Disclosure Notice

A copy of the latest financial report, registration filed by this organization, and a description of our programs and activities may be obtained by contacting us at: CASE, 1201 I Street NW, Washington, DC. CASE was formed in Washington, DC.

If you are a resident of one of the following states, you may obtain financial information directly from the state agency:

Florida: A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE, WITHIN THE STATE, 1-800-435-7352 (800-HELP-FLA), OR VISITING www.FloridaConsumerHelp.com. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. Florida Registration CH56272.

Georgia: A full and fair description of our programs and our financial statement summary is available upon request at our office and phone number indicated above.

Maryland: For the cost of copies and postage, from the Office of the Secretary of State, State House, Annapolis, MD 21401.

Mississippi: The official registration and financial information of CASE may be obtained from the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office by calling 1-888-236-6167. Registration by the Secretary of State does not imply endorsement.

Nevada: Contributions may be tax deductible pursuant to the provisions of sec. 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. §170(c).

New Jersey: INFORMATION FILED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCERNING THIS CHARITABLE SOLICITATION AND THE PERCENTAGE OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY THE CHARITY DURING THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD THAT WERE DEDICATED TO THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY BY CALLING 973-504-6215 AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT: http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/charfrm.htm. REGISTRATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT.

New York: Upon request, from the Attorney General’s Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005, 1-212-416-8686 or www.charitiesnys.com.

North Carolina: Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 1-919-814-5400. The license is not an endorsement by the state.

Pennsylvania: The official registration and financial information of CASE may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

Virginia: From the State Division of Consumer Affairs, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services, PO Box 1163, Richmond, VA 23218.

Washington: From the Secretary of State at 1-800-332-4483 or http://www.sos.wa.gov/charities/.

West Virginia: West Virginia residents may obtain a summary of the registration and financial documents from the Secretary of State, State Capitol, Charleston, WV 25305. Registration does not imply endorsement.

Wisconsin: A financial statement of the charitable organization disclosing assets, liabilities, fund balances, revenue and expenses for the preceding fiscal year will be provided to any person upon request.

REGISTRATION WITH A STATE AGENCY DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THAT STATE

Terms of Use

EFFECTIVE AS OF JUNE 2021

IMPORTANT – THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (referenced herein as "you" or "user" or with "your") AND THE COUNCIL FOR ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION (referenced herein as "CASE") THAT APPLIES EACH TIME YOU USE OR ACCESS CASE’S INTERNET PROPERTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CASE’S PRIMARY WEBSITE AT www.case.org AND CASE’S MICROSITES, MOBILE WEBSITES, MOBILE APPLICATIONS, CASE PROFILES ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES AND ANY OTHER ONLINE PROPERTIES OPERATED BY CASE FROM TIME TO TIME (referenced collectively herein as the "CASE Site"). YOU SHOULD THEREFORE READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT ("TOU") AS THEY GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE CASE SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS TOU, YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO USE OR OTHERWISE ACCESS THE CASE SITE.

1.    LICENSE GRANT. The CASE Site is made available by CASE, and this TOU provides to you a personal, revocable, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable license to use the CASE Site conditioned on your continued compliance with this TOU. You may print and download materials and information from the CASE Site solely for your personal use, provided that all hard copies contain all copyright and other applicable notices contained in such materials and information and that you do not further distribute or disclose such materials and information. You may not access or use the CASE Site or any materials through the CASE Site for any commercial or unauthorized purposes. 

2.    LICENSE GRANT RESTRICTIONS. This TOU is only a license and not an assignment or sale. CASE transfers no ownership or intellectual property interest or title in and to the CASE Site to you or anyone else. Further, CASE reserves all rights not expressly granted by this TOU. Accordingly, you may not modify, translate, decompile, create derivative work(s) of, copy, distribute, disassemble, broadcast, transmit, publish, remove or alter any proprietary notices or labels, license, sublicense, transfer, sell, mirror, frame, exploit, rent, lease, private label, grant a security interest in, or otherwise use in any manner not expressly permitted herein the CASE Site. 

