Advisor Compliance

Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully as this is a legally binding contract between you and LIAHNSON&COMPANY (“LAS”) and sign by entering your name and the date.
These Terms and Conditions govern your relationship with LAS and its Clients (defined below).

Introduction of Liahnson

LAS offers professionals(“Advisors”) from various industries the opportunity to register as LAS Advisor Members and provide advisory services to LAS and/or its clients (collectively, "Clients”).
These advisory services may include phone consultations, face-to-face meetings, conference calls, reports, surveys, business tours, workshops or other research services (“Consulting Services”).

Rights of Liahnson Advisor Member

As a LAS Advisor Member, you are free to accept or decline any offer to provide Advisory Services in your discretion.
Each LAS Advisor Member is free to set an hourly rate.
To receive payment, you must provide LAS with your accurate bank account information and invoice containing the time spent consulting with Clients.
Unless you have received prior written confirmation from LAS, you will not be compensated for any time in preparation of, or in follow-up to, Advisory Services.
Clients are not authorized to approve such additional work.
In addition, LAS will compensate you only for Advisory Services that are either arranged by LAS, through its systems, or pre-approved in written format by LAS.
You can expect to receive payment within 15 business days of receipt by LAS of a proper invoice, provided, however, that if LAS determines, in its sole discretion, that you violated these Terms and Conditions or other LAS compliance rules or procedures then you will not be eligible for payment.
You agree that you are responsible for paying any applicable taxes in your jurisdiction on payments you receive from LAS, in accordance with applicable law and, if applicable, you agree to provide LAS evidence of such tax payments upon LAS’s request.

Liahnson Advisor Member Conduct Liahnson

As a guiding principle, LAS expects that LAS Advisor Members will act with the utmost professionalism and courtesy in their activities with LAS and its Clients.
Therefore, as a LAS Advisor Member, you must not disclose any confidential information, including, for example, any material non-public and proprietary information, commercial secrets, and any information covered by any nondisclosure agreement(s) to which you are a party, regardless of its source (i.e., present or previous employment relationships, directorships, consulting engagements, nondisclosure agreement, etc.)
Further, if you determine it is necessary to end your participation in any Consulting Services to avoid disclosing such information, LAS will pay you for the time you spent participating in such Consulting Services.
You also agree to the following:
You will not participate in any Advisory Services that contain confidential information about your current employer or former employer.
If you are employed by a government, you agree not to participate in any Advisory Services about any industries or entities that contain confidential non-public policies.
As a LAS Advisor Member you are prohibited from providing and/or receiving anything of value to or from any government official (including any employee or representative of a government-owned entity), or any other person or entity, in return for an unfair business advantage, any type of favorable treatment, to induce or reward the improper performance of a function or activity, or other improper benefit to LAS or its Clients.
You must be aware of, and comply with, the international anti-bribery laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the U.K. Bribery Act.
If you are a healthcare professional and participating in any trials you must not discuss patient specific information or trial information not yet publicly available.
Data Safety Monitoring Board Members, Scientific Advisory Board members, and trial sponsor employees are not permitted to participate in Advisory Services about ongoing trials or unpublished information.
If you are an attorney or auditor you shall not participate in any Advisory Services that are about current clients or any clients to whom you or your firm owes a duty of confidentiality.
You will not record or transcribe, or permit any third party to join (except with prior approval from LAS), your Advisory Services with clients.
If you determine at any time that your participation in any Advisory Services could result in a violation of any of these terms and conditions or may otherwise present a conflict of interest, you must immediately terminate your participation in such Advisory Services and notify LAS.
If LAS learns that you have disclosed confidential information, we will immediately terminate our relationship with you and withhold payment for such consultation, and we may also take such other action as we deem appropriate.
As a LAS Advisor Member, you are responsible for compliance with (a) all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and (b) any contractual relationships or fiduciary duties that are binding on you.
Without limiting the foregoing, you acknowledge that laws generally prohibit the misappropriation, use, dissemination, and disclosure of confidential information.
As a LAS Advisor Member, you agree that you will provide LAS with accurate current and historical Personal Information (as defined herein) regarding your education, experience, employment and any contractual or other obligations you may be subject to, and you agree to update this information in a timely manner with LAS in the event this information changes, and to ensure that such information is up to date prior to providing any Advisory Services.
You agree that you will not provide any false or misleading information of any kind to LAS, its clients.

Confidentiality of Liahnson and Client Information

While you are a Liahnson Advisor Member and thereafter, you agree not to disclose or to attempt to use or personally benefit from any Restricted Information (as defined below) that is disclosed to or known by you because of your participation in the LAS Advisory Services.
The following should be considered strictly confidential:(1) the identity of Clients (e.g., do not list Clients on your resume or website); (2) information about Advisory Services; (3) information about any actual or potential business, investment or trading decisions, or transactions of any Client; or (4) any other nonpublic or proprietary information of Liahnson or its Clients (collectively, “Restricted Information”).
The obligations of this Section with respect to Restricted Information shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.

Relationship of Parties

You acknowledge and agree that you will participate in Advisory Services as an independent contractor of LAS and, as a result, you agree to comply with all applicable tax withholding and/or reporting obligations arising from any payments made by Liahnson to you.
Except as expressly agreed in writing, you will not have any right or authority to negotiate any agreement or otherwise incur any obligation on behalf of Liahnson or to make any representation or warranty on behalf of Liahnson or any Client.
Your status as a Liahnson Advisor Member does not create an employment, agency, partnership, joint venture or any other form of association, for tax purposes or otherwise, between you and LAS or any Client.
Additionally, you agree that you will not make any unauthorized use of Liahnson's name.
You hereby acknowledge that any Client for whom you perform Advisory Services hereunder is an intended third party beneficiary of these Terms and Conditions and has the same rights and expectations as LAS with respect to any breach by you of your representations, warranties and covenants hereunder.
You also agree that while you are participating as a LAS Advisor Member, LAS will have the right to utilize and publish, in whole or in part, information you provide during and after the registration process in its marketing materials, whether contained on its website or elsewhere.
You further agree that, at LAS’s request, you will cooperate fully with LAS and its affiliates in connection with any inquiry or investigation (whether formal or informal), and any defense or prosecution of any claims or actions.

Non-Solicitation

You acknowledge that Liahnson Clients are a valuable business asset to LAS.
Written approval from Liahnson is required before you offer employment or an engagement for the services of, or otherwise hire, engage the services of, solicit from or propose any advisory(consulting) relationship to any Client of LAS's to whom we have introduced you under this Agreement, and for a period of six months following the most recent Consulting Services with that Client.

Termination

Subject to your obligation to complete Advisory Services for which you are engaged, you have the right to withdraw from the LAS at any time upon notice to LAS.

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