Terms and the Privacy Policy.

BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU INDICATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS. BY ACCESSING AND/OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT, POWER AND AUTHORITY TO AGREE TO AND BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS, THEN DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

Terms and Conditions

The content on this Website is a general summary of legal content; it does not constitute legal advice as to your particular situation. You agree that the Firm is not engaged in rendering legal services or advice to you by providing the information and materials on this Website, and that your use of the Website does not create any attorney-client relationship between you and the Firm. The attorneys listed on the Website practice at and are generally admitted to practice in either Connecticut or New York. The law as applied to your particular facts and circumstances may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. You should not rely on the content on this Website in evaluating your own particular situation. The Firm assumes no responsibility for any consequence relating directly or indirectly to any action or inaction you take based on the information or material on this Website. While the Firm takes reasonable steps to ensure that the information on this Website is accurate, complete and up to date, the Firm will not be responsible for any damage or loss related to the inaccuracy, incompleteness or lack of timeliness of any information on the Website.

We provide legal advice and opinions only upon a formal written engagement with a client, and only based on a particular set of facts. Viewing this Website or contacting the Firm by e-mail or otherwise does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and this Firm until such time as a formal engagement is undertaken by the Firm.

You should not send us any confidential, privileged or sensitive content until after a formal engagement is entered into between you and the Firm. Before e-mailing or sending any privileged, sensitive or confidential content, you should contact a Rucci, Burnham, Carta & Carello, LLP attorney to arrange appropriate measures. E-mails and other communications sent to the Firm may also be intercepted by third parties who may be under no obligation to keep such communication confidential.

The links on the Website are provided by the Firm as a courtesy to you. In providing these links, the Firm does not endorse the linked organization or website and has no control over the linked website. The Firm is not responsible for any loss or damage arising in any way from your use of any hypertext link on the Website. You should review the terms of use on any linked website before using that website. The Firm may update, change or delete the Website or its content at any time for any reason, without notice. Access to the Website may be interrupted on account of systems maintenance or malfunction or for other reasons. The Website may contain defects or viruses or other harmful components.

The Website content is the property of the Firm, its partners, members and employees. You may not use or display, or refer to or quote in any other publication or proceeding, the Website or any content on the Website without the Firm’s prior written permission. The Website content, including its organization and layout, is protected from unauthorized copying and dissemination by United States copyright law, trademark law, international conventions, and other intellectual property laws. Granting you access to the Website should not be construed by you as the grant of any express or implied license, right or permission to use the Website or its content. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Website.

Provided you comply with these Terms, you are authorized by the Firm to view the Website and print one copy of the Website for your own lawful, personal, noncommercial use. Any copy made of the Website must include all copyright, trademark and other intellectual property notices contained in such content on the Website. No changes may be made to the content in the printed copy.

The Firm reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to reject any requests for such content or materials, or to discontinue the provision of such content or materials to any person, for any reason whatsoever. The Firm reserves the right to terminate your access to the Website at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

The Firm is not responsible whatsoever for any loss or damage arising in any way from the downloading from the Website or any use of the content on the Website.

THE FIRM MAKES NO WARRANTIES IN THESE TERMS, ON THE WEBSITE OR IN THE CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THESE TERMS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FIRM BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, MULTIPLE OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES OR FOR LOST PROFITS OR LOSS OF USE DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THIS WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE OR FROM ANY OTHER CAUSE. ALL CLAIMS FOR SUCH DAMAGES ARE HEREBY SPECIFICALLY WAIVED, EVEN IF THE FIRM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
FURTHERMORE, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FIRM'S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE) STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THIS WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE EXCEED $1.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Firm and its partners, agents or employees from and against any third party claim or demand (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your use of the Website. You agree to cooperate in the defense of any such claim or demand. The Firm reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, at your expense. In no event shall you settle any such matter without the consent of the Firm.

The Firm makes no representation that the content on this Website is appropriate or available for use outside the United States. If you have chosen to access this Website from outside the United States of America, you do so at your own initiative and risk, and you are responsible for compliance with your local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

All questions concerning the construction, validity, and interpretation of these Terms and the performance of the obligations imposed by these Terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut, United States of America, without giving reference to conflict of laws principles. If a dispute arises out of or relating to these Terms, the parties agree first to try in good faith to settle the dispute by mediation conducted by a mutually agreed upon professional mediator before resorting to any other form of dispute resolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Firm shall be entitled to seek and obtain provisional or ancillary remedies such as injunctive or equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction before, during or after the pendency of any mediation. Any suit brought hereon any and all legal proceedings to enforce these Terms, or to enforce or vacate any judgment or awarded rendered therein, whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise, shall be brought in the state or federal courts sitting in Fairfield County, Connecticut, the parties hereto hereby waiving any claim or defense that such forum is not convenient or proper. Each party hereby agrees that any such court shall have in personam jurisdiction over it, and agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner specified by law. In any such action, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all attorneys' fees and expenses incurred.

In the event that any of the provisions of these Terms are unlawful, void or unenforceable, the provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining portions of these Terms shall remain in full force and effect. The Firm may, at its sole discretion and without notice, revise these Terms at any time by updating this posting to the Website.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if you and the Firm have entered into a separate written agreement that covers your use of the Website, the terms of such agreement shall control to the extent they are inconsistent with these Terms.