Terms of Use

Your access to and use of this Site and all content (“Site Content”) are subject to these Terms of Use, and all applicable laws and regulations (including all export and import laws, regulations and restrictions), all of which are subject to change from time to time without notice to you. From time to time, we may: (a) supplement or make changes to these Terms of Use and other rules or access and use procedures, documentation, security procedures and standards for equipment; (b) change the type and location of Site Content, system equipment, facilities or software; or (c) modify or withdraw any particular service referred to in this Site or any Site Content. We reserve the right to terminate access to this Site for any reason or to take other actions we believe necessary in our sole discretion to comply with applicable laws and regulations and/or to protect our rights, affiliates or customers. Any access or attempt to access or use this Site for any unauthorized or illegal purpose is strictly prohibited.

Certain features of the Site may be subject to additional terms (“Additional Terms”) presented in conjunction with the features. Regardless of how they are presented to you, you must agree to Additional Terms before using the features of the Site to which they apply. Unless otherwise specified in Additional Terms, all Additional Terms are incorporated into this Terms of Use. If you do not agree to Additional Terms, then you may not use the Site to which they relate. This Terms of Use and Additional Terms apply equally but, if any Additional Term is inconsistent with any provision of this Terms of Use, the Additional Term will prevail for the Site to which the Additional Terms apply.

We make no guarantee as to, and assume no responsibility for, the correctness, sufficiency or completeness of any Site Content or recommendations on this Site. We do not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any Site Content or information contained on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded or accessed from this Site, nor the quality of any Site Content displayed or obtained by you as a result of your use of this Site or any Site Content. Your access or use of the Site is your acknowledgement that any reliance upon this Site, any Site Content or any third party content shall be at your sole risk. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion and without any obligation, to correct any error or omissions in any portion of this Site or any Site Content at any time, with or without notice to you.

Without our prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in our sole discretion, you may not: (a) sell, resell, sublicense, rent, lease, display, disseminate or otherwise publicly distribute any Site Content, or any part or parts thereof or information contained therein, or any access thereto; (b) use your access to this Site or any Site Content to export or re-export data in violation of U.S. export control laws and regulations; (c) use this Site or any Site Content which you access in violation of, or post any information to any of our owned or licensed database which violates, any federal or state law, including data privacy laws and communication regulations and tariffs, or which infringes the intellectual property rights or misuses proprietary information of a third party or is made in furtherance of an illegal or fraudulent scheme or activity; (d) copy or transfer any Site Content; or (e) modify, adapt, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, translate or convert any portion of this Site or Site Content, or the selection, coordination or arrangement of the Site Content.

We may from time to time offer areas in the Site where you and other users can share suggestions, ideas or other information or materials (collectively, “Submissions”). You are the owner of and are responsible for your Submissions.

By submitting a Submission, you represent and warrant that:

• Your Submission is true and accurate;
• You own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission, including copyrights and trademarks, necessary to meet your obligations to us under this Terms of Use;
• Your Submission is not defamatory, libelous, hateful, violent, obscene, pornographic, unlawful or otherwise offensive or unlawful; and
• Your Submission does not violate the privacy, publicity, intellectual property or other rights of any other person or entity.

You acknowledge and agree that we have the right (but not the obligation) to monitor Submissions and to alter, remove or refuse to post or to allow posting of any Submission. WE TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY SUBMISSION, INCLUDING LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT IN SUBMISSIONS.

By sharing your Submissions, you grant us and our designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferrable, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, modify, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform and otherwise use your Submission in all formats and distribution channels now known or hereafter devised (including on third-party sites and services) to provide, expand or promote the Site and our services without further notice to or consent from you. Under no circumstances are you entitled to payment for your Submissions. All Submissions are deemed non-confidential and non-proprietary. 

We encourage you not to disclose any personal information in your Submissions because other people may see and use the personal information in your Submissions.

