Legal Notices

Our Web site content is not legal advice.

Schiff Hardin has prepared the materials on our Web site for informational purposes only. Such content is not legal advice and should not be construed nor relied upon as such.

No lawyer-client relationship created.

Our Web site content is not intended to create, and receipt of it by visitors to our Web site does not create a lawyer-client relationship. Internet browsers and online readers should not act upon this information without first seeking professional and properly licensed legal counsel.

Please do not send us information about your matter without speaking to us first.

Please do not send us information about your matter until you speak with one of our lawyers and obtain our advance and express authorization. No duty of confidentiality is owed to any persons who send unsolicited e-mail messages, mail, or facsimiles to our firm, lawyers, or other employees listed on this Web site without our advance and express authorization. There is no lawyer-client relationship duty or obligation created with respect to unsolicited inquiries or contacts without our mutual agreement. Further, absent such mutual agreement, our receipt of unsolicited information will not preclude us from representing any actual or potential adverse party. When you sign and send us an unsolicited e-mail, mail or facsimile, you are agreeing that you will not use our receipt of any information you send us to disqualify us from representing any other party.

Compliance with state ethical and legal requirements.

We do not accept any representation that comes to us through our Web site, if our Web site does not comply with the legal or ethical requirements of the state in which the client or prospective client is located. Schiff Hardin attorneys do not seek to practice law in states, territories and foreign countries where we are not properly authorized to do so. This publication, or parts of it, may be considered advertising material under professional rules applicable to lawyers in some states in which we practice.

Your privacy and personal information.

We do not and will not sell personal information about visitors to our Web site. We will not share any such personal information with a third party without a visitor's consent. We also will not use any such personal information for any purpose other than that for which the visitor contacted us. Schiff Hardin works diligently to take appropriate administrative and technical measures to prevent the unauthorized or unlawful use of personal information about visitors to our Web site.

Matter descriptions should not be relied upon to predict outcomes of matters we handle.

Information on our Web site about matters we have handled is only to illustrate our experience. Such descriptions should not be relied upon as a prediction as to the outcome of any client representation we undertake.

Ownership of our Web site content.

For further information:

Please contact David A. Milberg, Schiff Hardin's Director of Marketing and Communications, who is the attorney responsible for our Web site.