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Re:‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Cr... by icks on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @05:09PM (#17562085)
Revising contracts with binding arbitration clauses has some recent precedent in the Supreme Court of the United States. Epic Systems Corp. (not the game company) sent employees a memo which can be paraphrased as, “you can no longer class action us. If you keep coming to work, you show you agree to this change.”

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-285_q8l1.pdf

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Re:‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Cr... by wtetzner on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @05:41PM (#17562315)
I think they were saying that because it was small claims court, this particular case didn't set any precedent.
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