3.    USER OBLIGATIONS. By accessing or using the CASE Site, you represent and warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age (or the legal age of majority, whichever is greater) and will, at all times, provide true, accurate, current, and complete information when submitting information or materials on or through the CASE Site, including, without limitation, when you provide information via a CASE Site registration or submission form. Individuals under the age of eighteen (18) (or the applicable age of majority) may utilize the CASE Site only with the involvement and acceptance of this TOU by a parent or legal guardian. If you are accessing or otherwise using the CASE Site on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity to this TOU and acknowledge that this TOU provides on a single license to use the CASE Site to an individual person. In addition, you agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national, and international laws and regulations with respect to your use of the CASE Site. You also acknowledge and agree that use of the Internet and the CASE Site is solely at your own risk. 

4.    ACCOUNT. Registration for access to and use of member areas or tools of the CASE Site may require access credentials, such as a username and password, or adherence to other particular access requirements as designated by CASE in its sole discretion from time to time. You hereby agree to consider and maintain your access credentials as the confidential information of CASE. You shall immediately notify CASE if you suspect or become aware of any loss or theft of or unauthorized use of your access credentials. 

5.    FEES. You are solely responsible for any charges incurred through your account and any activities conducted through your account. By using a current, valid, accepted method of payment to pay for any purchases or billable applications or services through the CASE Site, you expressly authorize CASE or its agents to charge all fees and other costs incurred in connection with the CASE Site to the accepted method of payment. CASE reserves the right at any time to change the fees or costs for use of the billable applications or services available through the CASE Site. Such changes will be effective on the first billing cycle that occurs more than 30 days  after notice of our new fees. CASE reserves the right to deactivate your access to billable portions of the CASE Site for failure to pay applicable fees. Unless otherwise stated, all fees are stated in U.S. Dollars.  

6.    ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY. Please see CASE’s Acceptable Use Policy for the terms and conditions governing use of any discussion forum made available through the CASE Site.

7.    USER CONTRIBUTIONS. The CASE Site provides access to communication and other interactive features and functionality where you can share and exchange information or content (with such shared or exchanged information or content referenced collectively as “User Contribution(s)”). You agree that by using the CASE Site you will not upload, post, display, or transmit any of the following:

• anything which may damage, lessen, or harm the goodwill or reputation of CASE and its services;
• anything which defames, harasses, threatens, offends, or in any way violates or infringes on the rights of others;
• anything which involves the impersonation of any other person or entity;
• anything which constitutes junk mail, spam, or unauthorized advertising; or
• anything which is unlawful.

CASE reserves the right to establish additional practices, parameters, and limits in its sole discretion concerning the storage, display, or availability of any User Contribution(s). Further, CASE shall not have any obligation to utilize any User Contribution(s). 

8.    PERMISSION TO USE USER CONTRIBUTIONS. By submitting any type of a User Contribution(s), you automatically and hereby grant to CASE a perpetual, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, and non-exclusive right and license to adopt, publish, reproduce, disseminate, transmit, distribute, copy, use, create derivative works of, and display (in whole or in part) worldwide, or act on any such User Contribution, without additional approval or consideration, in furtherance of and in connection with the operation of the CASE Site, and you hereby waive any claim to the contrary. You represent that you have all necessary rights to make a User Contribution(s) available to CASE, and you also acknowledge that CASE has no control over the extent to which any idea or information (in a User Contribution) may be used by any party or person once it's posted or displayed.

9.    NO PRE-SCREENING OF USER CONTRIBUTIONS. CASE is not responsible for pre-screening or editing your or any other user’s User Contributions and encourages all of its users to use reasonable discretion and caution in evaluating or reviewing any User Contributions. Moreover, CASE does not endorse, oppose, or edit any opinion or information provided by you or another user (unless separately and expressly provided by CASE) and does not make any representation with respect to, nor does it endorse the accuracy, acceptability, completeness, timeliness, or reliability of any User Contribution displayed, uploaded, or distributed by you or any other user. Nevertheless, CASE reserves the right to monitor, delete, access, read, preserve, disclose, or take other action with respect to User Contributions that CASE believes in good faith violates this TOU and/or is, or potentially is, unlawful or harmful to CASE, its services, or goodwill. If you violate this TOU, CASE may, in its sole discretion, delete the unacceptable content from your User Contribution, remove or delete the User Contribution in its entirety, issue you a warning, and/or terminate your use of this CASE Site.

