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Prohibiting class actions limits users to individual arbitration claims, and the jury-trial waiver removes an additional avenue for judicial resolution.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim covers two independent legal effects—class action waiver and jury trial waiver—which are both stated in the excerpt; the jury trial waiver is recorded in omitted_material as a secondary proposition.
Readers cannot join class or representative actions in arbitration and must waive the right to have a jury decide their disputes.
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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.
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...
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.
"ANY ARBITRATION PROCEEDING FOR ANY DISPUTE WILL NOT BE CONDUCTED IN A CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION...YOU...ARE...WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY...Excerpt from Ring's Terms of Service
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Prohibiting class actions limits users to individual arbitration claims, and the jury-trial waiver removes an additional avenue for judicial resolution.
Readers cannot join class or representative actions in arbitration and must waive the right to have a jury decide their disputes.
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