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Thank you for using this service, which is owned and operated by Monterey Mushrooms, LLC (“Monterey Mushrooms,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your use of www.montereymushrooms.com or other websites that are owned or controlled by Monterey Mushrooms and on which we post a link to these Terms (collectively referred to as the “Services”). These terms include an Arbitration Agreement that governs any disputes between you and us. Unless you opt out as described below, this Arbitration Agreement will: -Eliminate your right to a trial by jury; and -Substantially affect your rights, including preventing you from bringing, joining or participating in class or consolidated proceedings.

Table of Contents

Your Acceptance of These Terms
Your Acceptance of Our Privacy Policy
Your Consent to Other Agreements
These Terms May Change
Eligibility
Your Compliance with Laws
Ownership of the Services and its Content
Trademarks
Registration And Account Creation
User Generated Content
Removal of Content
Your Feedback 
Third-Party Services And Content
Modification And Discontinuation 
DISCLAIMERS
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Indemnity
ARBITRATION AGREEMENT WITH CLASS ACTION WAIVER
No Assignment
Waiver
Severability
Governing Law
Entire Agreement

Effective Date:
May 24, 2019



Your Acceptance of These Terms

These Terms apply to all users of the Services. By using the Services, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Services.


Your Acceptance of Our Privacy Policy

By agreeing to these Terms, you agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy, which is expressly incorporated herein. Before using the Services, please carefully review our Privacy Policy. All personal information provided to us as a result of your use of the Services will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy. To the extent there are inconsistencies between these Terms and our Privacy Policy, these Terms control.


Your Consent to Other Agreements

When you sign up to use a special feature of the Services, you may be asked to agree to special terms governing your use of the special feature (“Additional Terms”). In such cases, you may be asked to expressly consent to the special terms, for example, by checking a box or clicking on a button marked “I agree.” If any of the terms of the Additional Terms are different than the terms of these Terms, the terms of the Additional Terms will supplement or amend these Terms, but only with respect to the matters governed by the Additional Terms.


These Terms May Change

Monterey Mushrooms reserves the right to modify or add to these Terms at any time, effective as of the posting of the new terms or a later date as may be specified in the new terms. You agree that we may notify you of the new terms by making them available via the Services, and that your use of the Services after the effective date of the new terms (or engaging in such other conduct as we may reasonably specify) constitutes your agreement to the new terms. We therefore encourage you to review these Terms every time you use the Services. We may also provide notice to you of any update to these Terms in other ways in our discretion, such as through contact information you have provided.


Eligibility

The Services are not targeted towards, or intended for use by, anyone under the age of (thirteen) 13. By accessing or using the Services, you represent that you (a) are at least eighteen (18) years of age or the age of majority in your place of residence, or at least thirteen (13) years of age and under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms, and (b) are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. government embargo, and/or have not been listed on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties. In addition, you agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national, and international laws and regulations with respect to your use of the Services and agree not to interfere with the use and enjoyment of the Services by other users and Monterey Mushrooms’ operation or management of the Services.


Your Compliance with Laws

Use of the Services is unauthorized in any jurisdiction where all or any portion of the Services may violate any legal requirements, and you agree not to access the Services in any such jurisdiction. You are responsible for compliance with applicable laws. Any use in contravention of this provision or any provision of these Terms is at your own risk.


Ownership of the Services and its Content

The Services, including all its software and code comprising or used to operate the Services, and all of the text, photographs, images, illustrations, graphics, sound recordings, video and audio-video clips, and other materials available on the Services, including User Generated Content (“Content”) are protected under applicable intellectual property and other laws, including without limitation the laws of the United States and other countries. All Content and intellectual property rights therein are the property of Monterey Mushrooms or the material is included with the permission of the rights owner and is protected pursuant to applicable copyright and trademark laws. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

Subject to these Terms, Monterey Mushrooms grants to you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited, and revocable license to use the Services for personal use only in accordance with these Terms (“User License”). Any use of the Services in any other manner, including, without limitation, resale, transfer, modification or distribution of the Services or the Content is prohibited. Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Terms shall be construed as conferring in any manner, whether by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any title or ownership of, or exclusive use-rights to, any intellectual property or other right and any goodwill associated therewith. These Terms and User License also govern any updates to, or supplements or replacements for, the Services, unless separate terms accompany such updates, supplements, or replacements, in which case the separate terms will apply.

