If you have a legal dispute with Binance.US, you must resolve it through individual arbitration rather than suing in court or joining a class action lawsuit. This means you cannot band together with other users to pursue a combined claim.
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The agreement states that users waive the right to jury trial and class participation, which means individual users must pursue claims, including potentially small-dollar claims, through the arbitration process rather than through courts or collective actions.
Interpretive note: Enforceability of the class action waiver varies by jurisdiction and may be limited under applicable state consumer protection or financial services law.
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View change record →This provision requires users to resolve all disputes with Binance.US individually through binding arbitration, waiving class action participation rights. Users with smaller financial claims may find individual arbitration economically impractical depending on the arbitration costs and procedures specified.
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"You and Binance.US agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, or validity thereof, or to the use of the Services, will be resolved by binding arbitration, except that each party retains the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of a party's copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights. YOU AND BINANCE.US AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.Excerpt from Binance.US's Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Mandatory arbitration clauses in financial services consumer contracts engage the Federal Arbitration Act as the primary federal framework, as well as CFPB rulemaking authority over arbitration agreements in consumer financial products under Dodd-Frank.
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The agreement states that users waive the right to jury trial and class participation, which means individual users must pursue claims, including potentially small-dollar claims, through the arbitration process rather than through courts or collective actions.
This provision requires users to resolve all disputes with Binance.US individually through binding arbitration, waiving class action participation rights. Users with smaller financial claims may find individual arbitration economically impractical depending on the arbitration costs and procedures specified.
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