GLG Institute Terms of Membership

  • TERMS OF MEMERSHIP

    All members (“Member(s)” or “you””) in GLG Institute (as defined below) are subject to the following terms and conditions (the “Terms”). By agreeing to be a member of GLG Institute you agree to be bound by the Terms. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance GLG Institute offerings shall be subject to these Terms. We may amend these Terms from time to time and they shall supersede any inconsistent or additional terms in any purchase order(s), guidelines, policies or similar standard vendor terms and conditions issued by or on behalf of the Member relating to the Membership.

    1. GLG INSTITUTE

    Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“Gerson Lehrman Group,” “GLG”, “we” or “us”) is the world’s leading membership-based network for professional learning and expertise. We partner with organizations seeking targeted connections to insights by providing access to a global network of experts. We believe that learning is at its best when it’s interactive and includes multiple perspectives. GLG facilitates conversations, collaborations, training sessions, peer-to-peer forums, private meetings, roundtables, C-suite and executive development training, board placements, and various customized programs. GLG Institute is a resource for senior executives to learn from and interact with an exclusive group of former C-suite executives and other top thought leaders, , most of whom are current GLG Network Members, as hereinafter defined (collectively, “ Advisors”) for professional development.

    2. ACCESS TO ADVISORS AND NETWORK MEMBERS

    Member have access to generally available Advisors and to the Gerson Lehrman Group Network of industry professionals, consultants and other individuals (“Network Members” formerly known as Council Members), who are industry consultants to GLG and our clients, to provide mentorship, coaching, and/or counsel aimed at furthering your professional development (“Services”). You are not permitted to engage Advisors for any other purposes, including without limiting: to provide advice or recommendations on stocks or other investments; for medical advice; legal advice; or marketing purposes. Further, at no time shall you attempt to obtain or solicit from Advisors any confidential information. You agree that your use of Services will be limited on a per Schedule basis to the individual that is identified as the Member on the Schedule referencing such services, and may not be used by any other party. You may use Services only in strict accordance with these Terms and any other additional rules or limitations GLG may put in place from time to time. Access to Advisors is subject to GLG compliance protocols.

    You understand that an Advisor’s capacity to consult may be limited by other obligations they may have to entities or institutions with which they are affiliated or employed. To the extent you know about any such limitations or obligations, you agree to respect them in your interactions with Advisors. You agree to keep business information and trade secrets of the GLG and the participation of specific Advisors confidential until such information becomes known to the public generally through no action of your own and except to the extent that disclosure may be required by law, regulation or legal process.

    3. CONTENT DISCLAIMER

    Content includes, among other things, educational information, one on one consultation, presentations, recordings, videos and other associated materials, and Advisor biographical and employment information (collectively “Content”). GLG Institute does not develop, endorse, and is not responsible for Content and relies on Advisors to provide accurate biographical or other descriptive information about themselves, and is not responsible for the Content provided by Advisors or the quality of services provided by Advisors. You acknowledge and agree that Advisors are not under the supervision of or employees of GLG but are independent contractors delivering services to you. Accordingly, GLG cannot guarantee and makes no representations as to the accuracy or quality of Content, all of which is offered “as is” and GLG shall have no liability whatsoever arising from the actions or omissions of Advisors, including, but not limited to, claims by third parties relating to the actions or omissions of Advisors. The use of a company or entity name in Advisor’s biographical or employment information should not be construed as an express or implied endorsement by such company or entity of GLG or of such Advisor’s performance of services to you.

    4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF ADVISORS

    Advisors* each agree, among other things, to treat your inquiries and the information you may provide them in connection with your interactions with such Advisors hereunder, as confidential until such information becomes known to the public generally and except to the extent that disclosure may be required by law or legal process. Advisors also agree to act in accordance with applicable laws and agreements or obligations that they may have. Advisors will not participate if doing so would breach any agreement they may have with or other obligation to any institution, employer, person, or other entity.

    You acknowledge and agree as an express condition of your participation in GLG Institute that no Advisor shall have, and you agree to release each from, any liability resulting from any interaction with you, except to the extent that any such liability results directly from the recklessness or willful misconduct of such Advisor or the Advisor’s violation of their agreement with GLG.

    * In addition, Network Members’ participation is governed by the Terms and Conditions of Network Membership which are available at https://www.glgroup.com/TandC.aspx. In the event that the Terms and Conditions of Membership conflict with the GLG Institute Terms of Membership the GLG Institute Terms of Membership shall control.

    5. CONFIDENTIALITY

    All non-public information (whether orally disclosed, provided electronically, or provided in tangible form) that can be reasonably perceived to be confidential and/or proprietary at the time of disclosure and disclosed by or on behalf of one party to the other party or the other party’s advisors, including, but not limited to, business dealings; financial information; customers; operations; affairs; marketing information; business strategies and methods; pricing; or products, shall be “Confidential Information.”

    Except as otherwise provided in these Terms, each of You and GLG agrees to use Confidential Information of the other party solely in connection with the party’s participation in GLG Institute and the delivery of the services by GLG Institute and will not disclose such Confidential Information to any third party without the disclosing party’s written consent. Your information will be held by us in the United States and may be transferred between and among the GLG controlled affiliates around the world. Each party shall use a reasonable degree of care in maintaining the Confidential Information of the other party, but in no event less than the degree of care it employs in maintaining its own Confidential Information.