Except as otherwise identified, the trademarks, logos, including RHR, RHR INTERNATIONAL, THE WINNING FORMULA, EXECUTIVE BENCH, READINESS FOR SCALE, and SCALING FOR GROWTH, trade names, logos, slogans and service marks appearing at this Site, and copyrights, including artwork, photographs, names and other elements, whether registered or unregistered, are our property. All other logos and trademarks are the property of the respective trademark owners. Such trademarks and copyrights are not to be copied, reproduced, published or in any way used without written permission. No part of this Site may be published, stored or transmitted in any form or means without our express written permission. You may download Site Content displayed on this Site for non-commercial, personal use only and must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Site Content. Any use of the Site Content or any trademarks or copyrighted materials other than for private, non-commercial viewing purposes is strictly prohibited.

You may not establish hyperlinks either to this Site or away from this Site without our prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in our sole discretion. In our sole discretion, we reserve the right to remove a Hyperlink to this Site or away from this Site at any time and for any reason. Contact us to request this consent. All hyperlinks approved shall be to the home page of this Site. Framing at this Site is expressly prohibited.

We advise you to exercise discretion while browsing this Site and the Internet. In addition, hyperlinks on this Site may direct you to sites containing information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. Such linked Sites may not be under our control, and we do not make any representations or warranties concerning any such Sites which you may access via a Hyperlink from this Site, and accordingly we are not responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, legitimacy or decency of material contained in Sites which may be accessible via a Hyperlink to or from this Site or for the Hyperlink itself. We provide these hyperlinks to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any Hyperlink on this Site is not and should not imply any endorsement by us of such linked Sites.

Access to this Site does not authorize access to any secure or password-protected areas of this Site. Access to and use of secure or password-protected areas of this Site is restricted to authorized users only and are governed by separate terms and conditions. Unauthorized persons attempting to access these areas of this Site may be subject to prosecution.

ALL INFORMATION AND/OR SITE CONTENT ON OR OBTAINED THROUGH THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND YOU HEREBY WAIVE ALL OTHER WARRANTIES RELATING THERETO, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, CUSTOM, USAGE OR WARRANTY AGAINST INTERFERENCE OR INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT ANY RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. ANY MATERIAL UPLOADED OR DOWNLOADED, USER CONTENT, OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED FROM THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT ANY SITE CONTENT OR OTHER INFORMATION WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT THE OPERATION OF ANY SITE CONTENT, OTHER INFORMATION OR ANY THIRD PARTY SITE CONTENT USED WITH OR THROUGH OR PROVIDED BY US, OR ANY PART THEREOF, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY DEFECTS IN SUCH INFORMATION OR SITE CONTENT WILL BE OR CAN BE CORRECTED. WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE, FOR ANY AND ALL LOSS, OR CORRUPTION, OF DATA UPLOADED OR INPUTTED BY YOU THROUGH THE USE OF THIS SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU (INCLUDING LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHOSE CLAIM OR CLAIMS ARE BASED ON OR DERIVED FROM A RIGHT OR RIGHTS CLAIMED BY YOU) WITH RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AT ANY AND ALL TIMES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS SITE OR THE SITE CONTENT, IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

You assume the responsibility to take adequate precautions against damage to your systems or operations which could be caused by defects or deficiencies in this Site or any Site Content. You also acknowledge that electronic communications and databases are subject to errors, tampering and break-ins and that while we will implement reasonable security precautions to attempt to prevent such occurrences, we do not guarantee that such events will not take place. Your installation and input, as well as third party systems and procedures, may influence the output and errors in any order or electronic transmission or communication, and can result in substantial errors in output, including incorrect information, orders and transactions. In addition, errors may be introduced into information or orders in the course of their transmission over electronic networks. You shall implement and take responsibility for appropriate review and confirmation procedures to verify and confirm orders or other transactions in which you participate using this Site or any Site Content.

You also are solely responsible for ensuring that any posting made by or for you to this Site does not contain any virus or other computer software code or routine designed to disable, erase, impair or otherwise damage the Site or any software, hardware, information, data, system or content of any other user of the Site or Site Content. You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold us and our employees, agents, representatives, licensors and suppliers harmless from any liability, claim, cost or damage arising out of any claim or suit by any such user caused by such virus or code or subroutine.

