Last updated: 01.06.2025

The following terms (“Terms of Use” or “Terms“) encompass the terms and conditions that apply to your access and/or use of the website available at https://www.slatineanu.ro/ (“Website” or “SLATINEANU.RO“), as well as all features and functionalities available on the Website.

Please read the Terms of Use before accessing and/or using the Website.

If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, do not access or use SLATINEANU.RO.

Please note that we may modify the Terms periodically, in which case the changes will be reflected by updating the above date.

If you do not agree with the changes made, you must stop using the Website.

The rights to use the domain https://www.slatineanu.ro belong to Law Firm PhD. Bogdan Slatineanu, from the Bucharest Bar Association (“Law Firm“).

The services related to the Website will be provided in accordance with applicable law, as well as in accordance with the Statute of the legal profession.

I. WHAT THE TERMS OF USE REFER TO

1.1. The Terms of Use govern your access and/or use of the Website.

1.2. By accessing and/or using the Website, you confirm the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal data, in accordance with the Privacy Policy, available on the Website at https://www.slatineanu.ro/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

1.3. We may display additional terms in certain sections of the Website, in which case, unless expressly stated otherwise, these terms will govern your access and/or use of the Website as if they were included in the Terms of Use.

II. WEBSITE CONTENT AND RELATED SERVICES

2.1. You acknowledge and agree that we may provide certain features or functionalities of the Website through third-party service providers.

2.2. We will constantly seek the best solutions to improve the quality of the Website, so it, its functionalities, features, and content may be constantly updated (modified). These updates (modifications) may be made without notifying you. If you do not agree with these updates (modifications), you must stop using the Website.

2.3. Through the Website, you will be able to:

• read legal opinions or specialized articles published, as well as any other published information;
• ask questions related to the content of the Website or your legal issue;
• contact the specialists within the Law Firm;
• access and/or use other features, as they will be made available to you through the Website.

2.4. The Law Firm grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sub-licensable, and revocable license to access and/or use the Website personally and non-commercially on any compatible device you own or control, in accordance with the Terms of Use.

2.5. Except for the express permissions in these Terms of Use, the granted license does not allow you to sublicense, copy, modify, duplicate, sell, rent, transfer, or use commercially the Website or its content in whole or in part.

2.6. By making the Website available to you, the Law Firm is not obligated to:

• provide services to you;
• provide services in a certain manner or term;
• charge a certain fee;
• respond to all your questions or respond within a certain period;
• contact you in any way;
• enter into a legal assistance contract with you.

2.7. The provision of services by the Law Firm will be made in accordance with applicable law and the Statute of the legal profession.

III. ACCESS TO AND USE OF SLATINEANU.RO

3.1. For accessing and/or using the Website or certain features or functionalities thereof, you may need to provide us with certain information, including personal data, such as your name, a brief description of your legal issues, your phone number. Details on how we process personal data can be found in the Privacy Policy.

3.2. You agree that you are solely responsible for the accuracy of the data provided and for all aspects arising from your use of the Website on your behalf.

3.3. We reserve the right to limit or block immediately, in whole or in part, your access and/or use of the Website or certain features or functionalities thereof, if we are requested or receive instructions to do so by a government authority, court, law enforcement agency.

3.4. If there are reasons to believe that you violate the provisions of the Terms of Use or that you access or use the Website in an illegal or abusive manner, or that violates applicable law, we reserve the right to limit or block immediately, in whole or in part, your access and/or use of the Website.

IV. YOUR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. INDEMNITY

4.1. By accessing and/or using the Website, you represent and warrant to the Law Firm that:

• you have the capacity and legal permission to accept these Terms of Use and to access and/or use the Website;
• you have read, understood, and accepted these Terms and any other applicable terms of the Website;
• you have read and understood the Terms of Privacy Policy;
• you understand the risks and implications of using the Website, especially by providing inappropriate personal data and you have knowledge of how to manage them, and you are solely responsible for the assessments made based on this knowledge;
• it is your responsibility to provide the mobile device, wireless service/data plan, and software and hardware necessary to access and/or use the Website;
• you understand and accept that legal opinions, specialized articles, and all information published on the Website are not tailored to your legal issue or case;
• you understand and accept that the information published on the Website, in any form, may represent legal opinions that may not be validated by the courts or authorities and institutions in Romania, but also different from legal opinions expressed in specialized literature or national or international court practice.

4.2. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Law Firm and its collaborators, content providers, employees, and representatives from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, losses, responsibilities, costs, and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and court costs, arising out of or in connection with: (a) your access and/or use of the Website or on behalf of you; and/or (b) your breach of these Terms and/or the Privacy Policy and/or any applicable terms and conditions; and/or (c) your infringement of any rights of any other person or entity; and/or (d) any claim that your access and/or use of the Website caused harm to a third party.

V. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

5.1. Your access and/or use of the Website is at your own risk, without any express or implied representations and/or warranties from the Law Firm and/or its collaborators, content providers, employees, and/or representatives of any kind.

5.2. The Law Firm does not represent, warrant, or assume any responsibility for the content of the Website and/or for the information provided and/or opinions expressed by the lawyers or collaborators of the Law Firm.

5.3. The Law Firm excludes all warranties, whether express or implied, through these Terms of Use.

5.4. The Law Firm, collaborators, content providers, employees, and/or representatives thereof make no representation or warranty regarding the completeness, security, safety, quality, accuracy, or availability of the Website or its content. Without limiting the foregoing, the Law Firm, collaborators, content providers, employees, and/or representatives thereof do not represent or warrant that the Website or its content will be accurate, secure, error-free, or uninterrupted, that defects will be corrected, that the server providing the Website is free of viruses or other harmful components, or that the Website or its content will meet your needs or expectations.

5.5. To the extent permitted by applicable law, under no circumstances shall the Law Firm, collaborators, content providers, employees, and representatives thereof be liable for any claims, damages, liabilities, losses, costs, or expenses of any kind arising out of or in connection with your Access and/or use of the Website, any conduct or content of third parties, any malfunction, delays, interruptions of the Website.

5.6. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the maximum total liability of the Law Firm, collaborators, content providers, employees, and representatives thereof to you for any claim related to the Website is 400 euro.

VI. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

6.1. The Law Firm owns the Website and its content, including patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, know-how, and any other intellectual property rights thereto.

VII. FORCE MAJEURE

7.1. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Law Firm shall not be liable to you and/or any third party for the event that it cannot make the Website or its content available, as a result of or in connection with any force majeure event, including, but not limited to, telecommunications damages, electricity damages, hardware damages or defects, software or other utilities, earthquakes, storms, floods, fires, social disturbances, government acts or orders, acts of terrorism or war, technological changes, changes in the interest rate or other monetary situations, pandemics, and epidemics.

VIII. APPLICABLE LAW. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

8.1. These Terms shall be governed, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of Romania and with applicable international or European law.

8.2. In the event that you and the Law Firm are unable to resolve a dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use, the dispute shall be resolved in accordance with applicable law, by competent domestic or international forums and/or competent courts.

IX. TERMINATION OF ACCESS AND/OR USE OF THE WEBSITE

9.1. These Terms shall enter into force on the date you access and/or use the Website and, unless otherwise provided in these Terms, shall remain in force until you cease to use the Website.

9.2. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue at any time, without prior notice, the Website, including its features and functionalities.