This clause requires you to resolve any legal dispute with Robinhood through private arbitration rather than by suing in court, and it prevents you from joining or starting a class action lawsuit against Robinhood.
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This provision requires disputes to proceed through individual arbitration, which eliminates the ability to pursue collective legal action against Robinhood even if many users are affected by the same issue.
Interpretive note: Enforceability of the class action waiver may vary by jurisdiction, particularly in California under the McGill rule and in other states with consumer protection statutes limiting such waivers.
Under this clause, users who have a legal dispute with Robinhood about their account, trades, or the platform must resolve it through individual arbitration rather than court, and cannot join a class action lawsuit seeking collective relief.
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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 Robinhood agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof, or to the use of the Services, will be settled by binding arbitration, except that each party retains the right to bring an individual action in small claims court. YOU AND ROBINHOOD AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.Excerpt from Robinhood's Margin Account Rules
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Mandatory pre-dispute arbitration clauses in consumer financial services agreements engage CFPB rulemaking authority under Dodd-Frank Act Section 1028.
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This provision requires disputes to proceed through individual arbitration, which eliminates the ability to pursue collective legal action against Robinhood even if many users are affected by the same issue.
Under this clause, users who have a legal dispute with Robinhood about their account, trades, or the platform must resolve it through individual arbitration rather than court, and cannot join a class action lawsuit seeking collective relief.
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