“IT CONTAINS A CLASS-ACTION WAIVER PROVISION. IF YOU ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, YOU AND EPIC AGREE TO RESOLVE DISPUTES ONLY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES AND NOT AS PART OF A CLASS ACTION (SEE SECTION 17).”
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This provision eliminates the user's ability to join or bring a class action against Epic, which limits collective legal remedies available to users with similar claims.
If you accept the Agreement, you may not pursue or participate in a class action against Epic; any dispute must be handled individually.
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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.
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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...
"IT CONTAINS A CLASS-ACTION WAIVER PROVISION. IF YOU ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, YOU AND EPIC AGREE TO RESOLVE DISPUTES ONLY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES AND NOT AS PART OF A CLASS ACTION (SEE SECTION 17).Excerpt from Unreal Engine's EULA
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This provision eliminates the user's ability to join or bring a class action against Epic, which limits collective legal remedies available to users with similar claims.
If you accept the Agreement, you may not pursue or participate in a class action against Epic; any dispute must be handled individually.
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