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"You will be required to pay $250—or the amount otherwise required under the then-applicable JAMS rules—to initiate an arbitration against us.Excerpt from Ancestry's Terms and Conditions
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The clause states: “You will be required to pay $250—or the amount otherwise required under the then-applicable JAMS rules—to initiate an arbitration against us.”
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