If you have a problem with Ticketmaster — over fees, cancelled tickets, or anything else — you cannot sue them in regular court. Instead, you must go through a private arbitration process, which is typically less favorable to consumers than court proceedings.
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The arbitration requirement establishes a procedural framework that channels disputes away from court litigation and class action proceedings toward individual arbitration proceedings. This provision establishes the default dispute resolution mechanism governing the contractual relationship between users and Ticketmaster.
This clause means that if Ticketmaster overcharges you, mishandles your data, or cancels your tickets unfairly, you cannot join a class action or sue in court — you must individually arbitrate, a process that is costly and time-consuming relative to the value of most ticket disputes.
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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...
either party retains the right to bring an individual action in small claims court, if the claims qualify, so long as the matter remains in such court and advances only on an individual (non-class, non-representative) basis.
"You and Ticketmaster 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 the use of the Services (collectively, 'Disputes') will be settled by binding arbitration, except that each party retains the right to bring an individual action in small claims court and the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a party's copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights.Excerpt from Ticketmaster's Terms of Use
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA, 9 U.S.C.
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The arbitration requirement establishes a procedural framework that channels disputes away from court litigation and class action proceedings toward individual arbitration proceedings. This provision establishes the default dispute resolution mechanism governing the contractual relationship between users and Ticketmaster.
This clause means that if Ticketmaster overcharges you, mishandles your data, or cancels your tickets unfairly, you cannot join a class action or sue in court — you must individually arbitrate, a process that is costly and time-consuming relative to the value of most ticket disputes.
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