Disclaimer & Privacy Policy

DISCLAIMER

The materials on this internet site have been prepared by Christian & Barton, L.L.P. for informational purposes only and are not legal advice. You should not act upon this information without seeking professional legal counsel in your home jurisdiction.

Your use of this internet site is not intended to create, and does not constitute, a lawyer-client relationship between Christian & Barton and you. Because unsolicited confidential information may not be subject to an attorney-client privilege and may not be treated as confidential, you should not send Christian & Barton or any of our attorneys confidential information without first speaking to one of our attorneys and receiving authorization to provide confidential information.

Specific cases may be referenced within this site. Case results depend on a variety of factors unique to each case and case results do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case undertaken.

Christian & Barton’s principal office for purposes of this internet site is in Richmond, Virginia. This site is not intended to subject Christian & Barton to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States of America.

The information on this site is not guaranteed or promised to be current. Some links within this site may lead to other websites. Christian & Barton does not necessarily sponsor, endorse or otherwise approve of the materials appearing in such sites.

Martindale-Hubbell certification mark reference and ratings explanation: AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell DistinguishedSM and Martindale-Hubbell NotableSM are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell® certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsTM fall into two categories–legal ability and general ethical standards.

Information about the selection process methodologies for various honors and listings can be found here: Martindale-HubbellChambers USAThe Best Lawyers in America(C); Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars; and Virginia Business Legal Elite.

Christian & Barton is an independent member of GGI Geneva Group International (GGI), a global Alliance of independent professional firms. GGI Geneva Group International AG, a company incorporated in accordance with the laws of Switzerland, operates solely as an administrative resource of the Alliance and therefore provides no legal, audit or other professional services of any type to third parties. Such services are provided solely by GGI member firms in their respective geographic areas. GGI and its member firms are legally distinct and separate entities. These entities are not and shall not be construed to be in the relationship of a parent firm, subsidiary, partner, joint venture, agent or a network. No member firm of GGI has any authority (actual, apparent, implied or otherwise) to obligate or bind GGI or any other GGI member firm in any manner whatsoever, equally, nor does GGI have any such authority to obligate or bind any member firm. All GGI members are independent firms, as such they all render their services entirely on their own account (including benefit and risk), without any involvement of GGI and/or other GGI member firms.


PRIVACY POLICY 

Last modified: April 16, 2018

Christian & Barton, L.L.P., (the “Firm,” “we” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.cblaw.com (our “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, sharing, maintaining and protecting that information.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time (see ‘Changes to Our Privacy Policy’). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.

Children Under the Age of 13
Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number or email address. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at news.events@www.cblaw.com.

Information Collection, Use and Sharing
We are the sole owners of the information collected on the Website. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request. Submitting information to us does not establish an attorney-client relationship between you and the Firm. Please see Disclaimer and Email Disclaimer for additional information.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type.

The information we may collect automatically is statistical data and does not include personal information. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
  • Speed up your searches.
  • Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website.
  • Web Beacons. Pages of the Website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Firm, for example, to count users who have visited those pages and for other related Website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain Website content and verifying system and server integrity).

Links
This Website may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Website and to read the privacy statements of any other website that collects personally identifiable information.

Security
We have implemented measures designed to protect your personal information from accidental loss and unauthorized access, use and alteration. When you submit information via the Website, your information is protected both online and offline. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information
For questions or comments about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at news.events@cblaw.com.