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Arbitrator Has Exclusive Authority to Decide Arbitrability

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OpenAI

The arbitrator will have exclusive authority to resolve any Dispute, except the state or federal courts of San Francisco, California have the authority to determine any Dispute about enforceability...

Anyscale

you and Anyscale further agree that the arbitrator shall have the exclusive power to rule on his or her own jurisdiction, including any objections with respect to the existence, scope or validity of the Arbitration Agreement...

Booking.com

The arbitrator will be either a retired judge or an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of New York, and will be selected by the parties from NAM's roster of consumer dispute arbitrators.

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The arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, shall have the exclusive authority to resolve any dispute relating to the interpretation, applicability or enforceability of the Terms...

Excerpt from Adobe's Terms of Use

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Document information
Document
Adobe Terms of Use
Entity
Adobe
Date stated by the document
Oct. 3, 2025
As printed in Adobe’s text (version CA-V-000143), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
March 19, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-000143, captured March 19, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-029715
Document ID
CA-D-000199
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-000143)
36086188e2ffd961c96d767e47c41d56a8bc25ad563880fd9b59edc499518408
Analysis generated
March 20, 2026 04:51 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-000143, captured March 19, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Adobe
Document: Adobe Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-029715
Version: CA-V-000143
Captured: 2026-03-19 14:55:11 UTC
SHA-256: 36086188e2ffd961…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/adobe/adobe-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-029715/arbitrator-has-exclusive-authority-to-decide-arbitrability/
Accessed: Oct. 24, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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What does Adobe's Arbitrator Has Exclusive Authority to Decide Arbitrability clause do?

The clause states: “The arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, shall have the exclusive authority to resolve any dispute relating to the interpretation, applicability or enforceability of the Terms...”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 197 platforms. See the full comparison.

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