Terms and Conditions

1. Agreement to Terms

These Terms and Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Clarytones. Your access to and use of our website and services is conditioned upon your acceptance of and compliance with these terms. These terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who wish to access or use our services.

2. User Obligations and Responsibilities

2.1 Legal Compliance

You agree to use our services in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local, and international laws, regulations, and ordinances. You are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of our services does not violate any law or regulation applicable to you or your organization.

2.2 Accurate Information

You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information when communicating with us or engaging our services. You are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of this information and updating it as necessary. Providing false or misleading information may result in termination of services and potential legal consequences.

2.3 Prohibited Activities

You explicitly agree not to:

• Use our services for any unlawful, fraudulent, or malicious purpose
• Engage in conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use of the website
• Attempt to interfere with, compromise, or disrupt our systems or security measures
• Use our services to harass, abuse, or harm another person or organization
• Impersonate Clarytones, our employees, or misrepresent your relationship with us
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any aspect of our website or services
• Remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notices from our materials

2.4 Professional Conduct

When engaging our forensic accounting services, you agree to conduct yourself professionally and cooperatively. This includes timely response to requests for information, respectful communication with our team, and adherence to agreed-upon timelines and processes.

3. Content Standards and Restrictions

Any content you submit, post, or transmit through our website must comply with the following standards:

4. Disclaimers, Liability, and Warranties

4.1 Professional Services Disclaimer

While we maintain high professional standards, we make no warranties regarding specific outcomes of our forensic accounting services. The nature of financial investigation involves analysis of complex and sometimes incomplete information. Our conclusions are professional opinions based on available evidence and do not constitute absolute certainties.

4.2 No Warranty of Results

We do not warrant or guarantee that our services will result in any particular legal, financial, or other outcome. Results depend on numerous factors beyond our control, including the quality and completeness of information provided, actions by other parties, and decisions made by courts or other authorities.

4.3 Third-Party Reliance

Our reports and analyses are prepared for the specific client who engaged our services and for the stated purpose. Third parties who may receive or review our work product do so at their own risk. We disclaim any liability to third parties unless we have explicitly agreed in writing to accept such responsibility.

4.4 Limitation of Damages

Specific liability limits for professional services are detailed in individual engagement agreements and may vary based on the nature and scope of the engagement.

5. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Clarytones, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and affiliates from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, debts, and expenses (including attorney's fees) arising from:

• Your use of and access to our website or services
• Your violation of any term of these Terms and Conditions
• Your violation of any third-party right, including intellectual property, privacy, or other proprietary rights
• Any claim that information you provided caused damage to a third party
• Your failure to provide accurate or complete information necessary for our services

This indemnification obligation will survive termination of these Terms and Conditions and your use of our services.

6. Force Majeure

Clarytones shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, pandemics, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor, or materials. In such events, we will make reasonable efforts to minimize delays and resume performance as soon as practicable.

7. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

7.1 Applicable Law

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the state in which Clarytones maintains its principal place of business, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law.

7.2 Dispute Resolution

Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms and Conditions or your use of our services shall first be subject to good faith negotiation between the parties. If the dispute cannot be resolved through negotiation within 30 days, it shall be resolved through binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules.

7.3 Class Action Waiver

To the extent permitted by law, any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action. Both parties waive the right to participate in a class action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration.

8. Modifications and Termination

8.1 Right to Modify

We reserve the right to modify these Terms and Conditions at any time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting to this website. Your continued use of our services following any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes. We recommend reviewing these terms periodically.

8.2 Termination of Access

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to our website at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice. Grounds for termination may include violation of these terms, fraudulent behavior, or conduct that we determine to be harmful to our business or other users.

8.3 Effect of Termination

Upon termination, your right to use the website will immediately cease. All provisions of these Terms and Conditions that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnification, and limitations of liability.

9. General Provisions

9.1 Severability

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The invalid provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

9.2 Entire Agreement

These Terms and Conditions, together with our Privacy Policy and any engagement agreements, constitute the entire agreement between you and Clarytones regarding the subject matter herein and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings and agreements, whether written or oral.

9.3 Waiver

No waiver of any term or condition shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Our failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

9.4 Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms and Conditions or any rights granted hereunder without our prior written consent. We may freely assign these terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets.

9.5 Headings

The section headings in these Terms and Conditions are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.