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Prohibiting class, representative, and collective claims removes the practical ability to aggregate individual claims, which can make smaller disputes economically unviable to pursue.
Interpretive note: The excerpt also contains a jury trial waiver; that proposition is recorded in omitted_material and addressed separately in id 66940.
The reader cannot join or initiate a class action, representative action, or collective action against Gumroad; any claim must be brought individually.
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If, however, this Class Action Waiver is deemed invalid or unenforceable with respect to a particular Dispute...neither you nor Chegg will be entitled to arbitration of such Dispute.
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...
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Prohibiting class, representative, and collective claims removes the practical ability to aggregate individual claims, which can make smaller disputes economically unviable to pursue.
The reader cannot join or initiate a class action, representative action, or collective action against Gumroad; any claim must be brought individually.
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