Amazon has «reintroduced a clause in its user agreement that seeks to prevent shoppers from filing class-action lawsuits against the online retailer,» reports Bloomberg, «inserting a legal buffer between itself and plaintiffs attorneys that it removed five years ago.»
In an email sent to customers on Friday, the company said a new «arbitration agreement and class-action waiver» will require shoppers to resolve disputes outside the courts but said they could still file small claims, cases that typically limit damages to a few thousand dollars… The user-agreement update isn’t necessarily binding in court. Plaintiffs attorneys could still seek class-action lawsuits against Amazon, and it would be up to a judge to determine if the user agreement prevents them from doing so.
Amazon was contacted for an explanation by Bloomberg, and provided a statement saying they continually update their wording «to better serve our customers.»
Amazon said they’d «determined» that «reinstating the arbitration clause will offer customers a fast, cost-effective way to resolve disputes while still giving them the option of going to small claims court.»
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Источник: Slashdot