Terms of Use

THESE TERMS OF USE CONTAIN AN ARBITRATION PROVISION AND WAIVER OF THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION.  PLEASE REVIEW THE ARBITRATION SECTION FOR DETAILS.  PLEASE PRINT THESE TERMS FOR YOUR RECORDS AND CHECK THE SITE FREQUENTLY FOR CHANGES TO THE TERMS.

Super Center Concepts, Inc. (“Superior Grocers” “we,” “our,” and “us”)  (“we,” “us” or “our”) provides and maintains this website for information and communication purposes. These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our website (www.superiorgrocers.com), or mobile application (Superior Grocers California) or any other website, mobile site, application, service, platform or other tool on which these terms are posted or appear (collectively, “Site” or “Sites”).   “You” refers to you as a user of the Site.

If you do not accept these Terms or you do not meet or comply with their provisions, you may not use the Sites.

  1. Overview

BY ACCESSING, BROWSING, OR USING THIS SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, ACCEPTED, AND AGREED TO THESE TERMS WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS, BROWSE, OR USE THIS SITE OR THE CONTENT OR SERVICES HEREON.

  1. Changes to Terms

We, may, at any time, for any reason and without notice, make changes to (i) this Website, including its look, feel, format, and content, as well as (ii) the products and/or services as described in this Website.  Any modifications will take effect when posted to the Site.  Therefore, each time you access the Site, you need to review the Terms upon which access and use of this Site is conditioned.  You are responsible for complying with the most current version of the Terms of Use posted on the Site. By your continuing use of the Site after changes are posted, you will be deemed to have accepted such changes.

  1. Jurisdiction

The Site is directed to those individuals and entities located in the United States.  It is not directed to any person or entity in any jurisdiction where (by reason of nationality, residence, citizenship or otherwise) the publication or availability of the Site and its content, including its products and services, are unavailable or otherwise contrary to local laws or regulations.  If this applies to you, you are not authorized to access or use any of the information on this Site.  We make no representation that the information, opinions, advice or other content on the Site is appropriate or that its products and services are available outside of the United States. Those who choose to access this Site from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

  1. Additional Terms

Some of our services offered through the Site have additional terms and conditions (“Additional Terms”).  Where Additional Terms apply, we will make them available for you to read through your use of that service.  By using that service, you agree to the Additional Terms.

  1. User Content

The Site may allow you to upload, submit, store, send, or receive content and data (“User Content”).  You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that User Content. 

When you upload, submit, store, send, or receive User Content to or through the Site and related services, you give us permission to reproduce and use your User Content as follows: you grant to us and those we work with a license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as translations, adaptations, or other changes we make so that User Content works better with the Site), publicly perform, publicly display, and distribute your User Content.  This license is for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving the Site, and to develop new services.  Our license to your User Content is non-exclusive, meaning you may use the User Content for your own purposes or let others use your User Content for their purposes.  This license is fully paid and royalty free, meaning we do not owe you anything else in connection with our use of your User Content.  We may exercise our rights under this license anywhere in the world and in any media.  Lastly, this license is perpetual, meaning that our rights under this license continue even after you stop using the Site. 

You promise that:

  1. you own all rights to your User Content or, alternatively, that you have the right to give us the rights described above; and
  2. your User Content does not infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, or other legal rights of any third party.

We may refuse to accept or transmit User Content for any reason.  We may remove User Content from the Site for any reason. 

  1. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Site. If you are under the age of majority in your state of residence (a minor) your parent or legal guardian must agree to these Terms and Conditions on your behalf and you may only access and use the Site with permission from your parent or legal guardian.

  1. Your Account

You may be required to register with us in order to access certain services or areas of the Site, including our resident portals. Our Privacy Policy explains how we protect and use your information. If you create an account, your username and password are for your personal use only and you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information (including your password) and for restricting access to your account. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. In addition to all other rights available, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate your account, refuse service to you, or cancel orders or services. If you register, you agree to provide us with accurate, truthful, complete, and updated registration information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of these Terms, which may result in immediate suspension or termination of your account.