10.    DMCA TAKEDOWN POLICY. It is CASE’s policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). CASE respects the intellectual property of others. Copyright owners who believe that their intellectual property rights have been infringed through the on-line services provided by CASE may contact CASE through its their authorized agent and request that the infringing material be removed or access to it blocked. CASE's designated “Agent for Notice” of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows: Meghan Brogdon, Digital Engagement Manager at mbrogdon@case.org or +1 202.478.5571.

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit CASE to locate the material;
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit CASE to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address;
• A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please place the label “Notice of Infringement” in the subject line of all such communications to CASE. CASE will promptly remove or disable access to materials that are the subject of a proper DMCA notification and notify the user responsible for the material about said removal.

11.    PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. The CASE Site is owned by Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Copyright 2015-2021 © Council for Advancement and Support of Education and/or its licensors. All rights reserved. Any downloadable or printable information or materials available through the CASE Site, unless otherwise indicated, are owned by CASE and/or its licensors. COUNCIL FOR ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION, CASE, the CASE logo, and all other names, logos, and icons identifying CASE and its software, solutions, products, and services are proprietary trademarks of CASE, and any use of such marks without the express written permission of CASE is strictly prohibited. Other service, product, or company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners. 

12.    OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Additional notices, terms, and conditions may apply to digital subscription(s), survey participation, payment, SMS (short message service) communication, or participation in a program or event. You agree to abide by such other notices, terms, and conditions, as applicable. If there is a conflict between this TOU and other notices, terms, and conditions posted to the CASE Site, CASE shall resolve any conflict in good faith in its sole discretion, but the latter terms shall generally control with respect to such payment or participation.

13.    FEEDBACK. CASE welcomes your feedback and suggestions about CASE’s mission, services, tools, or with respect to how to improve the CASE Site. By transmitting any suggestions, information, material, or other content (collectively, “Feedback”) to CASE, you represent and warrant that you own all rights to such Feedback and the Feedback does not infringe the rights of any third party. In addition, the submission of Feedback will include an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license for CASE to use such Feedback in any manner, for any purpose in furtherance of CASE’s mission, and in any medium. 

14.    PRIVACY POLICY. Please see CASE’s Privacy Statement for a summary of CASE’s personally identifiable information collection and use practices. You further agree that any such notices, agreements, disclosures, or other communications that CASE sends you electronically (using the contact information you provide through the CASE Site) will satisfy any legal communication requirements.

15.    LINKS TO OTHER SITES. CASE may provide links, in its sole discretion, to other third-party websites and/or provide access to social media platforms. Such other sites, including social media platforms, are maintained by third parties over which CASE exercises no control. These links do not imply an endorsement with respect to any third party or the information, products, or services provided by any third party unless CASE expressly states otherwise. 

16.    DISCLAIMER. THE CASE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND MAY INCLUDE ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES. CASE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. CASE ALSO DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENT, THE MATERIALS, THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, AND/OR THE QUALITY OF THE INFORMATION OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ACCESS TO OUR USE OF ANY THIRD-PARTY CONTENT OR SITES. 

17.    LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, YOU EXPRESSLY ABSOLVE AND RELEASE CASE FROM ANY CLAIM OF HARM RESULTING FROM A CAUSE BEYOND CASE’S CONTROL. MOREOVER, IN NO EVENT SHALL CASE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE CASE SITE OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE CASE SITE, EVEN IF CASE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, TOTAL LIABILITY OF CASE FOR BREACH OF THIS TOU IS CESSATION OF USE OF THE CASE SITE AND FOR ANY OTHER REASON RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE CASE SITE WHATSOEVER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED ($100) DOLLARS. 

