Terms & Conditions

The following terms and conditions explain and govern all access to and use of this website. Through User’s access of SCJAP.org, User accepts, without limitation or alteration, all the terms and conditions, stated below.

Trademarks, Logos, Service Marks

The trademarks, logos and service marks appearing on SCJAP.org are registered and unregistered marks of SCJAP.org, its affiliates, related subsidiaries and other entities’ who have granted SCJAP.org the permission to use on this website. Users are strictly prohibited from using the marks displayed SCJAP.org or any other content onSCJAP.org, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions. Local associations chartered by SCJAP.org are granted a nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable, limited license to reproduce specified marks according to the current rules set forth in SCJAP.org logo use guidelines.

Copyright

The contents of SCJAP.org are copyrighted by SCJAP.org unless otherwise indicated. All rights are reserved by SCJAP.org and content may not be reproduced, disseminated, published, or transferred, in any form or by any means, except with the prior written permission of and with express attribution SCJAP.org. Copyright infringement is a violation of federal law subject to criminal and civil penalties. To inquire about or request permission for use of content from SCJAP.org please email judicialservices@pacourts.us.

Accuracy of Information

Content provided on SCJAP.org is a combination of information produced by SCJAP.org, as well as information provided to SCJAP.org by other organizations. While SCJAP.org takes reasonable steps to determine the accuracy and completeness of the content contained on SCJAP.org, Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania disclaims all warranties as to the accuracy, completeness, adequacy, timeliness, and your ability to use such content. You assume sole responsibility for your results when using any content on SCJAP.org. While SCJAP.org may endorse policy, certain Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania products, services, and the commercial providers of same, Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania does not endorse, approve, or certify such content, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing of such content, especially content controlled and/or created by others that appear on SCJAP.org. Use of such information is voluntary and may be subject to the terms and conditions set forth under “Copyright” provisions as stated under these Terms and Conditions, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after your independent review and decision as to its accuracy, completeness, efficacy, and timeliness. Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania shall not be responsible for and assumes no liability for any infringement, mistakes, misstatements of law, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehood, obscenity, pornography or profanity in the statements, opinions, representations, or any other form of content contained in any third-party content appearing on SCJAP.org. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process or service by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation or favoring by Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania.

Links to Material on Other Websites

SCJAP.org contains links that allow a user of SCJAP.org to access third party websites containing information created, published, maintained, or otherwise posted by other organizations or individuals not affiliated with and/or controlled by Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania. Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania does not and cannot endorse, approve, certify, or control these third-party websites, and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing of information or content in these web pages. Use of any information obtained from such third party websites is voluntary and reliance on it should only be undertaken after your independent review and determination of its accuracy, completeness, efficacy, and timeliness Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania shall not be responsible for and assumes no liability for any infringement, mistakes, misstatements of law, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehood, obscenity, pornography or profanity in the statements, opinions, representations or any other form of content contained in any third party websites. Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania shall not be responsible for and assumes no liability for any damages to, or viruses that may infect, the computer equipment or other property of User arising from or related to access to, use of, or browsing in these third-party websites or the downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from these third party websites by User. Reference in third party websites to any specific commercial product, process or service by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendations or favoring by Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania.

Damage to Equipment/Information

The nature of electronic, Internet technology holds the possibility that, despite efforts to the contrary employed by Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania, a User’s computer, property and/or personal information may be damaged, infected by a virus, or otherwise adversely affected while using SCJAP.org. Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania shall not be responsible for and assumes no liability for any such damages or losses. Furthermore, Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania expects Users to exercise reasonable care and security measures to guard their systems so as not to infect SCJAP.org by their use.

Postings to Be Lawful

This website contains certain interactive areas, including, but not limited to, discussion boards, an agent-to-agent locator, and Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania member profiles. Any user accessing any of these interactive features does so for the exclusive purpose and nature of the specific interactive feature used as prescribed by Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania on SCJAP.org—and for no other use or purpose whatsoever. Users of any interactive feature shall not post, publish, upload or distribute any messages, data, information, text, graphics, links or other material postings which is unlawful, unethical, or abusive in any way, including but not limited to any postings that are defamatory, libelous, pornographic, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, inclusive of hate speech, or would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or give rise to liability or violate any local, state, federal or international law, either intentionally or unintentionally. Various state and federal laws prohibit the exchange of information among competitors regarding matters pertaining to price, refusals to deal, market division, tying relationships and other topics that might infringe upon antitrust regulations or other commercial laws. No such exchange or discussion will be tolerated. Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania fully cooperates with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials. Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania may delete your posting at any time for any reason without permission from you and may, at its choosing, advise that you are restricted or barred from access to and use of these functions and/or SCJAP.org.

