Valve Corporation makes and distributes its own games as well as games produced by third-party companies on

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Valve Corporation makes and distributes its own games as well as games produced by third-party companies on a platform called Steam. In addition to Steam, Valve hosts a community-driven market called Steam Marketplace where members can buy, sell, and trade digital items such as games and cosmetic effects. Plaintiffs in this case, minor children, who use Steam Marketplace, and their parents, are suing Valve for allegedly supporting “‘illegal gambling’ by ‘allowing millions of Americans, including Plaintiffs, to link their individual Steam accounts to third-party web-sites’ and by ‘allowing third-party sites to operate their gambling transactions within Steam marketplace.’” Valve responded by filing a motion to compel arbitration as conspicuously set forth in the Steam Service Agreement that one must accept to set up and use a Steam Account. Recall question 2, where you explained what the obligations of a minor who chooses to disaffirm a contract are. Do you think the minor plaintiffs in this case can preclude the arbitration clause by disaffirming the agreement? Why or why not? Do you think the arbitration clause in the Steam Service Agreement binds the minor’s parents to arbitrate? How do you think the court should rule in this case?

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Dynamic Business Law The Essentials

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