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER, EXCLUSION, OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, LIABILITIES, AND DAMAGES AND, ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, CASE’S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

18.    ENFORCING SECURITY. CASE wishes to keep the CASE Site as a safe and productive resource. You therefore may not use the Case Site or any of CASE’s data, systems, network, or services to engage in, foster, or promote illegal, abusive, or irresponsible behavior including, without limitation, accessing or using CASE’s data, systems, or networks in an unauthorized manner, attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of CASE’s system or network, circumventing any security or authentication measures, monitoring any data or traffic, interfering with any services, collecting or using from the Case Site email addresses or other identifiers, collecting or using from the Case Site information without the consent of CASE or the licensor, using any false, misleading, or deceptive TCP-IP packet header information, using the Case Site to distribute software or tools that gather information, distributing advertisements, or engaging in conduct that is likely to result in retaliation against CASE or its data, systems, or network. Actual or attempted unauthorized use of the Case Site may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution, including, without limitation, punishment under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 under U.S. federal law. CASE reserves the right to view, monitor, and/or record activity on the CASE Site in order to maintain security of the Case Site. Such recorded activity is subject to review by law enforcement organizations. CASE will also comply with all court orders or subpoenas involving requests for information. CASE reserves the right at any time to suspend or terminate operation of or access to the Case Site or any portion of the Case Site.

19.    INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. You agree that CASE shall be entitled, in addition to other available remedies, to seek and be awarded an injunction or other appropriate equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction restraining any breach, threatened or actual, of your obligations under any provision of this TOU. Accordingly, you hereby waive any requirement that CASE post any bond or other security in the event any injunctive or equitable relief is sought by or awarded to CASE to enforce any provision of this TOU.

20.    TERM AND TERMINATION. This TOU will take effect (or re-take effect) at the moment you click the box to “accept”, and that you have read, understand, and agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the CASE Site, otherwise register, respond through the CASE Site to a request for information, and/or begin downloading, accessing, or using the CASE Site, whichever action or event is earliest. CASE reserves the right at any time and on reasonable grounds to deny your access to the CASE Site or to any portion thereof and this TOU will also terminate automatically if you fail to comply with its terms and conditions, subject to the survival rights of certain provisions identified below. Termination will be effective without prior notice. You may also terminate this TOU at any time by ceasing to use the CASE Site, but all applicable provisions of this TOU will survive termination, as identified below, and each re-access or use of the CASE Site will reapply this TOU (then in effect) to you. Upon termination, you must destroy all copies of any aspect of the CASE Site in your possession. The provisions concerning CASE’s proprietary rights, Feedback, disclaimers (of warranty), limitations of liability, waiver and severability, entire agreement, injunctive relief, and governing law will survive the termination of this TOU for any reason. 

21.    GOVERNING LAW. The CASE Site is controlled and operated by CASE from its offices within the United States. This TOU has been made in and will be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia as applied to agreements entered into and completely performed in the District of Columbia. Any action to enforce this TOU will be brought in the courts presiding in the District of Columbia, and all parties to this TOU expressly agree to be subject to the jurisdiction of such courts. Access to the CASE Site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the CASE Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws. A printed version of this TOU and of any related notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings.

22.    WAIVER & SEVERABILITY. Failure to insist on strict performance of any of the terms and conditions of this TOU will not operate as a waiver of any subsequent default or failure of performance. No waiver by CASE of any right under this TOU will be deemed to be either a waiver of any other right or provision or a waiver of that same right or provision at any other time. If any part of this TOU is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers, venue, claim, and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most clearly matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of this TOU shall continue in effect.

23.    ENTIRE AGREEMENT. No joint venture, partnership, employment, affiliate, or agency relationship exists between you and CASE as a result of this TOU or your utilization of the CASE Site. This TOU represents the entire agreement between you and CASE with respect to use of the CASE Site and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written between you and CASE with respect to the CASE Site. You may not assign or transfer any rights under this TOU without the prior written consent of CASE. Please note that CASE reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of this TOU by posting a revised TOU or mailing and/or e-mailing notice thereof to you. In addition, CASE may add, modify, or delete any aspect, program, or feature of the CASE Site, but CASE is not under any obligation to add any upgrade, enhancement, or modification. Your continued use of the CASE Site following any announced change will be conclusively deemed acceptance of any change to the terms and conditions of this TOU. Accordingly, please review this TOU on a periodic basis.

24.    CONTACT. If you have questions regarding the CASE Site or if you are interested in obtaining more information concerning CASE, please contact CASE, support@case.org or +1-202-328-2273, 1201 Eye Street NW, Washington, DC 20005.