No Monitoring of Postings

Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania has no obligation, nor does it intend to edit, monitor, or screen postings and is not responsible for the content in such postings or any content linked to or from such postings. Notwithstanding the foregoing Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania reserves the right to examine from time to time, some, all, or no interactive areas for adherence to the Terms and Conditions and to remove any materials that may be objectionable or violate the Terms and Conditions.

Linking to This Website

You may provide links to any publicly available page on SCJAP.org, provided (1) you do not remove or obscure, by framing or otherwise, any portion of the web page, including its advertisements, the Terms and Conditions, the copyright notice, the Privacy Policy or other notices on SCJAP.org, (2) the website you are linking from does not engage in, promote, display or condone unlawful activity, illegal material, sexually explicit, obscene or pornographic activities or materials, hateful, defamatory, harassing or discriminatory activities, graphic violence or illegal drugs; engage in illegal business activities; or make false, misleading, derogatory and otherwise defamatory statements about Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania, (3) you discontinue providing links to SCJAP.org if requested by Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania.

No Legal Advice

Content does not constitute and is not intended to constitute expert professional advice (legal, accounting or otherwise) or to create an attorney-client or other expert professional-client relationship. Content does not replace the need for any User to review, evaluate and finally determine their proper use of information secured from/through SCJAP.org, independently and/or with the services of their own attorney, accountant or other expert that would or could know the User’s particular circumstances and specifically related laws for same.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers and any third-party information providers to SCJAP.org from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms and Conditions by you.

Third-Party Rights

The provisions of the paragraphs labeled Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability, and Indemnification are for the benefit of Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania and its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers, and any third-party information providers to SCJAP.org. Each of these individuals or entities shall have the right to assert and enforce those provisions directly against you on its own behalf.

Unlawful Activity

Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania reserves the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of our Terms and Conditions and to take any action we deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities, including, but not limited to, User profiles and posted materials.

Remedies for Violations

Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these Terms and Conditions, including but not limited to the right to block access from a particular Internet address to SCJAP.org and any other Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania websites and their features. Governing Law controls and operates SCJAP.org in the United States. We make no representation that materials at SCJAP.org are appropriate outside of the United States. Access to SCJAP.org from territories where such use is illegal is strictly prohibited. Those who choose to access SCJAP.org from outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. Materials may not be used or exported in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations. Any claim relating to the materials shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and User consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts and U.S. federal courts located there.

Privacy Policy

Your use of SCJAP.org is subject to Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania Privacy Policy.

Severability of Provisions These Terms and Conditions incorporate by reference any notices contained on SCJAP.org, the Privacy Policy, the Login FAQs and Assistance, and constitute the entire agreement with respect to access to and use of SCJAP.org. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, the enforceability of the other provisions shall not be affected and the invalid provision shall be replaced by a provision, which being valid, comes closest to the intention underlying the invalid provision. Modifications to Terms and Conditions Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time. Updated versions of the Terms and Conditions will appear on SCJAP.org and are effective immediately. Users are responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms and Conditions. Continued use of SCJAP.org after any such changes constitutes your consent to such changes.

DISCLAIMER

SCJAP.ORG AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS, AS-AVAILABLE” BASIS. SPECIAL COURT JUDGES ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. SPECIAL COURT JUDGES ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR ANY WAY RELATED TO (1) ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM SCJAP.ORG AND THE CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TECHNICAL INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, (2) ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITES OR CONTENT THEREIN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACCESSED THROUGH LINKS IN SCJAP.ORG, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS THEREFROM, (3) THE UNAVAILABILITY OF SCJAP.ORG, THE CONTENT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, (4) YOUR USE OF SCJAP.ORG OR THE CONTENT, OR (5) YOUR USE OF ANY EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE IN CONNECTION WITH SCJAP.ORG OR THE CONTENT.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

SCJAP.ORG SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF SCJAP.ORG, THE CONTENT, THE INTERACTIVE AREAS OF SCJAP.ORG OR ANY FACTS OR OPINIONS APPEARING ON OR THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE AREA. SPECIAL COURT JUDGES ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS’ FEES) IN ANY WAY DUE TO, RESULTING FROM, OR ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE SCJAP.ORG OR THE CONTENT, TO THE EXTENT THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS PROHIBITED OR FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, SPECIAL COURT JUDGES ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA SOLE OBLIGATION TO YOU FOR DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO $100.00.