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Users cannot litigate disputes arising under these Terms before a jury; they are contractually bound to arbitration on an individual basis.
Interpretive note: The clause name references 'Non-Brokerage Disputes,' suggesting a carve-out for brokerage-related disputes, but that limitation does not appear in the quoted excerpt and therefore was not incorporated into the canonical claim.
If you have a dispute with Public.com under these Terms, you must pursue it through binding individual arbitration rather than a jury trial.
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Users cannot litigate disputes arising under these Terms before a jury; they are contractually bound to arbitration on an individual basis.
If you have a dispute with Public.com under these Terms, you must pursue it through binding individual arbitration rather than a jury trial.
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