Chegg
· Chegg Terms of Use
If you need to pursue legal action against Chegg outside of arbitration, you may need to do so in California courts, which could be prohibitively …
This means most non-EU users would need to travel to Los Angeles or hire US lawyers to pursue any court-based claim against Snap, creating a …
Figma
· Figma Terms of Service
If you have a dispute with Figma that is not subject to arbitration, you must litigate it in California, which is impractical and expensive for …
Combining mandatory arbitration with Washington State exclusive jurisdiction means that even the rare dispute that proceeds to court creates practical and financial barriers to access …
This clause requires non-arbitration disputes to be resolved in San Francisco courts under California law, which imposes a geographic and financial burden on users in …
Lyft
· Lyft Terms of Service
If you live outside California and have a dispute with Lyft, you would need to engage California law and potentially travel to San Francisco to …
Requiring all litigation to occur in San Francisco creates a practical barrier to justice for most users outside California, effectively discouraging valid legal claims by …
Requiring disputes to be filed in New York creates a significant practical barrier for consumers in other states, and applying New York law may deprive …
Even if you live in California or another state with strong consumer protection laws, those local protections may not apply to your dispute with Public …
If you are not an arbitration opt-out user and somehow end up in court, you would need to travel to or retain attorneys licensed in …
If you have a legal dispute with Microsoft that proceeds outside arbitration, it would typically be handled in Washington State courts under Washington law, which …
Requiring all disputes to be heard in San Francisco under California law effectively prices most international users out of litigation against OpenAI, reinforcing the practical …
Apple
· Apple Terms and Conditions
Consumers outside California who want to pursue a non-arbitrable claim against Apple must do so in a California court, creating a significant practical and financial …
TikTok
· TikTok Terms of Service
The exclusive California venue requirement creates a practical barrier for most US users outside California who want to pursue non-arbitrated claims (such as IP disputes), …
This clause requires you to litigate any disputes in North Carolina, making it practically and financially impossible for most customers outside that state to pursue …
If you live outside New York and need to pursue a legal claim against Wise that falls outside arbitration, you may need to litigate in …
T-Mobile
· T-Mobile Terms and Conditions
Requiring all court proceedings to occur in King County, Washington creates a practical barrier to consumer litigation by forcing customers across the country to either …
Noom
· Noom Terms of Service
Being forced to litigate in New York courts under New York law means consumers in other states may face significant practical barriers to pursuing claims …
Microsoft
· Microsoft Services Agreement (Legacy)
Requiring non-Washington consumers to litigate in King County, Washington creates a significant practical barrier to accessing justice, as travel costs and jurisdictional unfamiliarity make court …
Choice of New Jersey law may limit consumers in states with stronger consumer protections (like California) from relying on their home state's laws in disputes …
Meta
· Meta Platform Policy
For non-US developers, this clause means that any legal dispute with Meta requires navigating US courts in California — a significant practical and financial barrier …
Apple
· Apple Terms and Conditions
This clause requires non-California consumers to litigate in California courts under California law, which may be more expensive and burdensome for individual consumers and may …
If you have a serious dispute with Shopify, you would need to pursue legal action under Canadian law in Ontario courts, which may be impractical …
Amazon
· Amazon Conditions of Use
The choice of governing law affects which consumer protection laws apply to your dispute — consumers in states with stronger protections may find Delaware law …
Your legal protections and the laws that govern your relationship with LinkedIn differ significantly depending on where you live — EU users receive stronger protections …
If you are based outside England and Wales — for example in the US or another EU country — pursuing a legal claim against Stability …
PayPal
· PayPal User Agreement
Users outside California must travel to or hire attorneys in Santa Clara County, California to pursue legal action against PayPal in court, making litigation prohibitively …
Microsoft
· Microsoft Services Agreement (Legacy)
This clause requires consumers outside Washington State to litigate in a distant jurisdiction, making it practically difficult and expensive to pursue legal action against Microsoft …
US merchants, EU merchants, and others would need to litigate in Canadian courts under Canadian law, creating a significant practical and financial barrier to pursuing …
Designating Singapore law as governing law may disadvantage consumers in countries with stronger consumer protections, particularly in the EU or Australia, as it sets a …