TERMS OF SERVICE

In this TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT, REFERENCE TO NOVUS UNIVERSITY SHALL ALSO BE AND REFER TO NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL. IT IS STATED THAT REFERENCE TO NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL SHALL APPLY AS NOVUS LAW SCHOOL EQUALLY AND SHALL BE WRITTEN AS NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL. While NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL takes reasonable steps to safeguard and to prevent unauthorized access to your information and Registration Data, we cannot be responsible for the acts of those who gain unauthorized access, and we make no warranty, express, implied, or otherwise, that we will prevent unauthorized access to your private information. IN NO EVENT SHALL NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES (WHETHER CONSEQUENTIAL, DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH, A THIRD PARTY'S UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION OR REGISTRATION DATA, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE BASED ON CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, TORT OR OTHER THEORIES OF LIABILITY, AND ALSO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL AS GIVEN ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE THAT DAMAGES WERE POSSIBLE.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR FOR COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES OR RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SERVICE OR RESULTING FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, EVEN IF NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL OR ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT WILL NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS EVER BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY CLAIMS, PROCEEDINGS, LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND COSTS, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR UNDER OTHER FAULT OR WRONGDOING BY NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL OR ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS OR ANY PERSON FOR WHOM EITHER NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL OR ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE RESPONSIBLE, IN AN AMOUNT EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL FOR THE USE OF THE SERVICE WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE CLAIM.

DEGREE GRANTING EDUCATION CORPORATION

NOVUS UNIVERSITY IS INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. NOVUS UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY DEGREE GRANTING EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION AND ALL DEGREES ARE GRANTED BY NOVUS UNIVERSITY OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS ,UNDER ITS  CORPORATE CHARTER AND THE AUTHORITY OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL OFFERS INSTRUCTION ONLINE ONLY AND WEB-BASED AND NOT IN ANY COUNTRY, STATE OR POLITICAL ENTITY. NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL IS NOT ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION (The "Arbitration Clause")

THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING ARBITRATION AND NOT IN COURT OR BY JURY TRIAL. IF A DISPUTE IS ARBITRATED, YOU GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE AS A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE OR CLASS MEMBER ON ANY CLASS CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL INCLUDING ANY RIGHT TO CLASS ARBITRATION OR ANY CONSOLIDATION OF INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATIONS. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIS INCLUDES GIVING UP YOUR RIGHTS TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION AS SET FORTH IN THE WISCONSIN CONSUMER ACT.

(The "Arbitration Clause") In the event of a dispute, you and NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL agree to submit to binding arbitration. The arbitration will be held before one arbitrator on an individual basis and not as a class action. You waive any right you may have to arbitrate a Dispute as a class action. You may select any one of the following arbitration organizations and its applicable rules: the American Arbitration Association, 335 Madison Ave., Floor 10, New York, NY 10017-4605 (www.adr.org), the National Arbitration Forum, Box 50191, Minneapolis, MN 55405-0191 (www.arb-forum.com), or JAMS, Two Embarcadero Center Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94111 (www.jamsadr.com). You may obtain copy of the rules of each organization by contacting the organization.

Arbitrators shall be attorneys or retired judges and shall be selected pursuant to the applicable rules. You and NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL shall agree on one arbitrator to conduct the arbitration. The arbitrator shall apply governing substantive law in making an award. In any arbitration, NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL will pay the filing, administration, service or case management fee, plus the costs associated with the first day of arbitration, with the remaining costs to be paid by the non-prevailing party. NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL will pay additional arbitration expenses to the extent that the arbitrator determines that NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL must in order to ensure the enforceability of this arbitration clause. Each party shall be responsible for its own attorney, expert and other fees, unless awarded by the arbitrator under applicable law.

The arbitrator's award is final and binding on all parties. The Federal Arbitration Act, and not any state arbitration law, governs all arbitration under this Arbitration Clause. Any court having jurisdiction may enter judgment on the arbitrator's award. If any part of this Arbitration Clause, other than waivers of class action rights, is deemed or found to be unenforceable for any reason, the remainder remains enforceable.

TERMINATION

If you breach any provision of this Agreement, you may no longer use the Educational Services.  NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL may, in its sole discretion, change, suspend, or terminate, temporarily or permanently, the Service or any part of it at any time, for any reason, without notice to you and without liability to you or any other person. If NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL terminates this Agreement for any reason, it continues to apply and bind you with respect of your prior use of the Service, including payment of any charges accrued in connection with use of the Service. Upon termination, NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL may remove from the Website and permanently delete and destroy any Member Content that you or others may have posted or submitted without any prior notice or liability to you or any other person.

RELEASE

YOU HEREBY RELEASE, REMISE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS AND LICENSEES, AND ALL OTHER RELATED, ASSOCIATED, OR CONNECTED PERSONS FROM ANY AND ALL MANNER OF RIGHTS, CLAIMS, COMPLAINTS, DEMANDS, CAUSES OF ACTION, PROCEEDINGS, LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LEGAL FEES, COSTS, AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY NATURE AND KIND WHATSOEVER AND HOWSOEVER ARISING, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST, WHICH ARISE FROM, RELATE TO, OR ARE CONNECTED WITH YOUR USE OF THE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICE, DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE.   

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, and service providers harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Service, the violation of this Agreement by you, or the infringement by you, or other user of the Service using your computer, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. Even though prohibited, people may provide information that is offensive, false, harmful, or deceptive. NOVUS UNIVERSITY/NOVUS LAW SCHOOL and its Service providers assume no responsibility whatsoever for such content or actions.

NOTICES

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