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This waiver eliminates the reader's ability to join or lead a class action against Samsung, requiring any dispute to be pursued individually, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated after 'purported class', so the full list of proceeding types covered by the waiver (e.g., representative actions) is not entirely visible. Confidence is medium because the complete scope of the waiver cannot be confirmed from the available text.
The reader may not bring or join a class action or representative proceeding against Samsung; claims must be pursued individually, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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This waiver eliminates the reader's ability to join or lead a class action against Samsung, requiring any dispute to be pursued individually, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The reader may not bring or join a class action or representative proceeding against Samsung; claims must be pursued individually, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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