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Materials on this Site have been prepared by Morgan Lewis for general informational purposes only. This site utilizes original photography as well as licensed stock photography for illustrative purposes; not all persons depicted are Morgan Lewis employees. These materials do not, and are not intended to, constitute legal advice. These materials may be considered advertising in your state. Morgan Lewis does not wish to represent anyone desiring representation based upon viewing this Site in a state where this Site fails to comply with all laws and ethical rules of that state. The information provided at this website is not privileged and does not create an attorney-client relationship with Morgan Lewis or any of the firm's lawyers. The act of sending an e-mail to Morgan Lewis or any attorney at Morgan Lewis, or submitting a form response or other materials through the Site, will not create an attorney-client relationship. If you are not currently a client of Morgan Lewis, your e-mail will not be privileged and may be disclosed to third persons. This website is not an offer to represent you. You should not act, or refrain from acting, based upon any information at this website.

Morgan Lewis maintains offices in Pennsylvania, New York, the District of Columbia, California, Florida, New Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas, Delaware, Connecticut, Washington, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Dubai, United Arab Emirates and has lawyers licensed to practice in many jurisdictions. Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC is a Singapore law corporation affiliated with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. Our Beijing and Shanghai offices operate as representative offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. In Hong Kong, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius is a separate Hong Kong general partnership registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong. The name of the lawyer responsible for this website is David W. Pollak.

This Policy provides you, the User, with a personal, revocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable license to use this Site conditioned on your continued compliance with the Terms of Use of this Policy. Users may print and download materials and information on this Site solely for personal and noncommercial use, provided that all hard copies contain all copyright and other applicable notices contained in such materials and information. Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as otherwise expressly permitted herein, a User may not modify, copy, distribute, broadcast, transmit, reproduce, publish, mirror, frame, license, transfer, sell, or otherwise use any information or material obtained from or through this Site. As a further condition of use of this Site, all Users warrant to Morgan Lewis that they will not use this Site for any purpose that is unlawful or otherwise prohibited by these Terms of Use. To seek permission to use materials and information (including screenshots of this Site) beyond the scope of the foregoing license, please contact the Communications Department at Morgan Lewis (+215.963.5000, info@morganlewis.com). Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

All material contained on this Site, unless otherwise indicated, is protected by law, including, but not limited to, United States copyright, trade secret (for password-protected areas), and trademark law, as well as other state, national, and international laws and regulations. Except as expressly provided herein, Morgan Lewis does not grant any express or implied right(s) to Users of this Site. Please be aware that Morgan Lewis actively and aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law. The contents of this Site are © 2004–2023 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. All Rights Reserved. Removing or altering the copyright notice on any material on this Site is prohibited. Morgan Lewis also owns a copyright in the Site as a collective work and/or compilation, and in the selection, coordination and arrangement of the Site's content.

The trademarks MORGAN LEWIS®; MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS®; HSRSCAN®; RODSCAN®; and RCRASCAN®; and all other names, logos, and icons identifying Morgan Lewis and/or Morgan Lewis' products and services are proprietary marks of Morgan Lewis. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

The Site may contain materials posted by third parties. If you believe that any materials on this Site infringe any copyright or other intellectual property interest, please provide Morgan Lewis' Copyright and Intellectual Property Agent with the following information:

1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
2. A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property interest that you claim has been infringed;
3. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
4. Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
5. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright or other intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law;
6. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or other intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or other intellectual property owner's behalf.

Morgan Lewis' Copyright and Intellectual Property Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement on the Site is Ron N. Dreben.

Note: The contact information above is provided exclusively for notifying Morgan Lewis of copyright or other intellectual property infringement.

Morgan Lewis may provide links, in its sole discretion, to other sites on the Internet for the convenience of its Users in locating related information and services. These sites have not necessarily been reviewed by Morgan Lewis and are maintained by third parties over which Morgan Lewis exercises no control. Accordingly, Morgan Lewis expressly disclaims any responsibility for the privacy policies, information collection practices, the content, the accuracy of the information, and/or quality of products or services provided by or advertised on these third-party websites. Moreover, these links do not imply an endorsement with respect to any third party or any website or the products or services provided by any third party.

WHILE MORGAN LEWIS ENDEAVORS TO PROVIDE THE MOST ACCURATE, UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE, THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. MOREOVER, MORGAN LEWIS MAY MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND/OR CHANGES IN THIS SITE OR IN THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE AT ANY TIME, FOR ANY REASON.

YOU, THE USER, ASSUME THE SOLE RISK OF MAKING USE OF, AND/OR RELYING ON, THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE. MORGAN LEWIS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY, LEGALITY IN YOUR JURISDICTION, OR ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL MORGAN LEWIS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE UTILIZATION OF THIS SITE, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF MORGAN LEWIS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.

This Policy will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without giving effect to the choice of law provisions thereof and all parties to this Policy expressly agree to be subject to the jurisdiction of courts in the City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.