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If an oral evidentiary hearing is requested, both Parties must be personally present at the hearing, regardless of whether either Party has retained counsel. Both Parties must personally attend the hearing.
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...
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...
"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.Excerpt from Hinge's Terms of Service
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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.”
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