If you have a dispute with Fireworks AI, you must resolve it through private arbitration rather than a court lawsuit, and you cannot join a class action. This applies to claims that existed even before you accepted these Terms.
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This clause removes your ability to sue in court or participate in a class action, which are common and often more cost-effective legal remedies for consumers and businesses with smaller claims.
The updated terms establish mandatory individual arbitration as the exclusive mechanism for resolving all disputes between you and Fireworks AI, including disputes that may have arisen before you agreed to these terms. The agreement also requires you to waive your right to seek relief in court, to have a jury trial, or to participate in any class action, collective, or representative proceeding. You can opt out of the arbitration provision by following the instructions provided in Section 16 of the terms.
View change record →You lose the right to a jury trial and cannot join a class action against Fireworks AI for any dispute, including historical claims, unless you opt out in writing within 30 days of first accepting these Terms.
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the arbitration provider, National Arbitration and Mediation ("NAM"), shall not accept or administer any demand for arbitration and shall administratively close any arbitration unless the Party bringing such demand for arbitration can certify in writing that the terms...were fully satisfied.
Neither you nor we may elect arbitration of any claims seeking only individualized relief asserted by you or us in small claims court, so long as the action remains in that court and is not removed or appealed de novo...
either party retains the right to bring an individual action in small claims court, if the claims qualify, so long as the matter remains in such court and advances only on an individual (non-class, non-representative) basis.
"THESE TERMS CONTAIN A MANDATORY INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION PROVISION IN SECTION 16.2 (THE "ARBITRATION AGREEMENT") AND A CLASS ACTION/JURY TRIAL WAIVER PROVISION IN SECTION 16.3 (THE "CLASS ACTION/JURY TRIAL WAIVER") THAT REQUIRE, UNLESS YOU OPT OUT PURSUANT TO THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US, INCLUDING ANY CLAIMS THAT AROSE OR WERE ASSERTED BEFORE YOU AGREED TO THESE TERMS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW (AS DEFINED BELOW), YOU EXPRESSLY WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO SEEK RELIEF IN A COURT OF LAW AND TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL ON YOUR CLAIMS, AS WELL AS YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING.Excerpt from Fireworks AI's Terms of Service
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This clause removes your ability to sue in court or participate in a class action, which are common and often more cost-effective legal remedies for consumers and businesses with smaller claims.
You lose the right to a jury trial and cannot join a class action against Fireworks AI for any dispute, including historical claims, unless you opt out in writing within 30 days of first accepting these Terms.
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