  1. Copyrights and Trademarks

Other than User Content, we own or license all right, title, and interest in and to (a) the Site, including all software, text, media, and other content available on the Site (“Content”); (b) our trademarks, logos, trade name, and brand elements (“Marks”); and the trademarks, logos, trade name, and brand elements of third party licensors, suppliers and partners (“Third-Party Content”).  The Site, Content, Third-Party Content and Marks are protected by United States and international laws and treaty provisions.  The look and feel of the Site are copyright © Super Center Concepts, Inc.. You may access, download and print materials on this Site solely for your personal and non-commercial use; however, any printout of this Site, or portions of the Site, must include our copyright notice.  No right, title or interest in any of the materials contained on this Site is transferred to you as a result of accessing, downloading or printing such materials.  You may not copy, modify, distribute, transmit, display, reproduce, publish, license any part of this Site; create derivative works from, link to or frame in another website, use on any other website (including, without limitation, the HTML/CSS, Javascript, or visual design elements or concepts), transfer or sell any information obtained from this Site without our prior written permission.  You may not use any metatags or any other “hidden text” utilizing any of our names or trademarks without our express written consent.

  1. Links to Third-Party Sites

For your convenience, we may provide links to various other websites that may be of interest to you and for your convenience only.  However, we do not control or endorse such websites and is not responsible for their content nor is it responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice, or statements contained within such websites.  Please read the terms and conditions or terms of use policies of any other company or website you may link to from our Site.  These Terms apply only to the Site and the associated products and services we offer.  If you decide to access any of the third-party sites linked to this Site, you do so at your own risk.  We reserve the right to terminate any link or linking program at any time.  We disclaim all warranties, express and implied, as to the accuracy, validity, and legality or otherwise of any materials or information contained on such third-party sites.

  1. Hyperlinks to our Site

You are granted a limited, nonexclusive right to create a “hypertext” link to the Site provided that such link is to the entry or home page of this Site and does not portray us or any of our products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise defamatory manner. This limited right may be revoked by us at any time for any reason whatsoever. You may not use, frame, or utilize framing techniques to enclose any Marks or other proprietary information including the Content or User Content found at or on the Site, the content of any text or the layout/design of any page of the Site or any form contained on a page of the Site without our express prior written consent in each instance. In addition, you may not use any meta-tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing our company name, Marks, or product or service name without express written consent from us in each instance.

  1. Use of the Site

We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, nontransferable license to access and make personal use of the Site and Content and other information contained on the Site. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of the Site; any collection and commercial use of any of Content; any non-personal use of our product or service names, listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of the Site; any downloading, copying, or other use of the Site or Content for the benefit of any third party; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. You may use the Site only as permitted by law. All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms are reserved and retained by us and/or our suppliers and licensors. The licenses granted by us to you automatically terminate if you do not comply with these Terms.

You are responsible for your use of the Site, and for any use of the Site made using your account.  Our goal is to create a positive, useful, and safe user experience.  To promote this goal, we prohibit certain kinds of conduct that may be harmful to other users or to us.  When you use the Site, you may not:

  1. violate any law or regulation;
  2. violate, infringe, or misappropriate others’ intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other legal rights;
  3. post or share anything that is illegal, abusive, harassing, harmful to reputation, pornographic, indecent, profane, obscene, hateful, racist, or otherwise objectionable;
  4. send unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or commercial communications, such as spam;
  5. engage in spidering or harvesting, or participate in the use of software, including spyware, designed to collect data from the Site;
  6. transmit any viruses or other computer instructions or technological means whose purpose is to disrupt, damage, or interfere with the use of computers or related systems;
  7. stalk, harass, or harm another individual;
  8. impersonate any person or entity or perform any other similar fraudulent activity, such as phishing;
  9. use any means to scrape or crawl any Web pages contained in the Site;
  10. attempt to circumvent any technological measure implemented by us or any of our providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Site;
  11. attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software or other underlying code used to provide the Site;
  12. circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content and/or User Content or enforce limitations on use of the Site or any such content therein or
  13. advocate, encourage, or assist any third party in doing any of the foregoing.
  14. DMCA Copyright Policy and Copyright Agent

We respect the intellectual property rights of others.  We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement and terminate accounts of repeat infringers according to the process set out in the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.  If you believe something on this Site has infringed your intellectual property rights, please notify our Copyright Agent named below and provide the following information:

  1. a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  2. identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
  3. identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled;
  4. your address, telephone number and, if available, an electronic mail address where we may contact you;
  5. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
  6. a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Only copyright infringement notices should go to our Copyright Agent.  You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this section your notice may not be valid.

