Last Updated January 5, 2025
Welcome to Poets & Writers Groups, a membership-based community-building and collaboration tool composed of various web pages to allow writers to connect, communicate, and collaborate with one another (the “Groups Platform”). The Groups Platform is operated by Poets & Writers, Inc. (“Poets & Writers”, “we”, “our” or “us”), a nonprofit literary organization serving creative writers, devoted to fostering their professional development. The Groups Platform is intended to be used by poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, spoken word artists, translators, editors, and readers.
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you use the Groups Platform. By using the Groups Platform, you agree to be legally bound by and comply with these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use govern your use and access to the Groups Platform, as well as any sites or applications through which the Groups Platform may be accessed, including pw.org, groups.pw.org, and app.pw.org (collectively, the “Sites”). The Groups Platform, which includes any tools, features, and services made available on or through the Groups Platform, is sometimes referred to in these Terms of Use as the “Services.” Please read these Terms of Use carefully and keep a copy of them for your reference. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy (as defined below), you are not permitted to use the Sites or Services.
THESE TERMS OF USE CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS, AS WELL AS VARIOUS CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND EXCLUSIONS, INCLUDING LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN SECTION 13 AND AN ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER IN SECTION 17.
BY AGREEING TO THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU AGREE TO RESOLVE ALL DISPUTES THROUGH BINDING ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO HAVE THOSE DISPUTES DECIDED BY A JUDGE OR JURY, AND THAT YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN CLASS ACTIONS, CLASS ARBITRATIONS, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS.
1. Privacy
Your access and use of the Sites and Services is subject to our Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Sites, and informs users of our data collection practices.
2. Conditions To Use
Age Requirement. You must be at least 18 years of age to access and use the Groups Platform. We do not knowingly collect information from or authorize use of the Groups Platform specifically to children under the age of 18. If we learn or have reason to suspect that you are a user who is under the age of 18, we will terminate your account in accordance with Section 4.
Membership. You must maintain an active and current Poets & Writers membership at a level that includes access to the Groups Platform as part of the membership benefits. If your membership expires due to non-payment, you will no longer have access to (i) your profile on the Groups Platform, (ii) the pages of the Groups Platform to which you belong, and (iii) any documents or messages you may have saved on the Groups Platform. To manage your Poets & Writers membership, please visit My P&W.
3. Your Account
You may create only one account. You agree to provide accurate information about yourself and your work. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to another person or entity. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account with Poets & Writers and for restricting access to your account on your devices. You agree that you are responsible for the security of your account and for all activities that occur under your account or password. You acknowledge that Poets & Writers is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. You agree to immediately notify Poets & Writers in writing of any unauthorized use of your password or account or other breach of security.
4. Modification/Termination/Access Restriction
Poets & Writers reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify the Sites or Services at any time. Poets & Writers also reserves the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, and/or remove or edit content at our sole discretion and for any reason.
5. Administration of Groups
Each group within the Groups Platform (a “Group”) shall consist of members who can share content or otherwise communicate with each other about writing, publishing, and other literary matters. Each Group shall be managed by one or more organizers (“Organizers”) who are responsible for creating the writing Group and inviting, accepting, rejecting, and/or removing members of the Group and maintaining the group’s page on the Sites. Organizers may establish their own guidelines for accepting, rejecting, and terminating members of their Group, so long as those guidelines do not violate our community guidelines, which govern the Sites (the “Community Guidelines”). In all of your interactions on the Groups Platform, you agree to abide by our Community Guidelines.
