Opinion ID: 4548085
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Heading: Agreement to Arbitrate. The parties agree to

Text: comply to be bound by the [FAA]. The parties agree that any dispute, difference, question or claim arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement or the transportation services provided hereunder shall be subject to binding arbitration in accordance with the Rules for Commercial Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in effect at the time such arbitration is initiated. The parties agree that the issue of arbitrability shall be determined by the arbitrator applying the law of the state of the Vendor. .... (b) Voluntary Waiver to Join a Class. Vendor hereby agrees that any arbitration, suit, action or other legal proceedings arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement or the services provided hereunder shall be conducted and resolved on an individual basis only and not on a class-wide, multiple plaintiff, collective or similar basis unless mutually agreed to in writing by all interested parties. Vendor hereby voluntarily and expressly waives any right it may have to join any suit, action, arbitration or other legal proceeding arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement or the services provided hereunder on a class-wide, multiple plaintiff, collective or similar basis. 5 Paragraph 24, “Reformation and Severability,” states: If any provision of the Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall to the extent possible, be modified in such a manner as to be valid, legal[,] and enforceable but so as to most nearly retain the intent of the parties, and if such modification is not possible, such provision shall be severed from this Agreement, and in[ ]either case the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.