If you believe the content that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use such content, you may submit a counter-notice to the address listed above containing the following information:

  1. your physical or electronic signature;
  2. identification of the content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the content appeared before it was removed or disabled;
  3. a statement that you have a good faith belief that the content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the content; and
  4. your name, physical address, telephone number, and e-mail address, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in which your physical address is located or, if that is outside of the United States, then to a federal court in Phoenix, Arizona, and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.

After we receive your counter-notification, we will forward it to the party who submitted the original claim of copyright infringement.  Please note that when we forward the counter-notification, it includes your personal information.  By submitting a counter-notification, you consent to having your information revealed in this way.  We will not forward the counter-notification to any party other than the original claimant.

After we send out the counter-notification, the claimant must then notify us within 10 days that he or she has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain you from engaging in infringing activity relating to the content that was removed or disabled.  If we receive such notification, we will be unable to restore the material.  If we do not receive such notification, we may reinstate the material.

  1. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

THE SITE AND OUR CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THOSE ARISING OUT OF A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE, BY YOUR USE OF THIS SITE THAT YOUR USE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, THAT YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL NECESSARY SERVICING OR REPAIRS OF ANY EQUIPMENT YOU USE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, AND THAT WE AND OUR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, AND LICENSORS (“AFFILIATES”) SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE.

IN PARTICULAR AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW WE AND OUR AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE, OR THE CONTENT OF THE SITE OR ONLINE SERVICES LINKED TO OR INTEGRATED WITH THE SITE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE AND OUR AFFILIATES WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY: (a) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT; (b) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE; (c) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SERVERS OR OF ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION OR USER DATA; (d) ANY INTERRUPTION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SITE; (e) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY; OR (f) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED OR SHARED THROUGH THE SITE.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE ARISING FROM DOING SO.  NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH THE SITE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING FOR THE INDIRECT LOSS OF PROFIT, REVENUE, OR DATA) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE, HOWEVER CAUSED, AND UNDER WHATEVER CAUSE OF ACTION OR THEORY OF LIABILITY BROUGHT (INCLUDING UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, OR OTHER TORT THEORY OF LIABILITY) EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY UNDER THESE TERMS, FROM ALL CAUSES OF ACTION AND ALL THEORIES OF LIABILITY, WILL BE LIMITED TO AND WILL NOT EXCEED ANY AMOUNT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY PAID US DURING THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY, OR ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS (USD $100), WHICHEVER IS GREATER. 

You understand and agree that we have set our prices and entered into these Terms with you in reliance upon the limitations of liability set forth in these Terms, which allocate risk between us and form the basis of a bargain between the parties.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations and disclaimers may not apply to you. To the extent we may not, as a matter of applicable law, disclaim any warranty or limit our liability, the scope and duration of such warranty and the extent of our liability will be the minimum permitted under such law.

  1. Product and Service Availability

The Sites may contain references or cross references to products and services that are not available in every location.

  1. Inaccuracy Disclaimer

From time to time there may be information on our Site that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions that may relate to product or service descriptions, pricing, and availability. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update information at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order). If you do not wish to continue your purchase or service after pricing or other information has been corrected, please contact us right away and we will work with you to cancel your service or return your order.

  1. Browsing Session Information

We use technology that maintains a record of your browsing session. We use this information for quality control, customer service, fraud prevention and security, and marketing purposes.

  1. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect, and when we share, personal information and other data with others.  You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information, including your username and password.  You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account, and you agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access or use of your account.  We are not responsible or liable for any damage or loss related to any unauthorized access or use of your account.

  1. Termination

We reserve the right to not provide the Site to any person.  We also reserve the right to terminate any user’s right to access the Site at any time, in our discretion.  If you violate any of these Terms, your permission to use the Site automatically terminates.