You agree not to reverse engineer, decompile, reverse assemble, modify, or attempt to discover any source code that we use or create to generate the Services or any software or other products or processes accessible through the Services. You further agree that, in accessing and using our Content as permitted by these Terms, you will keep intact any copyright or other proprietary notices. You also agree that you will neither (a) use any robot, spider, rover, scraper, or any other data-mining technology or automatic or manual process to monitor, cache, mask, extract data from, copy or distribute the Content (except as may be a result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage); nor (b) modify, provide access to, frame, reproduce, archive, sell, lease, rent, exchange, create derivative works from, publish by hard copy or electronic means, publicly perform, display, disseminate, distribute, broadcast, retransmit, circulate to any third party or on any third-party website, or otherwise use the Content in any way except as specifically permitted by these Terms or otherwise in writing by Monterey Mushrooms. You agree not to allow or assist any third party in violating or attempting to violate any of the above restrictions or prohibitions, whether or not for your benefit.


Trademarks

The Monterey Mushrooms name and logos, all product and service names, all graphics, all button icons, and all trademarks, service marks and logos appearing within the Services, unless otherwise noted, are trademarks (whether registered or not), service marks and/or trade dress of Monterey Mushrooms (the “Monterey Mushrooms Marks”). All other trademarks, product names, company names, logos, service marks and/or trade dress mentioned, displayed, cited or otherwise indicated within the Services are the property of their respective owners. You are not authorized to display or use the Monterey Mushrooms Marks in any manner without our prior written permission. You are not authorized to display or use trademarks, product names, company names, logos, service marks and/or trade dress of other owners featured within the Services without the prior written permission of such owners. The use or misuse of the Monterey Mushrooms Marks or other trademarks, product names, company names, logos, service marks and/or trade dress or any other materials contained herein, except as permitted herein, is expressly prohibited.

Registration And Account Creation

Monterey Mushrooms may at times require that you register and/or set up an account to access or use the Services. The decision to provide the information necessary to do so is purely optional, but if you elect not to provide the required information, you may not be able to access or use certain materials or features of the Services. When you provide information to us, you agree to provide only true, accurate, current, and complete information and to update it as necessary to maintain its truth and accuracy.

With respect to any registration or account-creation feature you use, you agree to: (a) create only one account; (b) provide accurate, truthful, current, and complete information when creating your account; (c) maintain and promptly update your account information; (d) help maintain the security of your account by not sharing your user name or password with others and by restricting access to your account and the device(s) from which you access your account; and (e) promptly notify Monterey Mushrooms if you discover or otherwise suspect any security breaches relating to the Services. Your user name and password are for your personal use only. If you use the Services, you may not authorize others to use your registration information or account, and you are responsible for your use and disclosure of the same.

User Generated Content

We may provide user comment areas, chat rooms, message boards, interactive user communities, or other areas on the Services (“Community Forums”) where users can interact with others and with us, as well as have the opportunity to submit photographs, writings, music, video, audio recordings, computer graphics, pictures, data, questions, comments, suggestions, or other content, any of which may include personal information (collectively, “User Generated Content”).

You are responsible for User Generated Content that you post. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any User Generated Content.

This means that you, not Monterey Mushrooms, are entirely responsible for all User Generated Content that you post and that you can be held personally liable for comments that are defamatory, obscene, or libelous, or that violate these Terms, an obligation of confidentiality, or the rights of others. If any part of the User Generated Content you post is not your original work, it is your responsibility to obtain any necessary permission to post it.

Because we do not control the User Generated Content posted on or through the Services, we cannot and do not warrant or guarantee the truthfulness, integrity, suitability, or quality of that User Generated Content. You also agree and understand that by accessing the Services, you may encounter User Generated Content that you may consider to be objectionable. We have no responsibility for any User Generated Content, including without limitation any errors or omissions therein. We are not liable for any loss or damage of any kind you may claim was incurred as a result of the use of any User Generated Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available on or through the Services.

