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Users cannot band together with other users to pursue collective legal action against Public.com, and cannot have disputes decided by a jury.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim focuses on the user-facing waivers as the primary proposition. The mutual nature of the waiver and the broader court-access waiver are recorded in omitted_material.
You are required to give up the right to sue Public.com as part of a class or representative group, and to give up the right to a jury trial.
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If you opt out of only the arbitration provisions, and not also the class action waiver, the class action waiver still applies. You may not opt out of only the class action waiver and not also the arbitration provisions.
the parties shall group the arbitration demands into batches of no more than 200...One arbitrator shall be appointed for each batch and shall resolve each batch as a single consolidated arbitration...
If we are unable to resolve your inquiry or complaint, you may contact an independent dispute resolution body, free of charge to you. You may contact our US-based third-party dispute resolution organization, JAMS...
"YOU AND PUBLIC.COM ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS ACTION OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. YOU AGREE TO GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO GO TO COURT...Excerpt from Public.com's Terms of Service
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Users cannot band together with other users to pursue collective legal action against Public.com, and cannot have disputes decided by a jury.
You are required to give up the right to sue Public.com as part of a class or representative group, and to give up the right to a jury trial.
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