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Arbitration Clause in User Agreement
Does Not Apply to Phone-Sales Agent
An arbitration clause contained in a ticket broker Web site's online user agreement, which applied only to online activity or use of the Web site, is not applicable to a telephone sale initiated by an agent of the ticket broker. Kushner v. StubHub, Inc., 2008 Ohio 3241 (Ohio Ct. App. June 26, 2008). The appellate court affirmed the lower court's ruling denying the online ticket broker's motion to compel arbitration and found that the arbitration clause in the user agreement was unenforceable as to the telephone transaction. The court found that the only reasonable interpretation of the user agreement was that it applied only to online purchases and transactions, rejecting the ticket broker's argument that the user agreement applied to any and all services provided by the broker to any user who ever filled out an online registration form.
There's current litigation in the ongoing Beach Boys litigation saga. A lawsuit filed in 2019 against Nevada residents Mike Love and his wife Jacquelyne in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada that alleges inaccurate payment by the Loves under the retainer agreement and seeks $84.5 million in damages.
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