Acceptable Use Policy

Effective as of June 2021

Welcome to CASE Communities ("CASE Communities") maintained by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (“CASE”). Comments are welcomed on CASE Communities. This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) seeks to encourage prudent use of and applies to all users (referenced herein as “you” or “user” or with “your”) of CASE Communities. 

1.    RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE. At all times, you agree to conduct your online activities on CASE Communities in a cordial and friendly manner and in accordance with this AUP and all applicable laws. Any views or opinions expressed by you on CASE Communities are your personal views or opinions and do not reflect the views or opinions of CASE. Moreover, no such information available through CASE Communities should constitute professional or legal advice of any kind.

2.    USER OBLIGATIONS. CASE Communities is only available to current employees of the active members of CASE. When you use CASE Communities, you promise to provide true and accurate information. You also understand and agree that use of the Internet and CASE Communities is solely your decision and at your own risk. You are responsible for your own use and any “Comments” (as defined below). CASE is not responsible for the security of any information transmitted via the Internet, for the accuracy of the information contained or presented on CASE Communities, or for the consequences of any reliance on such transmission and/or information. You must make your own determination as to these issues.

3.    RIGHT TO USE. CASE Communities is provided by CASE as a resource for you and to further the mission(s) of CASE. Access to and use of CASE Communities is therefore limited to your personal use and to CASE’s mission-related communications, promotion, and other activities. You do not have any right to distribute or make available further the CASE Communities (or any part or content presented on CASE Communities) without CASE’s prior written permission.

4.    PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. You have no proprietary interest in CASE Communities, and this AUP provides only a limited license to use its features. Any downloadable or printable information or materials available through CASE Communities, unless otherwise indicated, are owned by CASE and/or its licensors. You have no right to identify or suggest an affiliation with or endorsement by CASE and/or its policies or services. CASE Communities is Copyright © 2015-2021 Council for Advancement and Support of Education and/or its licensors. All rights reserved. COUNCIL FOR ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION, CASE and all other names, logos, and icons identifying CASE and its programs, products, and services are proprietary trademarks of CASE, and any use of such marks without the express written permission of CASE is strictly prohibited. 

5.    ENFORCING SECURITY. CASE wishes to keep CASE Communities as a safe and productive resource for all. You therefore may not use CASE Communities or any of CASE’s data, systems, network, or services to engage in, foster, or promote illegal, abusive, or irresponsible behavior, including, without limitation, accessing or using CASE data, systems, or networks in an unauthorized manner, attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of a CASE system or network, circumventing any CASE security or authentication measures, monitoring CASE data or traffic, interfering with any CASE services, collecting or using from CASE Communities email addresses, screen names, or other identifiers, collecting or using from CASE Communities information, including any “Comment” (as defined below) without the consent of the owner or licensor, using any false, misleading, or deceptive TCP-IP packet header information, using CASE Communities to distribute software or tools that gather information, distributing advertisements, or engaging in conduct that it likely to result in retaliation against CASE or its data, systems, or network. In order to maintain security, you have no reasonable expectation of privacy while using CASE Communities because CASE reserves the right to view, monitor, and/or record activity in CASE Communities and to comply with government or court-appointed authorities when necessary. CASE also reserves the right at any time when warranted to suspend or terminate operation of or access to CASE Communities or any portion of CASE Communities. 

6.    COMMENTS. CASE Communities provides the opportunity to share knowledge and post other helpful or meaningful information. By submitting information of any type (a "Comment") to CASE Communities or by otherwise using CASE Communities to transmit or display information, you hereby represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to transmit and provide a Comment(s), and you automatically grant CASE the royalty-free right to use your Comments for any lawful purpose. You also acknowledge that your Comments are non-confidential within CASE Communities, and you represent and warrant that you have all rights and permission necessary to submit, display, or make available any content in your Comment. Moreover, you agree that by using CASE Communities you will not post or transmit any of the following content, information, or materials on CASE Communities:

