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This prohibition eliminates the ability to aggregate individual claims or act on behalf of others, limiting users to individual proceedings only and reducing collective legal leverage against Microsoft.
You are prohibited from joining or initiating any class action, class-wide arbitration, private attorney-general action, public injunction request, or any representative proceeding.
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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.
the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., will govern the interpretation and enforcement of this Arbitration Agreement and any arbitration proceedings.
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.
"Class action lawsuits, class-wide arbitrations, private attorney-general actions, requests for public injunctions, and any other proceeding or request for relief where someone acts in a representative capacity aren't allowed.Excerpt from Microsoft's Services Agreement (Legacy)
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This prohibition eliminates the ability to aggregate individual claims or act on behalf of others, limiting users to individual proceedings only and reducing collective legal leverage against Microsoft.
You are prohibited from joining or initiating any class action, class-wide arbitration, private attorney-general action, public injunction request, or any representative proceeding.
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