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This clause strips users of the right to pursue claims collectively and requires disputes to be resolved through binding arbitration rather than court proceedings.
You must bring any claim against Yelp arising from its Terms or your use of its Service individually and through binding arbitration, not through a class action or court.
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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.
except disputes relating to the enforcement or validity of your, your licensors', our, or our licensors' intellectual property rights
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"claims arising out of or relating to the Terms of Service, or your use of the Yelp Service, shall be brought individually and not on a class wide basis, and shall be subject to binding arbitration— Excerpt from Yelp's Yelp Terms of Service
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This clause strips users of the right to pursue claims collectively and requires disputes to be resolved through binding arbitration rather than court proceedings.
You must bring any claim against Yelp arising from its Terms or your use of its Service individually and through binding arbitration, not through a class action or court.
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