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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Mandatory arbitration removes your access to the public court system and places dispute resolution in a private forum that critics argue systematically favors large corporations over individual consumers.
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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YOU AND UNITY 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 RETAIN...
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. IT PROVIDES FOR RESOLUTION OF MOST DISPUTES THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION INSTEAD OF COURT TRIALS AND CLASS ACTIONS. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, AS DESCRIBED BELOW. By agreeing to these Terms, you agree...
You and OpenAI agree to resolve any claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or our Services through final and binding arbitration, except that you may bring claims in small claims court if they qualify. You may opt out of arbitration within 30 days of agreeing to these Terms by writing to u...
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"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 Ticketmaster Terms of Use
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA, 9 U.S.C. §1 et seq.), which generally preempts state laws disfavoring arbitration per AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333 (2011). However, California's McGill rule (McGill v. Citibank, N.A., 2 Cal.5th 945 (2017)) carves out public injunctive relief claims from mandatory arbitration, creating a specific enforceability gap. The FTC has enforcement authority under Section 5 of the FTC Act (15 U.S.C. §45) over deceptive or unfair arbitration notice practices.
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Mandatory arbitration removes your access to the public court system and places dispute resolution in a private forum that critics argue systematically favors large corporations over individual consumers.
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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