• anything that promotes position openings;
• anything that constitutes anti-competitive collaboration and/or an antitrust violation(s), including, without limitation, discussion of competitors, grievances about individual firms or persons with the intent of driving business away from the firm or person, allocation of customers, group boycotts, exclusive dealing agreements, markets, terms of sale, specific R&D, sales or marketing plans, pricing, fees, rates, price trends, timing of price changes, costs of common inputs, margins, terms of sale, discounts and rebates, advertised prices, promotional programs, inventory levels, production levels, capacities, new projects, and the like;
• anything that violates contractual or fiduciary rights, duties, or agreements;
• anything that is bigoted, hateful, or offensive;
• anything that encourages criminal conduct or that would give rise to civil liability; 
• anything that violates any law or regulation in any jurisdiction;
• anything that contains vulgar, obscene, profane, or otherwise objectionable language or images;
• anything that typically would not be considered socially or professionally responsible or appropriate in person;
• anything that harms minors or is directed as a means to contact or interact with a minor;
• anything that impersonates any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, including, without limitation, employees and representatives of CASE;
• anything that misrepresents your affiliation with any entity and/or CASE;
• anything, which defames, harasses, threatens, or offends;
• anything that violates or infringes on the rights of others or misappropriates or breaches any confidentiality obligation;
• anything that violates the privacy or publicity rights of any other person, including, without limitation, posting any personally identifiable information of another individual;
• anything that constitutes a chain letter or pyramid scheme;
• anything that is false, deceptive, or misleading;
• anything that constitutes junk mail, spam, or unauthorized advertising or promotional materials;
• anything that is “off-topic,” irrelevant, or inappropriate for the purposes of CASE Communities; 
• anything that interferes with or disrupts CASE Communities; 
• anything that is an administrative message reserved for support@case.org; and
• anything that contains or distributes malicious code, viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer, network, or CASE Communities or CASE’s data, network, or systems.

As CASE Communities is generally for CASE members, the user experience is enhanced if you follow these guidelines. Please also use netiquette. Please be succinct and on-topic. Please remember to respect others and their opinions. CASE encourages open and sincere communication but urges all users to remember CASE Communities is intended to be a resource for CASE members.

7.    NO PRE-SCREENING OF YOUR COMMENTS. CASE is not responsible for actively monitoring or moderating CASE Communities to the extent CASE itself does not post or display the information through its authorized channels and processes. CASE therefore encourages you to use reasonable discretion in using CASE Communities. CASE also does not endorse, oppose, or edit any opinion or information provided by you or another person or entity on CASE Communities. Any views expressed on CASE Communities do not necessarily reflect the views of CASE. Nevertheless, CASE reserves the right at any time to delete, edit, or take other appropriate action with respect to CASE Communities (or parts thereof), including, without limitation, deleting any Comment or terminating your access or use, in the event that CASE believes in good faith that your actions or Comments violate this AUP and/or are potentially unlawful or harmful to CASE and/or other persons or entities. 

8.    DMCA TAKEDOWN POLICY. It is CASE’s policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). CASE respects the intellectual property of others. Copyright owners who believe that their intellectual property rights have been infringed through the on-line services provided by CASE may contact CASE through its authorized agent and request that the infringing material be removed or access to it blocked. CASE's designated “Agent for Notice” of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows: Meghan Brogdon, Digital Engagement Manager at mbrogdon@case.org or +1 202.478.5571. Proper notification of copyright infringement must be sent to CASE’s Agent for Notice (as designated above) and must include the following information:

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit CASE to locate the material;
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit CASE to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address;
• A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please place the label “Notice of Infringement” in the subject line of all such communications to CASE. CASE will promptly remove or disable access to materials that are the subject of a proper DMCA notification and notify the user responsible for the material about said removal.

9.    LINKS TO OTHER SITES. If links to other sites on the World Wide Web are provided or made available through CASE Communities, please note that these sites have not necessarily been reviewed by CASE and are maintained by third parties over which CASE exercises no control and for which CASE will not be responsible. Please also note that these links do not imply an endorsement by CASE of any other site, product, service, person, cause, campaign, or information.

10.    DISCLAIMER. CASE COMMUNITIES IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES AND MAY INCLUDE ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES. 

11.    LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. CASE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF CASE COMMUNITIES. CASE’S MAXIMUM LIABILITY FOR ANY REASON SHALL BE LIMITED TO $100.

12.    GOVERNING LAW. This AUP has been made in and will be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia as applied to agreements entered into and completely performed in the District of Columbia. A printed version of this AUP and of any related notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings. 

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