You own User Generated Content, but we may use it. You own the copyright in any original User Generated Content you submit. We do not claim any copyrights in User Generated Content. However, by using the Services you are granting us and any of our subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns, a nonexclusive, fully paid, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable license (with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicensees) to use, copy, modify, distribute, publicly display and perform, publish, transmit, remove, retain, repurpose, and commercialize User Generated Content you post in any and all media or form of communication whether now existing or hereafter developed, without obtaining additional consent, without restriction, notification, or attribution, and without compensating you in any way, and to authorize others to do the same. For this reason, we ask that you not post any User Generated Content that you do not wish to license to us, including any photographs, videos, confidential information, or product ideas.

We may disclose and/or remove User Generated Content. Monterey Mushrooms has certain rights. We have the right (but do not assume the obligation) to:
-monitor all User Generated Content;
-require that you avoid certain subjects;
-remove or block any User Generated Content at any time without notice at our sole and absolute discretion;
-disclose any User Generated Content and the identity of the user who posted it in response to a subpoena or whenever we believe that disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law or a court order, to prevent or investigate a possible crime or other violation of law, to protect the rights of Monterey Mushrooms or others, or to enforce these Terms of Use; and
-terminate your access to and use of the Services, or to modify, edit or block your transmissions thereto in our sole discretion.

You agree that our exercise of such discretion shall not render us the owners of User Generated Content you post, and that you will retain ownership thereof as described above.

Restrictions on User Generated Content. It is a condition of these Terms that you do not:

-upload, post, transmit or otherwise make available:
-any User Generated Content that is unlawful, harmful, hateful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, racially disparaging, indecent, or invasive of another’s privacy;
-any User Generated Content that constitutes or encourages activity illegal under criminal or civil law;
-any User Generated Content that is false, misleading, or fraudulent;
-any User Generated Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
-any User Generated Content that violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including User Generated Content which violates the patent rights, copyrights, trademark rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, trade secret rights, confidentiality rights, contract rights, or any other rights of any individual, living or deceased, or any legal entity;
-any User Generated Content that you know is false, fraudulent, deceptive, inaccurate, misleading or that misrepresents your identity or affiliation with a person or company;
-any User Generated Content that contains the image, name or likeness of anyone other than yourself, unless (i) that person is at least eighteen years old and you have first obtained his/her express permission or (ii) that person is under eighteen years old but you are his/her parent or legal guardian;
-any request for or solicitation of any personal or private information from any individual;
-any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or
-any User Generated Content that contains advertising, promotions or marketing, or which otherwise has a commercial purpose, except as expressly agreed by you and us; and
-any User Generated Content that promotes violence or describes how to perform a violent act.
-impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; or
-violate any local, state, national or international law, rule or regulation.

By posting User Generated Content, you represent and warrant that (i) you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the User Generated Content and have the right to grant the license set forth in these Terms; (ii) the User Generated Content is accurate, and (iii) you are at least eighteen years old and you have read and understood—and your User Generated Content fully complies with—these Terms and applicable laws and will not cause injury to any person or entity.

You understand and acknowledge that: (a) Monterey Mushrooms has wide access to content, information, ideas, suggestions, designs, and other materials that may be similar or identical to materials you submit to us; and (b) you will not be entitled to any compensation (nor will Monterey Mushrooms be obligated to negotiate with you) as a result of our use of any similar or identical material.

Monterey Mushrooms is not obligated to post, keep, or use your User Generated Content.

Removal of Content

In general. On certain pages of the Services, we may provide to you a tool to report objectionable User Generated Content. If that tool is not available, you can report objectionable User Generated Content and other objectionable Content by contacting us. While we do not have any obligation to remove Content from the Services merely because of a removal request, we will review all such requests and will remove Content that we determine should be removed, in our sole discretion and in accordance with these Terms and applicable law. Please be aware, however, that if the Content has already been distributed to other websites or published in other media, we will not be able to recapture and delete it. Also, a back-up or residual copy of the Content we remove from the Services may remain on back-up servers.