    Confidential Information shall not include information: (a) in the public domain at the time it was disclosed; (b) independently developed by recipient without violation of these Terms; (c) disclosed by recipient with the prior written consent of the disclosing party; (d) is known or becomes known to recipient from a source other than the disclosing party, provided any such source is legally entitled to have and to disclose such information without restriction; or (e) required to be disclosed by law, rule, regulation, or court order. If a party is compelled by order of a court or other governmental or legal body (or have notice that such an order is being sought) to divulge any Confidential Information, the receiving party agrees, to the extent permissible, to promptly and diligently notify the disclosing party and cooperate fully with the disclosing party in protecting such information to the extent possible under applicable law. Further, Your Confidential Information excludes any information GLG gathers as part of its efforts to profile Advisors and any anonymized and aggregated information about Services provided to its clients, which GLG owns and may use for purposes unrelated to Services provided in this Agreement.

    6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

    The Content and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (“Marks”) are owned by or licensed to GLG, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under United States and foreign laws and international conventions. Site Content may not be copied reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, uploaded, or otherwise exploited without the prior written consent of the respective owners.

    A Member may receive Content which shall be subject to the following agreements: (i) GLG retains ownership of all GLG intellectual property incorporated into such Content, (ii) Members agrees to use Content for your personal professional development and business purposes only and not to license, sublicense, sell, transfer, assign, distribute, enable for access via the Internet or perform or display the same, for any third party without the prior written consent of GLG; and (iii) to the extent the Content does not contain GLG Confidential Information, Members shall have a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use the Content.

    7. PRIVACY AND TERMS OF USE

    Members understand and agree that information, including personally identifiable information will be collected, used, and stored pursuant to GLG Privacy Policy which can be read at /privacy-policy/. Further, Members understand and agree that access to and use of the GLG Institute web site is subject to the terms of use which can be read at /terms-of-use/.

    Further, Members agree to process any personal information GLG provides to you in accordance with: (i) applicable privacy and data protection laws; and (ii) any restrictions imposed by GLG, in writing and in advance, with respect to the processing of such personal information. You also agree not to knowingly process personal information received from GLG in a manner that is likely to place GLG in breach of its obligations under applicable privacy or data protection laws. You shall not share with, forward to, or otherwise allow any third party access to Advisor Information or data that you receive from GLG, nor share any such information with your user teams other than the Member (and your compliance team for compliance review purposes, and your finance/operations team for invoicing/payment purposes), and you will not retain or use Advisor Information in any way inconsistent with the authorized purposes set forth in this Agreement, except to the extent expressly permitted by GLG. You further agree that you shall not (i) reverse engineer Advisor Information, data, GLG’s systems or any other confidential or proprietary information of GLG for any purpose whatsoever; or (ii) support, authorize, or use software, devices, scripts, robots, or any other means or processes (including crawlers, browser plugins and add-ons, or any other technology) to scrape Advisor Information from GLG emails, reports, or systems. You agree to purge all Advisor Information upon termination of your relationship with GLG; provided, however, that you may retain copies of such information for archival purposes only, subject to your confidentiality and restricted use obligations hereunder.

    8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

    THE CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH GLG IS PROVIDED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GLG IS NOT HEREIN ENGAGED IN RENDERING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE AND SERVICES TO YOU. ALL CONTENT ON THE GLG WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED THROUGH GLG IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. GLG MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OWNERSHIP, ACCURACY, OR ADEQUACY OF THE CONTENT. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL GLG OR ANY OF ITS PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, INVESTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, ATTORNEYS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE CONTENT OR OBTAINED FROM YOUR PARTICIPATION AS A MEMBER OF GLG INSTITUTE, EVEN IF GLG HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY.

    9. INDEMNIFICATION

    As a condition of your Membership in GLG Institute, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold GLG, our officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives harmless from and against all claims, damages, losses, costs (including reasonable attorneys fees), or other expenses that arise directly or indirectly out of or from (a) your violation of the Terms; (b) your use of the Content; (c) your access to and use of Advisors; (d) your violation of the rights of any third party; or (e) your violation of any law.

    10. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION

    These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York without reference to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the State of New York, County of New York with respect to all disputes arising out of or related to these Terms. If any part of these terms is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

    11. Membership Term

    You may continue as a member for the duration specified in your GLG Institute Membership Agreement or until you choose to affirmatively withdraw your membership by providing notice to GLG; provided that GLG reserves the right to discontinue service in the event of non-payment or a breach of the Membership Terms. These Terms shall supersede any inconsistent or additional terms in any purchase order(s), guidelines, policies or similar standard vendor terms and conditions issued by or on your behalf relating to the Services provided to you hereunder.

    12. DISPUTES

    Any dispute, controversy or claim, whether in tort, contract or otherwise, that arises from or relates to this Agreement, including whether the claims asserted are arbitrable, shall be exclusively and finally determined by a single-arbiter arbitration held in New York City under the rules of the JAMS in effect from time to time. The enforceability of this arbitration agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. The language to be used in the arbitral proceeding will be English. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof. Arbitrations arising from the same or related claims may be consolidated in one arbitral proceeding.

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