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Arbitration Hearing Requires Personal Attendance by Both Parties

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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 2638 other provisions on other platforms.

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Lyft Medium

This Arbitration Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall include any claims brought by or against any third parties, including but not limited to your spouses, heirs, third-party beneficiaries and permitted assigns...

Wise Medium

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...

Chegg Medium

in the event that there are 100 or more individual Requests of a similar nature filed against Chegg by or with the assistance of the same law firm...within a 30 day period...the AAA (1) will administer the arbitration demands in batches of 100 Requests per batch...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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If an oral evidentiary hearing is requested, both Parties must personally attend the hearing, regardless of whether either Party has retained counsel. Either Party's failure to personally attend the hearing...will result in a default judgment taken against that Party.

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Applicable regulations

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United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Hinge Terms of Service
Entity
Hinge
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-034898
Document ID
CA-D-00229
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
6d021b040b46b69583b27d19c34270b229ce55117f8cce7f0427fd3d41e01e43
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 16:37 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Hinge
Document: Hinge Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-034898
Captured: 2026-05-07 16:37:02 UTC
SHA-256: 6d021b040b46b695…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/hinge/hinge-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-034898/arbitration-hearing-requires-personal-attendance-by-both-parties/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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What does Hinge's Arbitration Hearing Requires Personal Attendance by Both Parties clause do?

The clause states: “If an oral evidentiary hearing is requested, both Parties must personally attend the hearing, regardless of whether either Party has retained counsel. Either Party's failure to personally attend the hearing...will result in a default judgment taken against that Party.”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 210 platforms. See the full comparison.

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