The terms on which this site is made available, and what using it does and does not mean.
Welcome to tweak.law (the "Site"). By using this Site you represent that you are 18 or older, have the legal capacity to enter a contract, and agree to be bound by these terms. Please read them carefully. If you do not agree to them, you are not authorized to use this Site.
These Terms of Use (the "Agreement") govern your access to and use of the Site. Tweak Law PLLC (the "Firm") may modify this Agreement at any time by posting the modified version on the Site. Modifications take effect immediately on posting unless another effective date is stated. The current version is always available on this page. Your use of the Site is your acceptance of this Agreement.
Using the Site, reading its contents, or contacting the Firm through it does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and the Firm. An attorney-client relationship arises only when the Firm and the client have signed a written engagement agreement covering a specific matter, and not before.
Nothing on the Site is an offer to represent you, and the Firm does not undertake to represent anyone on the basis of a communication sent through the Site.
Please do not send the Firm confidential or sensitive information until an attorney-client relationship has been established in writing. Information you send before that point is not protected by the attorney-client privilege, and the Firm has no obligation to keep it confidential.
Why this matters: conflicts of interest. Before the Firm can act for anyone, it must check whether doing so would conflict with its duties to a current or former client. It cannot run that check until it knows who you are, who the other parties are, and what the matter concerns. Until the Firm has completed that check and confirmed in writing that it is able to act, no engagement exists and none should be assumed.
The Firm may already represent, or may in the future represent, a party whose interests are adverse to yours, including in the very matter you write about. Sending unsolicited information to the Firm does not create any duty to you, does not prevent the Firm from representing that adverse party, and does not disqualify the Firm from any matter. By sending unsolicited information you agree that doing so will not be used as a basis to seek the Firm's disqualification.
Regulated data must never be sent through this Site. Under no circumstances should you transmit to the Firm, through this Site or by ordinary email, data subject to statutory or regulatory protection — including protected health information under HIPAA, student education records under FERPA, and nonpublic personal financial information under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act — or any other material subject to a confidentiality obligation, protective order or security requirement. Neither this Site nor ordinary email is a secure or approved channel for that material. If your matter requires you to provide such records, contact the Firm first and it will arrange a secure method of transfer.
If the Firm does open a matter for you, it will say so in a written engagement agreement identifying the scope of the work and the terms on which it is undertaken. Nothing short of that agreement makes you a client.
The Site is general information about areas in which the Firm practices. It is not legal advice, it is not a substitute for advice from a lawyer who knows the facts of your situation, and it should not be relied on in place of that advice.
The law changes, it differs between states, and its application turns on specific facts. Material on the Site describes the law as the Firm understood it when the material was written, which may no longer be current.
Your use of the Site is also governed by the Firm's Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement.
The Site is provided on an "as is" basis and relies on internet services not under the Firm's direct control. The Firm does not warrant that content on the Site is accurate, complete or current, and reserves the right to correct errors.
Content on the Site is not a filing. It is not a filing with any court or agency, it is not held to the standard that applies to a filing or to any other submission made on behalf of a client, and it has not been prepared for or adapted to any particular matter.
The Firm does not warrant that the Site will be available at all times or free of errors, and may cease operating it or any of its features at any time.
The Site may be considered attorney advertising in some jurisdictions. Christopher Kelley is responsible for its content.
The Firm's attorney is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and in Pennsylvania only. Nothing on the Site is an offer to practise law in, or to provide legal services in, any jurisdiction where the Firm is not authorized to do so. Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any other matter.
All content on this Site, including graphics, logos, trademarks, images and text, is and remains the property of Tweak Law PLLC or its content suppliers, and is protected by copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights. Tweak, Tweak Legal Innovation, Tweak Law, and the Tweak logo are Service Marks of Tweak Law PLLC.
Any copying, redistribution, use or publication of that content or any part of the Site is prohibited except as expressly permitted in this Agreement. You will not acquire any ownership right or other interest in any content through your use of this Site.
Tweak Law PLLC grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive licence to use this Site for your own personal reference, and not for republication, distribution, assignment, sublicence, sale, preparation of derivative works, or other use.
You agree not to copy content from the Site, to attempt to gain unauthorized access to it or interfere with its operation, to collect content from it by automated means, or to use it in violation of any law. Your use of the Site is at the Firm's discretion and it may terminate your access at any time.
You agree to comply with all applicable laws in your use of the Site, and that any information you provide is truthful and accurate to the best of your knowledge.
The Site may link to other websites. This Agreement and the Firm's Privacy Policy do not apply to those sites, which have their own terms. The Firm does not control them, does not endorse them, and is not responsible for their content. You should review the terms and privacy policies of any site you visit.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Tweak Law PLLC and its employees, affiliates, content suppliers, hosting and technology providers, and other service providers, and each of their respective officers, employees and agents, from any liability, loss, claim and expense, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising from your violation of this Agreement or your use of the Site.
THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TWEAK LAW PLLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY EXPRESS WARRANTIES, STATUTORY WARRANTIES, AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE EXTENT YOUR JURISDICTION DOES NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON WARRANTIES, THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE SHALL BE TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL TWEAK LAW PLLC, OR ITS CONTENT SUPPLIERS, HOSTING AND TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS, OR OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS, BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING DAMAGES FROM LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOST PROFITS, LITIGATION, OR THE LIKE), SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR OTHER DAMAGES, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THE SITE, YOUR SITE USE, OR THE CONTENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE OR ITS CONTENT IS TO CEASE USING THE SITE.
You may have additional rights under certain laws, including consumer laws, that do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. Where those laws apply to you, the exclusions or limitations in this Agreement that directly conflict with them may not apply to you.
If you believe material on the Site infringes your copyright, send a notice to the Firm at the address in the Contact section below containing: an electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act for the owner of the right; a description of the work you say is infringed; a description of where the material appears on the Site; your address, telephone number and email address; a statement of your good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent or the law; and a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
This Agreement, and any dispute arising between you and Tweak Law PLLC or its affiliates, is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflict-of-laws provisions. Venue shall be the state and federal courts located in Massachusetts, and you consent to the jurisdiction of those courts.
If any provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary and the rest of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect. This Agreement, together with the Privacy Policy, is the entire agreement between you and the Firm concerning the Site.
Nothing in this Agreement makes either party a partner, joint venturer, employee or agent of the other, and neither party may hold itself out as such.
For the avoidance of doubt, no attorney-client relationship is created by this Agreement or by your use of the Site. The only relationship established between you and Tweak Law PLLC by this Agreement is that of website operator and website visitor. An attorney-client relationship arises only under a separate written engagement agreement signed by the Firm and the client, as set out above.
Tweak Law PLLC, P.O. Box 4, Millis, MA 02054. Telephone (508) 919-6758. Email intake@tweak.law.