LEGAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
This page states the Terms and Conditions under which you may use CFA Society of 
Washington, D.C.’s Web Site. Please read this page carefully. By using this web site, you 
agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions stated here. Therefore, if you cannot accept 
these Terms and Conditions, please do not use the web site. CFA Society of Washington, 
D.C.  may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. 
Therefore, you should visit this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions, because 
they are binding on you.

USE OF SITE MATERIAL
The contents of this web site are protected against unauthorized use in the U.S. and other 
countries by copyright and other intellectual property laws. CFA Society of Washington, 
D.C.  authorizes you to view and download a single copy of the material on this web site 
solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You must retain all copyright and other 
proprietary notices contained in the original material on any copy you make of the site material. 
You may not sell or modify our site material or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, 
or otherwise use the material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The names, 
marks and logos appearing in this web site are, unless otherwise noted, trademarks owned by 
or licensed to CFA Society of Washington, D.C.  The use of these marks, except as 
provided in these Terms and Conditions, is prohibited. If you violate any of these terms, your 
permission to use the site material automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy 
any copies you have made of the material. CFA Society of Washington, D.C.  reserves 
all other rights it may have at law or in equity. 

USE OF LINKS AND LOGOS
You do not need to request permission to create a text link from your web site to the CFA 
Society of Washington, D.C.  web site. However, if you would like to us e a graphic or logo 
of CFA Society of Washington, D.C., you must request permission. Please send all 
requests to Joe Lange at joe.lange@cfainstitute.org. CFA Society of 
Washington, D.C. reserves the right to request the removal of any link. 

CFA SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. D.C.'S LIABILITY
CFA Society of Washington, D.C. makes no representations about the accuracy, 
reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the material on this web site or about the results to be 
obtained from using the web site. You use the web site and its material at your own risk. 
Changes are periodically made to the web site and may be made at any time. 

THIS WEB SITE AND ITS MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT 
ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CFA 
Society of Washington, D.C. HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, 
INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD 
PARTY RIGHTS, AND THE WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO 
EVENT SHALL CFA Society of Washington, D.C. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES 
WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE MATERIAL ON THIS 
WEB SITE OR SITES LINKED TO THIS WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, 
CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT CFA Society 
of Washington, D.C. IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

By using this web site, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CFA Society of 
Washington, D.C., its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and 
all losses, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal and accounting 
fees) which CFA Society of Washington, D.C. may become obligated to pay arising or 
resulting from your use of the site material or your breach of these Terms and Conditions. 

GENERAL
This site is controlled by CFA Institute from its offices in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. CFA 
Society of Washington, D.C. does not claim that the materials on this web site a re appropriate 
or may be used outside of the United States. Access to the web site's materials may not be legal 
by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the web site from outside of the United 
States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your 
jurisdiction. 

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the substantive laws of the Commonwealth of 
Virginia, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any action or proceeding arising from 
or relating to the use of this website shall be brought and maintained only in a state or federal. 

NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the "DMCA"), all notices of alleged 
copyright infringement on the this web site must be sent to the site's designated agent: 

Name: Joseph P. Lange 
Address: CFA Institute
560 Ray C. Hunt Drive
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 
Telephone: 434-951-5499 
Facsimile: 434-951-5560 
Email: joe.lange@cfainstitute.org

To be effective under the DMCA, the notice must be a written communication and must include: 
1. A physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of    
    the copyright or other exclusive intellectual property right; 
2. Identification of the work claimed to have been infringed; 
3. Description and location of the material that is claimed to be infringing; 
4. Contact information for the complaining party such as a mailing address, telephone number 
    or email address; 
5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material is not 
    authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or by law; and 
6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that the 
    complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. 

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the substantive laws of the Commonwealth of 
Virginia, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any action or proceeding arising from 
or relating to the use of this website shall be brought and maintained only in a state or federal 
court in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A., and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of these 
courts. If any provision is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the 
invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these 
Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these 
Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other 
term. Except as expressly provided elsewhere in our web site, these Terms and Conditions 
constitute the entire agreement between you and CFA Society of Washington, D.C. with respect 
to the use of our web site. Any changes to these Terms and Conditions must be made in writing, 
signed by an authorized representative of CFA Society of Washington, D.C.