“FOR U.S. RESIDENTS, EXCEPT IN NARROW CIRCUMSTANCES, ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND INSTACART NOT RESOLVED INFORMALLY ARE SUBJECT TO THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT OF SECTION 7, WHICH REQUIRES BINDING, FINAL ARBITRATION...”
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The mandatory arbitration requirement eliminates court litigation as the default path for U.S. residents for nearly all disputes, replacing it with binding arbitration.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated; the definition of 'narrow circumstances' and additional arbitration terms are contained in Section 7, which is not quoted here.
A U.S. resident reader who has an unresolved dispute with Instacart is required, except in narrow circumstances, to pursue it through binding, final arbitration rather than in court.
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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...
Under certain conditions, it may be possible to invoke binding arbitration for complaints regarding DPF compliance not resolved by any of the other DPF mechanisms...
Under certain conditions, as more fully described in Pre-Arbitration Requirements of Annex I of the DPF Principles, you may invoke binding arbitration for complaints regarding DPF compliance not resolved by any of the other DPF mechanisms.
"FOR U.S. RESIDENTS, EXCEPT IN NARROW CIRCUMSTANCES, ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND INSTACART NOT RESOLVED INFORMALLY ARE SUBJECT TO THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT OF SECTION 7, WHICH REQUIRES BINDING, FINAL ARBITRATION...Excerpt from Instacart's Terms of Service (Superseded Capture)
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The mandatory arbitration requirement eliminates court litigation as the default path for U.S. residents for nearly all disputes, replacing it with binding arbitration.
A U.S. resident reader who has an unresolved dispute with Instacart is required, except in narrow circumstances, to pursue it through binding, final arbitration rather than in court.
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