Violation of copyrights. Monterey Mushrooms does not knowingly violate or permit others to violate the copyrights of others. We will promptly remove or disable access to material that we know is infringing, or if we become aware of circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent.

If you are requesting removal of content because of a violation of your copyrights, please note that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe that your own work, or the work of a third party for whom you are authorized to act, is featured on the Services or has been otherwise copied and made available on the Services in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please notify us immediately. Your notice must be in writing and must include:

-an electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
-a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
-a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Services (including the URL, title and/or item number if applicable, or other identifying characteristics);
your name, address, telephone number, and email address, and, if you are not the owner of the copyright, the name of the owner; and
a written statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
-a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Your statement must be addressed as follows:
Bruce Knobeloch 260 Westgate Drive, Watsonville CA 95076

Any notification by a copyright owner or a person authorized to act on its behalf that fails to comply with requirements of the DMCA shall not be considered sufficient notice and shall not be deemed to confer upon us actual knowledge of facts or circumstances from which infringing material or acts are evident.

Your Feedback

Although we do not claim ownership of User Generated Content you post using the Services, any Content you post on or through the Services that is specifically about how we can improve the Services and the products and services we make available through the Services (“Feedback”) will be and will remain our exclusive property. Your submission of Feedback will constitute an assignment to us of all worldwide rights, title and interests in your Feedback, including all copyrights and other intellectual property rights in your Feedback. We will be entitled to reduce to practice, exploit, make, use, copy, disclose, display or perform publicly, distribute, improve and modify any Feedback you submit for any purpose whatsoever, without restriction and without compensating you in any way. For this reason, we ask that you not send us any Feedback that you do not wish to assign to us.

Third-Party Services And Content

The Services may provide links to other websites operated by third parties. Because we have no control over third-party websites, we are not responsible for the availability of those websites and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, services, products, or other materials on or available from such websites. Monterey Mushrooms shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, advertising, services, products, or other materials on or available from such websites. These Terms do not apply to your use of third-party websites; your use of such websites is subject to the terms and policies of the owner of such websites.

Further, functionality on the Services may also permit interactions between the Services and a third-party website or online feature, including without limitation, applications that connect the Services or your profile on the Services with a third-party website. For example, the Services may include a button enabling you to indicate, on your social networking page, that you “like” specific content on the Services, or a feature that lets you post to your social networking page a link to specific content from the Services or the ability to share content from the Services or your User Generated Content posted at the Services with a third party, which may be publicly posted on that third party’s website. Using this functionality typically requires you to login to your account on the third-party website and you do so at your own risk.

Modification And Discontinuation

We reserve the right at any time and from time-to-time to modify, edit, delete, suspend or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services (or any portion thereof) and/or the information, materials, products and/or services available through the Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any such modification, editing, deletion, suspension or discontinuance of the Services.

DISCLAIMERS

WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR ITS CONTENT, OR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE AVAILABLE ON OR PROMOTED THROUGH THE SERVICES. THE SERVICES AND ALL OF ITS CONTENT (INCLUDING USER GENERATED CONTENT) ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, MONTEREY MUSHROOMS, ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, JOINT VENTURES, LICENSORS, AND THIRD-PARTY SERVICE OR CONTENT PROVIDERS AND EACH OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, MANAGERS, AND AGENTS, ITS AFFILIATES, (“MONTEREY MUSHROOMS AFFILIATES”) DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, ARISING BY STATUTE, CUSTOM, COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR IN ANY OTHER WAY, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE OR PROMOTED THROUGH THE SERVICES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, MONTEREY MUSHROOMS AND THE MONTEREY MUSHROOMS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES (A) OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; (B) RELATING TO THE SECURITY OF THE SERVICES; (C) THAT THE CONTENT OF THE SERVICES IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR CURRENT; OR (D) THAT THE SERVICES WILL OPERATE SECURELY OR WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERROR.

WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES, ITS SERVERS, OR ANY TRANSMISSIONS SENT FROM US OR THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL BE FREE OF ANY HARMFUL COMPONENTS (INCLUDING VIRUSES).

