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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, 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 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.
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...
"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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