WE SHALL NOT IN ANY EVENT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL LOSSES, DAMAGES OR EXPENSES INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES OR BUSINESS ADVANTAGES WHATSOEVER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATING TO THE USE OR MISUSE OF THIS SITE, THE SITE CONTENT, RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED SITE, OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL OR SOFTWARE USED THEREWITH, ANY LOSS OF DATA, ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, THE STATEMENTS OF CONDUCT OF ANY CLIENT OR THIRD PARTY RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE USE OR FAILURE, NON-COMPLIANCE OR LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF ANY SITE CONTENT PROVIDED BY US THROUGH THIS SITE, ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE SYSTEM OR ANY OBLIGATION UNDER OR SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS SITE, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS BASED UPON BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF RELIEF, OR WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE INFORMED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH SAYS “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH, IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”

If the Site is at any time deemed an electronic commercial service (as defined under California Civil Code Section 1789.3), California residents are entitled to the following specific consumer rights information:

The provider of the Site is:

RHR International LLP

Address: 233 South Wacker Drive, 95th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606

Phone:  312-924-0800

If the Site is deemed as electronic commercial service, you may file a complaint regarding the Site or to receive further information regarding use of the Site by sending a letter to the attention of “Legal Department” at the above address.

You agree to comply with all applicable export laws, regulations and restrictions. Site Content we place on or make available through this Site may contain references or cross references to third party products, programs and services that are not announced or available in your country. Such references do not imply that either we or such third party intends to announce or make available such products, programs or services in your country. Consult us or the applicable third party for information regarding any such products, programs or services. This Site may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information, the terms of which must be observed and followed. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

If you are not a United States resident and you are accessing our Site from outside the United States, you agree to transfer certain information outside your home country to us and that you will follow all the laws that apply to you.

Our servers and operations are located primarily in the United States and our policies and procedures are based primarily on United States law. Because of this, the following provisions apply specifically to users located outside of the United States: (i) you consent to the transfer, storage, and processing of your information to and in the United States and/or other countries; (ii) if you are using the Site from a country embargoed by the United States, or are on the United States Treasury Department’s list of “Specially Designated Nationals,” you are not authorized to access or use the Site; and (iii) you agree to comply with all local laws, rules, and regulations including all laws, rules, and regulations in effect in the country in which you reside and the country from which you access the Site. The Site are not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation, or that would subject us or our affiliates to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country.

NOTICE TO EU AND UK RESIDENTS

Residents of the European Union should review our EU Privacy Policy here. Our EU Privacy Policy applies to RHR’s processing and use of EU personal data.

Residents of the United Kingdom should review our UK Privacy Policy here. Our UK Privacy Policy applies to RHR’s processing and use of UK personal data.

If you are a copyright owner and you believe your work has been copied and used improperly on the Site, please contact our copyright compliance officer. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c), to be effective, the notification to us must include the following information: (1) physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; (2) description of the work you claim has been infringed and the description and location of the alleged infringement the Site; (3) your contact information including address, telephone number and email address; (4) a written statement that you have a good faith belief the accused usage is infringing; and (5) a statement by you under penalty of perjury that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are duly authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Contact our copyright agent at: RHR International LLP, 233 South Wacker Drive, 95th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606 dataprotection@rhrinternational.com, or call 312-924-0800.

Please note that under Section 512(f) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be subject to liability. If you are unsure whether material on the Site is infringing, we suggest that you contact an attorney prior to sending notice.

If any part or parts of these Terms of Use are held to be invalid, the remaining parts will continue to be valid and enforceable. Nothing in these Terms of Use affects any statutory rights of consumers that cannot be waived or limited by contract. The use by you of this Site, the Site Content, and any and all other matters related hereto, shall be governed by applicable United States federal law and the laws of the State of Illinois, excluding its conflict-of-laws rules. You hereby agree to waive any right to a jury trial in any suit arising out of or relating to this Site or any Site Content. Any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating hereto must be commenced within one year from the date the right, claim, demand or cause of action being asserted first came into being. Venue for all disputes arising out of or relating to this Terms of Use shall be in the state and federal courts situated in Chicago, Illinois.

The information and Site Content may use terms that have technical meanings that may be different from their ordinary meanings and require specialist knowledge and expertise to understand properly and use effectively.

If you have any questions regarding this Site, the Site Content, or these Terms of Use, contact us here or by phone at 312-924-0800.