Steam doesn’t want to pay arbitration fees, tells gamers to sue instead

2 years ago by umami_wasabi to c/gaming

Valve previously sued a law firm in attempt to stop mass arbitration claims.

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away2thestars 5 points 2 years ago

Anyone can ELI5 this thing? I'm pretty lost

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Stern 12 points 2 years ago

Twofold: One, they lost a case in arbitration that basically said arbitration isn't usable.

Two: Lot of companies do arbitration to avoid court, which works fine and is cheaper if you're not getting taken to court much. If 75,000 people that could do a class action suit all go to arbitration though, the benefit is lost. Lawyers threatened that. 3 grand a arbitration case x 75,000 people == 225 million dollars on fees alone.

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away2thestars 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you, when does steam need to do arbitration?

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