MONTEREY MUSHROOMS AND THE MONTEREY MUSHROOMS AFFILIATES DO NOT ENDORSE AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR STATEMENTS, ADVICE AND OPINIONS MADE BY ANYONE OTHER THAN AUTHORIZED MONTEREY MUSHROOMS SPOKESPERSONS. WE DO NOT ENDORSE AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY STATEMENTS, ADVICE OR OPINIONS CONTAINED IN USER GENERATED CONTENT AND SUCH STATEMENTS, ADVICE AND OPINIONS DO NOT IN ANY WAY REFLECT THE STATEMENTS, ADVICE AND OPINIONS OF MONTEREY MUSHROOMS. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY OF DELETION, MISDELIVERY OR FAILURE TO STORE COMMUNICATIONS, PERSONALIZED SETTINGS, OR OTHER DATA. YOU ACCEPT THAT OUR SHAREHOLDERS, OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THIS CLAUSE.

APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO ALL OR PART OF THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

MONTEREY MUSHROOMS AND THE MONTEREY MUSHROOMS AFFILIATES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE IN ANY MANNER FOR ANY USER GENERATED CONTENT. ALTHOUGH WE INCLUDE STRICT PROVISIONS REGARDING USER GENERATED CONTENT IN THESE TERMS OF USE, WE DO NOT CONTROL AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT USERS POST USING THE SERVICES AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OFFENSIVE, INAPPROPRIATE, OBSCENE, UNLAWFUL, INFRINGING OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE OR ILLEGAL USER GENERATED CONTENT YOU MAY ENCOUNTER IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS WE, ON BEHALF OF OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, EXCLUDE AND DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSSES AND EXPENSES OF WHATEVER NATURE AND HOWSOEVER ARISING INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; LOSS OF USE; LOSS OF DATA; LOSS CAUSED BY A VIRUS; LOSS OF INCOME OR PROFIT; LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY; CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES; OR OTHER LOSSES OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICES. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ESTABLISHING SUCH PROCEDURES FOR DATA BACK UP AND VIRUS CHECKING AS YOU CONSIDER NECESSARY. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS.

THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM EVENTS BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL, SUCH AS DAMAGES CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF ANY RECORD. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, MONTEREY MUSHROOMS AND THE MONTEREY MUSHROOMS AFFILIATES ARE NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES, AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.

THE MONTEREY MUSHROOMS AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATION THAT CONTENT PROVIDED ON OUR WEBSITES AND OUR APP IS APPLICABLE TO OR APPROPRIATE FOR USE IN LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE RELEASED PARTIES FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN DOLLARS ($10.00).

The Services gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from country to country. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain kinds of limitations or exclusions of liability, so the limitations and exclusions set out in these Terms may not apply to you. Other jurisdictions allow limitations and exclusions subject to certain conditions. In such a case the limitations and exclusions set out in these Terms shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of such applicable jurisdictions. Your statutory rights as a consumer, if any, are not affected by these provisions, and we do not seek to exclude or limit liability for fraudulent misrepresentation.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Monterey Mushrooms and the Monterey Mushrooms Affiliates, and its and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Services in violation of these Terms and/or arising from a breach of these Terms and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above and/or if any material that you post using the Services causes us to be liable to another. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense of any such claim, and you agree to provide us with such reasonable cooperation and information as we may request. You will not in any event settle any claim without the prior written consent of a duly authorized employee of Monterey Mushrooms.

ARBITRATION AGREEMENT WITH CLASS ACTION WAIVER

Mandatory Binding Individual Arbitration. Except as expressly provided below, you agree that any dispute, claim, case, or controversy (whether based in tort, contract, statute, regulation, ordinance, equity or any other legal theory) between you and Monterey Mushrooms (whether arising out of or relating to past, present or future acts or omissions) (“Claims”) shall be exclusively resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis, rather than in court (“Arbitration Agreement”).

Waiver of Class Actions. You and Monterey Mushrooms each agree that each party will assert Claims in arbitration only in our individual capacity, and not as a representative or member of any purported class. We each agree that we will not participate in any class, mass, collective, consolidated, private attorney general or other representative arbitration proceeding. Each party agrees that the arbitrator has no authority to arbitrate Claims on a class-wide basis and shall not consolidate, combine, or jointly arbitrate Claims of more than one person in a single arbitration.

Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives its constitutional and statutory rights to go to court and have a trial in front of a judge or a jury, electing instead to resolve by binding arbitration all Claims.

Opt-out. You may opt out of this Arbitration Agreement if you send Monterey Mushrooms a signed, written opt-out notice within thirty (30) days of your initial visit to the Services. Any opt-out notice shall be sent to Monterey Mushrooms at: Monterey Mushrooms, LLC, 260 Westgate Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076.

Small Claims Not Subject to Arbitration. Either party may bring individual Claims in small claims court.

Arbitration Procedures. Either party may initiate an arbitration proceeding, which will be conducted by a single neutral arbitrator.

Arbitration Provider. Each party will initiate arbitration before JAMS, Inc. (“JAMS”) or any successor to JAMS, which is an alternative dispute resolution provider (“ADR Provider”). In the event JAMS is unwilling or unable to set a hearing date within fourteen (14) days of the filing of a “Demand for Arbitration”, then either party can elect to have the arbitration administered by another mutually agreeable arbitration administration service who will hear the case.

Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will be conducted under the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures (available at https://www.jamsadr.com/rules-streamlined-arbitration/) (“Arbitration Rules”). The rules of the ADR Provider will govern all aspects of the arbitration, except to the extent such rules are in conflict with this Arbitration Agreement.

Arbitration Location. If an in-person hearing is required, then it will take place in Minneapolis, MN, Chicago, IL, New York City, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Atlanta, GA or Dallas, TX (whichever is closest to your residence), unless the claimant primarily resides outside the United States (in which case the arbitrator will give the parties reasonable notice of the date, time and place of any oral hearings).

Fees. Payment of all filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees will be governed by the Arbitration Rules.

Arbitrator’s Authority and Award. The arbitrator will decide the rights and liabilities, if any, of the parties, and the dispute will not be consolidated with any other matters or joined with any other cases or parties. The arbitrator will have the authority to grant motions dispositive of all or part of any Claim. The arbitrator will have the authority to award monetary damages, and to grant any non-monetary remedy or relief available to an individual under applicable law, the ADR Provider’s Rules, and this Arbitration Agreement. The arbitrator will issue a written award and reasoned statement of decision describing the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based, including the calculation of any damages awarded. The arbitrator has the same authority to award relief on an individual basis that a judge in a court of law would have. Any award will be subject to judicial confirmation or entry in any court having jurisdiction.

Governing Law. This Arbitration Agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and federal arbitration law.

Confidentiality. All aspects of the arbitration proceeding, including but not limited to, the award of the arbitrator and compliance therewith, will be strictly confidential. The parties agree to maintain confidentiality unless otherwise required by law. This paragraph will not prevent a party from submitting to a court of law any information necessary to enforce this Arbitration Agreement or to enforce an arbitration award.

No Assignment

These Terms are not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by you except with the prior written consent of a duly authorized Monterey Mushrooms employee.

Waiver

Our failure at any time to require performance of any provision of these Terms or to exercise any right provided for herein will not be deemed a waiver of such provision or such right. All waivers must be in writing. Unless the written waiver contains an express statement to the contrary, no waiver by Monterey Mushrooms of any breach of any provision of these Terms or of any right provided for herein will be construed as a waiver of any continuing or succeeding breach of such provision, a waiver of the provision itself, or a waiver of any right under these Terms.


Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, such provision will be changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent allowed by law and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.

Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Minnesota without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.

Entire Agreement

These Terms (together with our Privacy Policy and any Additional Terms applicable to you, including the Text Program Terms) contain the entire understanding and agreement between you and Monterey Mushrooms with respect to the Services and supersede all previous communications, negotiations, and agreements, whether oral, written, or electronic, between you and Monterey Mushrooms with respect to the Services and your use of the Services.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms or the Services, please send us an email: marketing@montmush.com; write us at: Monterey Mushrooms, LLC, 260 Westgate Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076; or call us at (800) 333-Mush (6874).
California residents may reach the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by mail at 1625 North Market Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210.