“any legal proceeding (whether arbitration or court action) shall be conducted in an individual capacity only and not as a class or other representative action; and (b) the adjudicator...may award relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief...”
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Users cannot join together in class actions or representative proceedings against Squarespace, and any recovery is limited to the individual claimant, reducing the practical leverage available to users with small individual claims.
Users are required to pursue any legal proceeding individually and are prohibited from participating in class or representative actions; any relief an adjudicator may award is limited to the individual user seeking it.
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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.
Any arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under the applicable rules then in effect for the AAA. If the AAA rules conflict in any way with these Terms, the Terms will govern.
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...
"any legal proceeding (whether arbitration or court action) shall be conducted in an individual capacity only and not as a class or other representative action; and (b) the adjudicator...may award relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief...Excerpt from Squarespace's Terms of Service
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Users cannot join together in class actions or representative proceedings against Squarespace, and any recovery is limited to the individual claimant, reducing the practical leverage available to users with small individual claims.
Users are required to pursue any legal proceeding individually and are prohibited from participating in class or representative actions; any relief an adjudicator may award is limited to the individual user seeking it.
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