  1. Informal Dispute Resolution

We try to address any disputes without the need to initiate a formal legal case.  You agree that prior to submitting any dispute or claim to arbitration for resolution, you and we agree to make a good faith effort to resolve it informally, including having at least one telephone conversation between you, personally, and us.  To initiate this good faith effort to informally resolve a dispute you agree to notify us in writing, at [INSERT EMAIL] of the nature of this dispute, the basis for your claims and the resolution that you are seeking, including any monetary amount, with as much detail as you can provide so that we can gain a sufficient understanding of the dispute.  During the 60 days following receipt of this notice, you agree to engage in good faith efforts to resolve the dispute, including personally participating in a telephone call with us.  You may have a lawyer attend the call with you if you wish.  If the dispute is not resolved within those 60 days (which period can be extended by agreement of the parties), you or we may commence an arbitration to resolve the dispute consistent with the process set forth below.  Compliance with and completing this informal dispute resolution process is a condition precedent to filing an arbitration.  You and we agree to toll the statute of limitations and any filing fee deadlines while the parties engage in this informal dispute resolution process.  A court of competent jurisdiction shall have the authority to enforce this condition precedent to arbitration, which includes the power to enjoin the filing or prosecution of a demand for arbitration.

  1. 20. Arbitration Agreement & Waiver of Certain Rights

You and we agree that, except as set forth below, we will resolve any controversies, claims, counterclaims or other disputes between you and us or you and our agent (a “Claim”) through final and binding arbitration, instead of through court proceedings, in accordance with the Consumer Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA Rules”).  This arbitration agreement applies to any existing or future Claims that you have not individually filed in a court of law prior to the date you agreed to these Terms.  The AAA Rules are available at www.adr.org or by calling 1-800-778-7879.  You and we hereby waive any right to a jury trial of any Claim.  The arbitration will be heard and determined by a single arbitrator.  The arbitrator’s decision in any such arbitration will be final and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.  You and we agree that the arbitration proceedings will be kept confidential and that the existence of the proceeding and any element of it will not be disclosed beyond the arbitration proceedings, except as may lawfully be required in judicial proceedings relating to the arbitration, by applicable disclosure rules and regulations of securities regulatory authorities or other governmental agencies, or as specifically permitted by state law.  The Federal Arbitration Act and federal arbitration law apply to this agreement.  However, the arbitrator, and not any federal, state or local court or agency, shall have the exclusive authority to resolve any dispute relating to the interpretation, validity, applicability, enforceability or formation of these Terms including, but not limited to, a claim that all or any part of these Terms is void or voidable.

To begin an arbitration proceeding, you must send us an individual letter signed by you requesting arbitration and describing your claim to [INSERT EMAIL].  This letter must be sent at least five days before you initiate an arbitration proceeding against us.

If you demonstrate that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, we will pay as much of the administrative costs and arbitrator’s fees required for the arbitration as the arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the cost of the arbitration from being prohibitive.  In the final award, the arbitrator may apportion the costs of arbitration and the compensation of the arbitrator among the parties in such amounts as the arbitrator deems appropriate.

This arbitration agreement does not preclude you or us from seeking action by federal, state or local government agencies.  You and we also have the right to bring qualifying claims in small claims court or transfer qualifying claims to small claims court.  In addition, you and we retain the right to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for provisional relief, including pre-arbitral attachments or preliminary injunctions, and any such request shall not be deemed incompatible with these Terms, nor a waiver of the right to have disputes submitted to arbitration as provided in these Terms.

Neither you nor we may act as a class representative or private attorney general, nor participate as a member of a class of claimants, with respect to any Claim.  You may not bring Claims in arbitration on a class, consolidated or representative basis.  The arbitrator can decide only your and/or our individual Claims.  The arbitrator may not consolidate or join the claims of other persons or parties who may be similarly situated without prior written consent of the parties.  If for any reason a claim proceeds in court rather than in arbitration, you and we each waive any right to a jury trial.  The arbitrator may award in the arbitration the same damages or other relief available under applicable law, including injunctive and declaratory relief, as if the action were brought in court on an individual basis.  The arbitrator may not issue a “public injunction” and any such “public injunction” may be awarded only by a federal or state court.  If either you or we seek a “public injunction,” all other claims and prayers for relief must be adjudicated in arbitration first and any prayer or claim for a “public injunction” in federal or state court stayed until the arbitration is completed, after which the federal or state court can adjudicate the party’s claim or prayer for “public injunctive relief.”  In doing so, the federal or state court is bound under principles of claim or issue preclusion by the decision of the arbitrator.

