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New Steam Agreement gets rid of forced arbitration and waivers for class action lawsuits (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/steam@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20230080

Noticed this update got pushed just now.

Edit: Seems they’re doing this to prevent costs from arbitration.

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[–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

It means that the key to getting a company to ditch arbitration is for enough people to win individual arbitration cases. There's arbitration lawyers who hedge their whole careers on arbitration payouts

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And that i good because.....?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It means ipso facto, habeas corpus, magico, arbitration, parliamentarian moo deng, lorem ipsum.

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