6. User Content
As a member of Poets & Writers with access to the Groups Platform, you are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Groups Platform strictly in accordance with these Terms of Use. You are responsible for all content including without limitation code, videos, images, data, text, music, photographs, graphics, messages and other materials that you upload, post, publish, submit, transmit (including by e-mail), perform, or display (collectively and individually, “Upload”) to, through, or on the Sites and Services (collectively, your “User Content”). POETS & WRITERS DOES NOT CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF YOUR USER CONTENT. By Uploading User Content, you as the user hereby grant to Poets & Writers a non-exclusive, global, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, sublicensable, transferable right and license to copy, publicly display, publicly perform, modify, distribute, store, transmit, translate, and otherwise use your User Content, including but not limited to information contained within your profile or Group descriptions, in connection with the operation, advertising, marketing, and promotion of the Groups Platform, in any manner and by any means now known or later developed. Poets & Writers will not use User Content for any purposes other than for the operation, advertising, marketing, or promotion of the Groups Platform. You represent and warrant that you own, or otherwise have the right to use and Upload all User Content and to grant the rights to it granted in these Terms of Use.
You also acknowledge that Poets & Writers has the right, but not the obligation, to post or decline to post your User Content. You acknowledge that Poets & Writers will not pay any compensation with respect to the use of User Content as provided herein. You agree that such User Content is not confidential, and that your User Content will be visible to others, including, but not limited to, Poets & Writers Groups members and Poets & Writers personnel. Poets & Writers also may disclose User Content to any third party at any time to the extent necessary or appropriate in connection with the operation, advertising, marketing, and promotion of the Groups Platform.
7. Using the Groups Platform
As a condition of your use of the Groups Platform, you warrant to Poets & Writers that you will not use the Groups Platform or the Sites for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use. You may not use the Groups Platform or the Sites in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair Poets & Writers, the Groups Platform or the Sites, nor interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Groups Platform and Sites. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through means not intentionally made available or provided through the Groups Platform. You shall not expressly or impliedly state that you are affiliated with Poets & Writers or that Poets & Writers is endorsing you or your activities. You agree not to Upload any User Content that: (i) infringes or otherwise violates any trademarks, trade names, trade secrets, patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights of any third party; (ii) contains software viruses or other computer code or files or programs that has the potential to interrupt, destroy or restrict the function of computer hardware or software, or otherwise contains scrapers, crawlers, or other malicious material or code; (iii) creates a privacy or security risk to any individual; (iv) constitutes unsolicited advertising, junk mail or spam, sweepstakes, contests or any other types of solicitations; (iv) is harassing, defamatory, obscene, libelous, defamatory, slanderous, constitutes hate speech, is pornographic, or invades any individual’s privacy or right of publicity; (v) falsely impersonates any individual; (vi) violates any federal, local state, or international law or is otherwise illegal; or (vii) that Poets & Writers in its sole discretion otherwise finds objectionable.
8. Links to Third Party Content
The Groups Platform and Sites may contain links to other third-party websites (“Linked Sites”) or other materials that are not affiliated with Poets & Writers (collectively, “Third Party Content”). We provide Third Party Content to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any links to or excerpts of Third-Party Content does not imply endorsement of such Third-Party Content or any association with its operators by Poets & Writers. You acknowledge that the Linked Sites are not under the control of Poets & Writers. You also acknowledge that Poets & Writers is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including, without limitation, any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Any opinion or advice offered by or on the Linked Sites is solely that of the applicable authors and you acknowledge and agree that you must assess the accuracy and completeness of such content yourself. You hereby release Poets & Writers from any liability arising from your use of the content on the Linked Sites. We encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies governing the use of any Third Party Content before accessing or using it.
