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Unlike other companies that have protested AAA fees unsuccessfully in the face of mass arbitration demands, Uber has already paid the requisite fees, about $5 million, to initiate the cases. I received an email from consovoy McCarthy to accept $370 settlement. We shall not be responsible for and assume no liability for any mistakes, misstatements of law, defamation, omissions, falsehood, obscenity, pornography or profanity in the statements, opinions, representations or any other form of content contained in any third-party content appearing on the Site. Job applicant data, such as identification data and contact information, resum and other data provided by you or third parties (e.g. Because AAA determined that the Consovoy-filed demands against Uber met its mass arbitration criteria, it charged Uber an arbitration initiation fee of only about $140 per claim, not the $500 that the company would have had to pay for an individual consumer demand for arbitration. 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Uber has zealously upheld its own right to compel individual arbitration as long as it perceives the process to be in its interest. *Supervised by principals of the firm who are members of the Virginia Bar. as required for purposes such as know your client, anti-money laundering, and market abuse regulations requirements, or as part of our client onboarding process, which may include passport or other identification data, date of birth, home address, and other due diligence data. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers. summa cum laude in philosophy from Biola University. This is necessary for us to perform our contract with you. Jerry Lambe Feb 25th, 2021, 12:59 pm.
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