Legal Notice

1. INTRODUCTION

Casals Abogados SLP is a commercial company of Spanish nationality, with registered offices at Diagonal, 449, 6th floor – 08036 Barcelona, Spain, holding Tax Identification Number (C.I.F./V.A.T.) B62427679 and registered with the Commercial Registry of Barcelona, Volume 33.269, Page 64, Sheet Number B-22.8085. www.casalsabogados.com
Casals Abogados is the holder of all intellectual property rights or any other type of rights over the website (hereinafter, the “Website”) and the applications (hereinafter, the “Applications”) of Casals Abogados, whose access and use by users (hereinafter, the “User” or “Users”) are subject to these Terms of Use (hereinafter, the “Terms of Use”) and shall be complemented by any other legal texts governing any functionality, service, process, application, platform, or means necessary for the use of the Website or Applications, or connected thereto.
Please read the Terms of Use carefully. Accessing the Website and/or the Applications and using the materials contained therein implies that you have read and unreservedly accepted these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with all or part of these Terms of Use, you must refrain from using the Website and/or the Applications.

2. PURPOSE

The Website and the Applications contain materials prepared by Casals Abogados for informational purposes only. Users should be aware that such material may not reflect the most recent legislative or case-law developments regarding the issues discussed. Casals Abogados also reserves the right to modify, expand or reduce the material offered through the Website and Applications at any time, notifying Users accordingly.
The material contained on the Website and/or Applications shall in no case be considered a substitute for legal advice or any other form of professional advice. Access to such material does not constitute or imply any lawyer-client relationship, or any other type of relationship of trust or professional nature between Casals Abogados and the User of the Website and/or Applications. Therefore, the User should not act on the basis of the information contained therein without first obtaining appropriate professional advice.
Likewise, the User must not send Casals Abogados any confidential information without first consulting one of our lawyers and having received authorization to do so.
In this sense, and without prejudice to the foregoing, Casals Abogados grants Users a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, and non-transferable license to use the Website, the Applications, and their respective functionalities, content, and other available features, which shall be subject to the remaining terms included in these Terms of Use, as well as to any other applicable terms of use and legislation.

3. USER OBLIGATIONS

In general, the User undertakes to comply with these Terms of Use, as well as to observe any special warnings or instructions contained herein, and to always act in accordance with applicable law, morality, good customs, and good faith, exercising due diligence and refraining from using the Website and/or Applications in any manner that may hinder, damage, or impair their normal operation, the property or rights of Casals Abogados, other Users, or any third party in general.
Specifically, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the User undertakes to:

a. Provide truthful information regarding the data requested in forms provided by Casals Abogados to access certain content or services offered through the Website and/or Applications, and to keep such data updated. Casals Abogados reserves the right, without prejudice to other legal measures, to withdraw, deny or suspend access to the Website and/or Applications if the provided data are or may be false, inaccurate, or misleading. In any case, the User shall be solely responsible for any data or content transmitted or communicated to Casals Abogados and for any damages arising from the improper use thereof.
b. Not to introduce, store, or disseminate through the Website and/or Applications any program, data, virus, code, or any other electronic or physical device likely to cause damage to the same, to any of the services, or to any equipment, systems, or networks of Casals Abogados, any other User, or third parties in general.
c. Not to alter, copy, download, modify, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, license, lease, sell, or imitate the Website and/or Applications, their contents, or underlying software.
d. Not to introduce, store, or disseminate through the Applications any content that infringes third-party industrial and/or intellectual property rights or trade secrets, or any content that the User is not legally entitled to make available to third parties.

4. LIABILITY AND WARRANTIES

Casals Abogados shall not be held liable for damages resulting from interferences, omissions, interruptions, computer viruses, system failures, and/or disconnections in the operational functioning of the electronic system or in the Users’ computer equipment, caused by circumstances beyond the control of Casals Abogados, that may prevent or delay navigation on the Website and/or Applications, nor for delays or blockages caused by deficiencies or overloads of the Internet or other electronic systems, or for the inability to provide the service or allow access for reasons not attributable to Casals Abogados, to the User, third parties, or force majeure.
Nevertheless, Casals Abogados declares that it has adopted, and will adopt where applicable, all necessary measures within its capabilities and the state of technology to ensure the proper functioning of the Website and/or Applications and to avoid the existence and transmission of viruses or other harmful components to Users.
Casals Abogados reserves the right to interrupt access to the Website and/or Applications at any time and without prior notice, for technical, security, control, maintenance, power supply failure, or any other reason. Casals Abogados does not generally monitor the use made by Users of the Website and/or Applications.
Casals Abogados shall not be held responsible for the use of the Website and/or Applications content that may constitute a violation of any law, whether national or international, or of intellectual or industrial property rights or any other rights of third parties.
Casals Abogados shall not be responsible for errors or omissions in the content, or for any damages arising from the use of the Website and/or Applications, nor for any actions taken on the basis of the information provided therein.
Casals Abogados does not guarantee the absence of viruses or other harmful elements that may cause damage or alterations in the User’s computer system, electronic documents, or files. Consequently, Casals Abogados shall not be liable for any damages that such elements may cause to the User or third parties.

5. INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

All Intellectual and Industrial Property rights, as well as all information contained on the Website and Applications (including information, texts, data, images, graphics, designs, source code, software, trademarks, navigation structures, databases, and any other content appearing therein), are the exclusive property of Casals Abogados.
Casals Abogados grants Users a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, and non-transferable license to use the Website and Applications in their current version, subject to the remaining terms included in these Terms of Use and any other applicable legal terms and legislation. The User is authorized solely to view and obtain a temporary private copy of the content for personal and private use on their own computer systems (software and hardware) but is not authorized to transfer them to third parties. Except as stated above, the User may not modify or reproduce this information, in whole or in part, without the express prior written consent of Casals Abogados.
These Terms of Use do not grant any intellectual or industrial property rights, such as copyrights, trademarks, designs, or other rights, over the Applications or any of their components, except for the limited license to use granted to Users under these terms.
Accordingly, Users are expressly prohibited from reproducing, transmitting, transforming, distributing, publicly communicating, making available, extracting, reusing, exploiting, or using any of the content by any means or procedure, except where legally permitted or expressly authorized in writing by Casals Abogados.
Users grant Casals Abogados a non-exclusive, unlimited, transferable, free, and sublicensable right to use data that are not of a personal nature or data that have been anonymized.

6. DATA PROTECTION

Casals Abogados will protect Users’ personal data and will use them only to the extent permitted by law or when Users have given their consent. Users may find more information in the Privacy Policy.

7. THIRD-PARTY LINKS

These Terms of Use refer only to the Website and Applications and the content owned by Casals Abogados, and do not apply to third-party links, websites, and/or applications accessible through them, or to any other service provided by third parties. Casals Abogados cannot control the information, content, products, or services provided by third parties that link to the Website and/or Applications, and access through the Website and/or Applications does not imply that Casals Abogados recommends or approves such content.
Consequently, Casals Abogados assumes no responsibility arising therefrom. By accessing other networks or computer resources, the User agrees to comply with the respective terms of use and privacy policies.
Casals Abogados provides such links and information and/or services solely for the User’s convenience, and it is the User’s responsibility to read and accept the terms of use and privacy policies of such linked websites or applications. The inclusion of any link on the Website does not imply approval of the linked website by Casals Abogados.
In any case, Casals Abogados declares that it will immediately remove any link redirecting to content that may contravene national or international laws, morality, or public order.

8. MODIFICATION OF TERMS OF USE

Casals Abogados reserves the right to modify or update these Terms of Use at any time, as well as any type of information that may appear on the Website and/or Applications.

9. COMMUNICATION METHODS

For the purposes of these Terms of Use and for any necessary communication between the User and Casals Abogados, Users may contact: info@casalsadvocats.com

10. INCIDENTS AND POSSIBLE INFRINGEMENTS

Casals Abogados respects third-party rights and applicable law, and Users of the Website and Applications are required to do the same. If you encounter technical issues on the Website or Applications, or if you find errors, inaccuracies, or content contrary to the law, please contact info@casalsadvocats.com

11. SEVERABILITY

The illegality, invalidity, or ineffectiveness of any clause of these Terms of Use shall not affect the effectiveness of the remaining clauses, provided that the rights and obligations of the parties derived from the Terms of Use are not substantially affected. “Substantial” shall mean any situation that seriously harms the interests of either party or that affects the object of these Terms of Use. Such clauses shall be replaced or supplemented by others that, while complying with the law, achieve the same purpose as those replaced. The parties waive any claim for damages that may arise from this circumstance.

12. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

Access to the Website and Applications implies acceptance by the User of these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, please refrain from visiting or using the Website and Applications. Any dispute relating to them shall be governed by the common law of Spain, and the parties expressly waive any other jurisdiction to which they may be entitled, submitting to the Courts and Tribunals of the city of Barcelona (Spain).