The agreement requires that disputes between users and WHOOP be resolved through binding individual arbitration rather than court proceedings, with limited exceptions for small claims court and intellectual property injunctions.
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This provision requires users to resolve disputes through individual arbitration proceedings administered by JAMS or AAA, which means disputes including those involving health data collection or billing practices proceed outside of the court system. The clause also includes a class action waiver, which is addressed separately.
Interpretive note: Enforceability in EU, UK, and certain US state jurisdictions may be limited by mandatory consumer protection law; the document text does not address these jurisdictional carve-outs.
Added explicit carve-outs allowing small claims court actions and injunctive relief, making the arbitration clause less absolute and more narrowly tailored.
View full change record →Under this clause, users who have not timely opted out must pursue any claims against WHOOP through individual arbitration rather than through court litigation. The agreement specifies that arbitration will be conducted under JAMS or AAA rules, and that the arbitration will take place in Boston, Massachusetts or by telephone or video conference.
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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 WHOOP 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 Service (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 Whoop's Terms of Use
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates the Federal Arbitration Act, which generally governs enforceability of consumer arbitration agreements in the United States.
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This provision requires users to resolve disputes through individual arbitration proceedings administered by JAMS or AAA, which means disputes including those involving health data collection or billing practices proceed outside of the court system. The clause also includes a class action waiver, which is addressed separately.
Under this clause, users who have not timely opted out must pursue any claims against WHOOP through individual arbitration rather than through court litigation. The agreement specifies that arbitration will be conducted under JAMS or AAA rules, and that the arbitration will take place in Boston, Massachusetts or by telephone or video conference.
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