9. Intellectual Property
All content included as part of the Sites and Services, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used in the Groups Platform, is the property of Poets & Writers or its suppliers and protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends, or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto. You will not copy, modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to discern any source code, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found in the Groups Platform other than your own User Content. You may not use robots, scraping tools or other data extraction methods to access the Groups Platform or Sites. Poets & Writers content is not for resale. Your use of the Groups Platform and Sites does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal and non-commercial use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of Poets & Writers and the copyright owner or owner of any other proprietary rights in that content. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of Poets & Writers or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms of Use. Without limiting the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that Poets & Writers is the sole and exclusive owner of the trademark and service mark POETS & WRITERS, U.S. Reg. Nos. 2,570,795; 2,608,626; and 2,590,473. If you provide us with any feedback or suggestions regarding the Sites or Services or any other aspect of our organization or mission (“Feedback”), you agree that we shall have the right to use such Feedback in any manner we deem appropriate. Any Feedback you transmit to our Sites by electronic mail or otherwise, is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary to you. Unless specifically agreed to by us in writing, we shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to Feedback, and shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any Feedback for any purpose whatsoever, and to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such Feedback to third parties without limitation. You agree that you will not submit via our Sites and Services any information or ideas that you consider to be confidential. You shall be responsible for the content and information contained in submitted Feedback, including its truthfulness and accuracy.
10. Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Poets & Writers respects the intellectual property rights of third parties and requires others to do so also. If you, as a user or other member of the public, believe that your copyrighted work or other intellectual property right is being used on the Groups Platform or Sites in a manner that infringes your work, you must notify Poets & Writers as set forth below in this section.
Poets & Writers will investigate notices of claimed copyright infringement and other intellectual property violations that it receives and take necessary actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) regarding any asserted or actual infringement. To report such a claim, send an email message to Poets & Writers’ DMCA agent at dmca@pw.org with the subject line “Takedown Request Per DMCA”. You may also contact this DMCA agent at: Poets & Writers, Inc., 90 Broad Street Suite 2100 New York, New York 10004. This notice must be written and must contain the following information:
• An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property right infringed;
• A description or the copyright work or other intellectual property right that you claim has been infringed;
• A description of the material that you claim is infringing and the location where the infringing material resides in the Groups Platform or Sites (such as a link to such material in the Groups Platform);
• Your street address, telephone number, and email address;
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that the asserted infringing use is not authorized by the copyright or other intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law; and
• A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that all of the information recited in your notice is accurate and complete and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner or other intellectual property owner.
You may submit a “Counter-Notification” to our DMCA Agent if you believe that your User Content that was the subject of a DMCA notice, and that Poets & Writers removed, is not infringing (or is otherwise authorized by law) and was removed improperly. To submit this notice you must provide to us, in writing:
• Your physical or electronic signature;
• Identification of the content that was removed and the location at which it appeared before its removal (such as a link to the location where the material had appeared on the Sites before removal);
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that the content was removed as a result or a mistake or misidentification of that content;
• Your street address, telephone number, and email address; and
• A statement that you consent to jurisdiction of the federal courts within the state of New York for the litigation of any disputes involving the counter-notification and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the DMCA notice or an agent of such person.
Poets & Writers will send a copy of any counter-notification that it receives regarding your User Content to the complainant (copyright owner or other intellectual property owner), informing the complainant that it may restore the removed content within ten (10) business days. If the complainant declines to do so, unless the complainant files an action seeking a court order against the poster, Poets & Writers may restore that content in ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days after receipt of the counter-notification. Please be aware that if you knowingly misrepresent that any content on the Sites or Groups Platform is infringing or was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.
In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable laws, Poets & Writers has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and in our sole discretion, visitors or users who are deemed to be repeat infringers. Poets & Writers also may, in our sole discretion, limit access to the Site and Services of any visitors or users who infringe any intellectual property or proprietary rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.
11. International Users
The Groups Platform is controlled, operated, and administered by Poets & Writers from our offices in New York City. If you access this service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Sites and Services or any Poets & Writers’ content accessed through the Groups Platform in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions, or regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, the transmission of any data is subject to U.S. export control laws. You may not download any software or otherwise export such software in violation of U.S. export laws.
12. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Poets & Writers, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and other third parties for any losses, damages, costs, claims, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Sites and Services, your User Content (including any user postings of it), your violation of any of these Terms of Use, your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules, or regulations. Poets & Writers reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Poets & Writers in asserting any available defenses. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which provides: “A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.” If you reside in any other jurisdiction, you waive any similar statute or doctrine that may be applicable.
