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- (g) Misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
- (h) Engage in any fraudulent or deceptive activities; or
- (i) Violate these Terms or any other guidelines or policies posted on adotme.co.
Intellectual Property Rights
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Termination
We may terminate or suspend your access to adotme.co without prior notice or liability for any reason, including if you breach these Terms. All provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
Links to Third-Party Websites
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Disclaimer and Limitations of Liability
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Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Illinois and/or the United States of America, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising under or in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Illinois and/or the United States of America.
Disputes
You and AdotME agree that, except as provided below, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating in any way to the site, its contents, tools, services, or this Agreement (a “Claim”) will be determined solely by confidential and binding arbitration, instead of a court. The venue for the arbitration shall be Chicago, Illinois.
What is Arbitration?
Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury, may allow for more limited discovery than in court, and is subject to very limited review by courts. Arbitrators can award the same damages and relief that a court can award. You agree that the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration provision and that you and AdotME are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action. This arbitration provision shall survive termination of this Agreement and/or the termination of the Site.
Either party may submit a dispute to final and binding arbitration. You may file for arbitration by first sending to AdotME a written Notice of your Claim (“Notice of Claim”). The Notice of Claim to AdotME should be sent in care of a registered agent. The Notice of Claim should include both the mailing address and email address you would like AdotME to use to contact you. If AdotME elects to seek arbitration, it will send, by certified mail, a written Notice of Claim to your address on file. A Notice of Claim, whether sent by you or by AdotME, must (a) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (b) set forth the specific amount of damages or other relief sought.
You and AdotME agree that good-faith informal efforts to resolve disputes often can result in a prompt, low-cost, and mutually beneficial outcome. You and AdotME, therefore, agree that, after a Notice of Claim is sent but before either you or AdotME commence arbitration against the other, we will personally meet, via telephone or videoconference, in a good-faith effort to confer with each other and try to resolve informally any Claim covered by this Agreement. If you are represented by counsel, your counsel may participate in the conference as well, but you agree to fully participate in the conference. Likewise, if AdotME is represented by counsel, its counsel may participate in the conference as well, but AdotME agrees to have a company representative fully participate in the conference. The statute of limitations and any filing fee deadlines shall be tolled while the parties engage in the informal dispute resolution process required by this paragraph.
If we do not reach an agreement to resolve the Claim within sixty (60) days after the Notice of Claim is received, you or AdotME may commence an arbitration proceeding by filing a Demand for Arbitration. You agree that you may not commence any arbitration unless you and AdotME are unable to resolve the claim within 60 days after we receive your completed Notice of Claim and you have made a good faith effort to resolve your claim directly with Avenue Z during that time. You may download or copy a form of notice and a form to initiate arbitration at www.adr.org or by calling 1-800-778-7879. The arbitration will be conducted by the AAA before a single AAA arbitrator under the AAA’s rules, which are available at www.adr.org or by calling 1-800-778-7879, except as modified by this Agreement. Unless AdotME and you agree otherwise, any arbitration hearings will take place in the county (or parish) of either your residence or the mailing address you provided in your Notice of Claim.
DISCOVERY/DOCUMENT EXCHANGE/EVIDENCE/BURDEN
Discovery and/or the exchange of documents in any such arbitration proceeding shall be permitted to the extent allowed by Fed.R.Civ. P. 26(a)(1), and as to other documents or information, upon a finding of good cause by the arbitrator. The Federal Rules of Evidence shall govern the admissibility of information or evidence presented at the arbitration, and the Party seeking a remedy shall have the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence such Party’s entitlement thereto.
SELECTION OF ARBITRATOR
A single, neutral arbitrator, with at least ten years of experience, shall be mutually selected by the Parties. In the event the Parties are unable to mutually agree upon an arbitrator, the Parties shall select an arbitrator as provided for by the rules governing the dispute. You may obtain a copy of the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules and Procedures at https://www.adr.org/Rules.
ARBITRAL DECISION/REVIEW
The arbitrator shall have the authority to hear and grant dispositive motions in the matter. The arbitrator shall also have the exclusive authority to determine whether a claim is arbitrable or otherwise covered by this Agreement. Within 30 days of the close of the arbitration hearing, or at any later time to which the parties agree, the arbitrator shall issue a final written decision, separately stating his or her findings of fact and conclusions of law on which the ruling is based with respect to any ruling on dispositive motions or a final arbitration award. The arbitrator shall have no authority or power to add to or to subtract or otherwise modify this Agreement. The arbitrator’s award or other decision shall be final and binding on the Parties. Judgment on any award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction as set forth immediately below.
Payment of all filing, administration, and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA Rules. You are required to pay AAA’s initial filing fee, but AdotME will reimburse you for this filing fee at the conclusion of the arbitration to the extent it exceeds the fee for filing a complaint in a federal or state court in your county of residence. If the arbitrator finds that either the substance of your Claim or the relief sought in your Demand for Arbitration was frivolous or was brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b)), then the payment of all fees will be governed by the AAA Rules and AdotME will not reimburse your initial filing fee. The parties agree that the AAA has discretion to modify the amount or timing of any administrative or arbitration fees due under the AAA Rules where it deems appropriate, provided that such modification does not increase the AAA fees to you or AdotME and you and AdotME waive any objection to such fee modification.
You and AdotME agree that each may bring claims against the other only in your or its individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding. Further, if you have elected arbitration, unless both you and AdotME agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate any other person’s Claims with your Claims and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. If AdotME believes that any Claim you have filed in arbitration or in court is inconsistent with the limitations in this paragraph, then you agree that AdotME may seek an order from a court determining whether your Claim is within the scope of the Class Action Waiver. If this Class Action Waiver is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this Disputes Section shall be null and void. This section shall survive the expiration or termination of these Terms of Use.
OPT-OUT RIGHTS
You may opt out of arbitration by providing written notice of your intention to opt out to the arbitration provider and to AdotME. This written notice must be signed by you, and not any attorney, agent, or other representative of yours. AdotME may opt out of arbitration by sending written notice of its intention to opt out to the arbitration provider and to you or your attorney, agent, or representative if you are represented.
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