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Total Liability Cap at Six Months Payments or $250

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Key Facts

What is the cap on total liability of the Chegg Parties to any user?
Chegg caps the total liability of the Chegg Parties to any user for all damages, losses, or causes of action at the greater of the amounts paid by the user to Chegg in the past six months or $250.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Regardless of the severity or number of claims, total recoverable damages from the Chegg Parties are capped at a fixed ceiling, which may be as low as $250 for users who have paid nothing.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4461 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your total recovery from the Chegg Parties for all damages, losses, or causes of action is capped at the greater of your last six months of payments to Chegg or $250.

How other platforms handle this

ActiveCampaign Medium

If you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Services is infringing, you may be liable to ActiveCampaign for certain costs and damages.

Leonardo AI Medium

A party's liability for any Liability under these Terms will be reduced proportionately to the extent the relevant Liability was caused or contributed to by the actions (or inactions) of the other party...

Netflix Medium

The Netflix service and/or some of the Netflix content may not be available at any time as a result of events beyond our reasonable control...we will not be held liable should such events occur.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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IN NO EVENT WILL THE CHEGG PARTIES TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR CAUSES OR ACTION EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, TO CHEGG IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, OR $250, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

Excerpt from Chegg's Terms of Use

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Chegg Terms of Use
Entity
Chegg
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 24, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-042319
Document ID
CA-D-00394
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
189a1b1379a2769662636ddf502b3405e4f9e5e0732f92b83e3375da7d02e9f4
Analysis generated
March 24, 2026 06:58 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Chegg
Document: Chegg Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-042319
Captured: 2026-03-24 06:58:24 UTC
SHA-256: 189a1b1379a27696…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/chegg/chegg-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-042319/total-liability-cap-at-six-months-payments-or-250/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
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Classification
Severity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Chegg's Total Liability Cap at Six Months Payments or $250 clause do?

Regardless of the severity or number of claims, total recoverable damages from the Chegg Parties are capped at a fixed ceiling, which may be as low as $250 for users who have paid nothing.

How does this clause affect you?

Your total recovery from the Chegg Parties for all damages, losses, or causes of action is capped at the greater of your last six months of payments to Chegg or $250.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 292 platforms. See the full comparison.

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