13. Liability Disclaimer
The Sites and Services, and the information and content included in or available through the Sites and Services may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Poets & Writers, Inc. may make improvements and/or changes to the Sites and Services at any time.
Poets & Writers, Inc. makes no representations or warranties about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, and accuracy of the Sites and Services or the information, content, or software, contained in them for any purpose or about any viruses, bugs or other elements that may damage or infect your computer equipment upon using the Sites and Services.
The Sites and Services are, and all information, content, and software contained in them is, provided “as is” without warranty or condition of any kind. Poets & Writers and/or its suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to the Sites and Services or this information, content, or software, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, quiet enjoyment, and non-infringement. Poets & Writers makes no warranty that the Sites and Services will meet your requirements; or that the Sites and Services will be timely, uninterrupted, secure or accurate. Further, Poets & Writers makes no guarantees as to the number of active users at any time; users’ ability or desire to communicate with or meet you, or the statements, acts, omissions, identity, legitimacy, or intentions of users you interact with through the Sites or Services.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL POETS & WRITERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITES AND SERVICES, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITES OR SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE SITES AND SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, OR SOFTWARE, OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITES AND SERVICES.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS OF USE, POETS & WRITERS’ AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SITES, THE SERVICES, OR THESE TERMS (FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION), WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU FOR ACCESS TO THE GROUPS PLATFORM IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE YOUR FIRST CLAIM AROSE. THE EXISTENCE OF MORE THAN ONE CLAIM WILL NOT ENLARGE THIS LIMIT.
For clarity and without narrowing the above, these limitations apply to damages arising out of or in connection with (a) the Sites and Services, these Terms of Use, or the inability to use the Sites and Services (however arising, including, but not limited to, our negligence); (b) statements or conduct of or transactions with any Poets & Writers member or third party on the Groups Platform; (c) interactions with other users, whether online or offline, including in-person meetings or events facilitated through the Groups Platform; (d) transportation to or from user-organized activities; (e) participation in or exclusion from Groups on the Groups Platform or events facilitated through the Groups Platform; and (f) any other matter or occurrence relating to the Sites or any Services, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise. Poets & Writers assumes no responsibility for the statements, acts, omissions, identity, legitimacy, or intentions of any user or third party on or off the Groups Platform, including any content that you, another user, or third party posts, sends, receives or acts on through in connection with the Groups Platform. You acknowledge and agree that this Section 13 governs even if Poets & Writers, Inc. has been advised of the possibility of damages, or any damages resulting from unauthorized access to or alteration of your content or account. Because some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of the Sites or Services, or with any of these Terms of Use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Sites and Services.
14. Entire Agreement
These Terms of Use and the other documents referenced in them, constitute the entire agreement between you, i.e., the user, and Poets & Writers with respect to the Sites and Services and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Poets & Writers with respect to the Sites and Services. A printed version of these Terms of Use and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms of Use to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
15. Changes to Terms
Poets & Writers reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change these Terms of Use at any time. If we make changes to these Terms of Use, we will notify you by posting notice of the changes within the Groups Platform. If you have given us your email address, we also may notify you by email. Any changes to these Terms of Use will be effective upon thirty (30) calendar days following our posting of notice of the changes within the Groups Platform. These changes will be effective immediately for new users. You agree and understand that by logging into your account or accessing or using the Groups Platform following any notice of changes to these Terms of Use, you agree to the revised Terms of Use. If you do not agree to such changes or amendments, you must stop using the Groups Platform immediately. The most current version of the Terms of Use will supersede all previous versions. Poets & Writers encourages you periodically to review the Terms of Use to stay informed of our updates.
16. Miscellaneous
To the maximum extent permitted by law, these Terms of Use are governed by and shall be enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in the New York in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Groups Platform or Sites that are expressly excluded from the agreement to arbitrate as provided in Section 17 (Arbitration) below, and you hereby waive any objection to such courts on any basis, including inconvenience of the forum.