THIS SECTION LIMITS CERTAIN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO MAINTAIN A COURT ACTION, THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY FORM OF CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM, THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN DISCOVERY EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN AAA RULES, AND THE RIGHT TO CERTAIN REMEDIES AND FORMS OF RELIEF.  OTHER RIGHTS THAT YOU OR WE WOULD HAVE IN COURT ALSO MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN ARBITRATION.  If any provision of this Section is found to be invalid or unenforceable, then that specific provision shall be of no force and effect and shall be severed, but the remainder of this Section will continue in full force and effect.  This Section of these Terms will survive the termination of your relationship with us.

Mass Arbitration Process Requirements

If 25 or more similar claims are asserted against us by the same or coordinated counsel or are otherwise coordinated (and your claim is one such claim), you understand and agree that the resolution of your dispute might be delayed.  You also agree to the following process and application of the AAA Multiple Consumer Case Filing Fee Schedule and Supplementary Rules.  Counsel for the claimants and our counsel shall each select 10 cases (per side) to proceed first in individual arbitration proceedings as part of a bellwether process.  The remaining cases shall not be filed or deemed filed in arbitration nor shall any AAA fees be assessed in connection with those claims until they are selected to proceed to individual arbitration proceedings as part of a staged process.  If the parties are unable to resolve the remaining cases after the conclusion of the initial 20 proceedings, the parties shall participate in a global mediation session before a retired state or federal court judge, and we will pay the mediator’s fee.  If the parties are unable to resolve the remaining matters through mediation at this time, then each side shall select 20 cases (per side) to proceed to individual arbitration proceedings as part of a second bellwether process (if there are fewer than 40 claims remaining, all shall proceed).  The remaining cases shall not be filed or deemed filed in arbitration nor shall any AAA fees be assessed in connection with those cases until they are selected to proceed to individual arbitration proceedings as part of a staged process.  A single arbitrator shall preside over each case.  Only one case may be assigned to each arbitrator as part of a bellwether process unless the parties agree otherwise.  If the parties are unable to resolve the remaining cases after the conclusion of the 40 proceedings, the parties shall participate in another global mediation session before a retired state or federal court judge, and we will pay the mediator’s fee.  If the parties are unable to resolve the remaining matters in mediation at this time, this staged process shall continue with 100 cases proceeding at one time that are selected randomly or by the AAA in staged sets, until all the claims included in these coordinated filings, including your case, are adjudicated or otherwise resolved.  Between staged sets of proceedings, we agree to participate in a global mediation session should your counsel request it in an effort to resolve all remaining claims.  The statute of limitations and any filing fee deadlines shall be tolled for claims subject to this section regarding “Disputes” from the time the first cases are selected for a bellwether process until the time your case is selected, withdrawn or otherwise resolved.  A court of competent jurisdiction shall have authority to enforce this paragraph and, if necessary, to enjoin the mass filing or prosecution of arbitration demands against us.  Should a court of competent jurisdiction decline to enforce these “Mass Arbitration Process Requirements,” you and we agree that your and our counsel shall engage in good faith with the assistance of a Process Arbitrator to devise and implement procedures that ensure that arbitration remains efficient and cost-effective for all parties.  Either party may engage with the AAA to address reductions in arbitration fees.

  1. Limitation on Time to File Claims

Regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, all Claims must be filed within one (1) year after such Claim arose, or else that Claim will be barred forever.

  1. Indemnity

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold us and our Affiliates harmless from and against any claims, costs, proceedings, actions, demands, losses, damages, expenses, liabilities and settlements, including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, of any kind or nature, relating to, resulting from or alleged to result from your violation of these Terms by you or anyone using your account.  If we assume the defense of such matter, you will reasonably cooperate with us in such defense.

  1. Other Provisions

Under no circumstances will we be held liable for any delay or failure in performance due in whole or in part to any acts of nature or other causes beyond our reasonable control.

These Terms shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of California, USA, without reference to its conflict of laws or choice of law rules.

You agree that any action of whatever nature relating to these Terms or the Site will be filed only in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles, California.  You consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of any such action. 

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful or unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms and will not affect the enforceability of any other provisions. 

The failure by us to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not prevent us from enforcing such right or provision in the future.

You may have other agreements with us.  Those agreements are separate and in addition to these Terms.  These Terms do not modify, revise or amend the terms of any other agreements you may have with us.

We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, sale of assets or equity, or by operation of law.

If you would like additional information regarding these Terms, please contact us at [email protected].

Effective Date: January 1, 2024

Terms Last Updated: January 1, 2024