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If you prevail in arbitration, you may seek an award of reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, to the extent permitted under applicable law.
You may reject any change we make to section 15 (except address changes) by personally signing and sending us notice within 30 days of the change by U.S. Mail to the address in section 15.b.
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.
"If you are able to demonstrate that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, GOAT will pay as much of your share of the filing fee as the arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost-prohibitive.Excerpt from GOAT's Terms of Use
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The clause states: “If you are able to demonstrate that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, GOAT will pay as much of your share of the filing fee as the arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost-prohibitive.”
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