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Poets & Writers as a result of these Terms of Use or use of the Groups Platform or Sites. Poets & Writers’ performance of these Terms of Use is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in these Terms of Use is in derogation of Poets & Writers’ right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Groups Platform or information provided to or gathered by Poets & Writers with respect to such use.
If any part of these Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.
17. Arbitration
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY.
Poets & Writers prefers to resolve disputes amicably and efficiently, and most user concerns can be resolved quickly and to the user’s satisfaction by emailing customer support at groups@pw.org. If that approach is not successful or if Poets & Writers is the initiating party, the party seeking arbitration first must send to the other party a written notice (a “Dispute Notice”). The Dispute Notice must be sent to Poets & Writers by certified mail at: 90 Broad Street, Suite 2100, New York, NY 10004. Poets & Writers can send a Dispute Notice to you at any email or physical address Poets & Writers has on file, including any email or physical address associated with your account (if any). The Dispute Notice must describe the nature and basis of the claim and identify the specific relief sought. If the parties do not resolve their dispute within sixty (60) calendar days after the Dispute Notice is received, either party may initiate an arbitration proceeding as described in this Section 17 (Arbitration). The AAA rules for selection of an arbitrator shall be followed, except that the arbitrator shall be experienced and licensed to practice law in the State of New York. Information about the applicable AAA rules and fees for disputes can be found at http://www.adr.org/commercial and http://www.adr.org/consumer.
If the parties are not able ultimately to resolve any dispute between them arising out of or concerning these Terms of Use, or any provisions hereof, then such dispute shall be resolved only by final and binding arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, conducted by a single neutral arbitrator and administered by the American Arbitration Association, in a location mutually agreed upon by the parties, or by telephone or video conference, at either party’s option. The arbitration will be conducted in accordance with AAA’s Consumer Arbitration Rules, except to the extent this Section 17 (Arbitration) conflicts with those rules. The arbitrator’s award shall be final and binding, and judgment may be entered upon it in any court having jurisdiction. In the event that any legal or equitable action, proceeding or arbitration arises out of or concerns these Terms of Use, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. The parties agree to arbitrate all disputes and claims in regards to these Terms of Use or any disputes arising as a result of these Terms of Use, whether directly or indirectly, including tort claims that are a result of these Terms of Use. The parties agree that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision, except that the arbitrator must apply the governing law stated in Section 17 (Miscellaneous). The entire dispute, including the scope, interpretation, applicability, unconscionability, formation, arbitrability, validity, and enforceability of this arbitration provision shall be determined by the Arbitrator. This arbitration provision shall survive the termination of these Terms of Use. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case that either party seeks preliminary injunctive relief, that party may proceed in court without first resorting to arbitration to avoid immediate irreparable harm. Any arbitration under these Terms of Use must take place on an individual basis; class arbitrations and class/representative/collective actions are not permitted. An arbitrator will have no authority to certify a class or award class-wide relief. The arbitrator is authorized only to award relief on behalf of the individual parties and only to the extent of their individual claims. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT A PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PUTATIVE CLASS, COLLECTIVE AND/ OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, SUCH AS IN THE FORM OF A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER. FURTHER, UNLESS BOTH YOU AND RIF AGREE OTHERWISE, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS, MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF A REPRESENTATIVE OR CLASS PROCEEDING, AND MAY NOT JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE YOUR CLAIMS WITH ANY OTHER CLAIMS. If a court or arbitrator decides that any of the provisions of this Section 17 (Arbitration) are invalid or unenforceable, then the entirety of this Section 17 (Arbitration) will be null and void, unless such provisions are deemed to be invalid or unenforceable solely with respect to claims for public injunctive relief. The remainder of these Terms of Use will continue to apply.
18. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us here: groups@pw.org.