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Small Claims Under Ten Thousand May Use Non-Appearance Arbitration

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OpenAI

This section does not require informal dispute resolution or arbitration of the following claims: (i) individual claims brought in small claims court...

Target

either you or Target may bring or take an individual claim in or to a small claims court...you agree that you or Target may bring suit in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights...

Credit Karma

you may reject the change by sending us written notice within 30 days of the change to Credit Karma's address for Notice, in which case your account with Credit Karma will be immediately terminated

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Any claims or disputes where the total amount of the award sought is less than ten thousand U.S. dollars (US $10,000.00) may be resolved through binding non-appearance-based arbitration, at the option of the party seeking relief.

Excerpt from Descript's Terms of Service

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Document information
Document
Descript Terms of Service
Entity
Descript
Date stated by the document
Feb. 25, 2025
As printed in Descript’s text (version CA-V-001240), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
May 5, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-001240, captured May 5, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-046410
Document ID
CA-D-000520
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-001240)
dfd28a31815cd211bb2df555e43f488fda392f2579ce19702444a00df6add99f
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 18:43 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-001240, captured May 5, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Descript
Document: Descript Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-046410
Version: CA-V-001240
Captured: 2026-05-05 06:16:04 UTC
SHA-256: dfd28a31815cd211…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/descript/descript-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-046410/small-claims-under-ten-thousand-may-use-non-appearance-arbitration/
Accessed: Oct. 25, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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What does Descript's Small Claims Under Ten Thousand May Use Non-Appearance Arbitration clause do?

The clause states: “Any claims or disputes where the total amount of the award sought is less than ten thousand U.S. dollars (US $10,000.00) may be resolved through binding non-appearance-based arbitration, at the option of the party seeking relief.”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 196 platforms. See the full comparison.

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