### Question
Can you define what predispute joint-action waiver means?


### Answer
**Predispute joint-action waiver** is defined as the following in *9 U.S.C. § 401*:

> an agreement, whether or not part of a predispute arbitration agreement, that would prohibit, or waive the right of, one of the parties to the agreement to participate in a joint, class, or collective action in a judicial, arbitral, administrative, or other forum, concerning a dispute that has not yet arisen at the time of the making of the agreement

#### Citation:
  - *9 U.S.C. § 401*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 4-ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT**

