Court Sends Wyze Labs Privacy Suit to Arbitration
…Online Contracting Practices The “Browsewrap”/”Clickwrap” Distinction Is Falling Apart Judge Can’t Decide if Facebook’s User Agreement is a Browsewrap, But He Enforces It Anyways–Fteja v. Facebook Court Disregards Check-the-Box Agreement…
Court Upholds Gaming App’s Clickthrough TOS–Ball v. Skillz
…and “browsewrap” definitions and, as usual, says they don’t apply: “The Skillz agreement falls somewhere between browsewrap and clickwrap: users do not have to take an extra step to acknowledge…
Repeated Amazon Purchases Sufficient to Impute Notice of Arbitration Clause
We blogged Nicosia v. Amazon in 2015 and 2016. (See “The “Browsewrap”/”Clickwrap” Distinction Is Falling Apart”; “Anarchy Has Ensued In Courts’ Handling of Online Contract Formation (Round Up Post).”) A…
Brokerage Account Formation Process Upheld–Valelly v. Merrill Lynch
…says yes. The court runs through the standard clickwrap/browsewrap definitions but says “Mere classification of a web-based contract as a “clickwrap agreement” or a ‘browsewrap agreement,’ however, does not necessarily…
A Sure Way to Ruin My Day: The Phrase “Enforceable Browsewrap”–HealthplanCRM v. Avmed
…to call a EULA an enforceable browsewrap, then you should own it. Don’t try to hedge your vernacular by saying it’s a clickwrap-like browsewrap. Or here’s a crazy thought…how about…
Lime’s User Agreement Sends Another Case to Arbitration–Babcock v. Neutron
…TOS arbitration clause. The court calls the TOS a “hybrid” between clickwrap and browsewrap (UGH), but it was still enforceable because: Right above the “register” button on Netgear’s webpage is…
Redbox’s Terms of Use Fail (OUCH)–Wilson v. Redbox
…provides no help. The court says “[m]any online contracts do not fit neatly into the clickwrap or browsewrap categories but instead share characteristics with both.” Naturally, that’s the case here:…
Amazon Can’t Force Arbitration of Minors’ Privacy Claims Based on Alexa Recordings–BF v. Amazon
…Handling of Online Contract Formation (Round Up Post)” “Minors’ Suit Over Facebook Credits Survives in Part – I.B. v. Facebook” “Facebook’s “Browsewrap” Enforced Against Kids–EKD v. Facebook.” “Parents’ Lawsuit Against…
Rounding Up Two Online Contract Formation Cases
…invoked the arbitration clause in its user agreement. Like so many courts nowadays, the court says Lime’s contract formation wasn’t a clickwrap or browsewrap but instead a “hybrid of the…
Court Enforces Arbitration Clause in “Modified Clickwrap”–Chen v. Sierra Trading Post
…been uniform in their treatment of ‘clickwrap’ or ‘browsewrap’ agreements.” Like so many courts before, this court says this UI isn’t either a clickwrap or browsewrap. Instead, the court calls…