May 20, 2016
Airbnb is asking all its hosts and guests to agree to updated rules highlighting an existing policy that disputes must be handled by arbitration, an increasingly common tactic by corporations to forestall lawsuits. And while the company already had said it might check whether users have criminal backgrounds or are registered sex offenders, it now asks them to agree to such checks at Airbnb’s discretion….
Source: http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Airbnb-clarifies-rules-No-class-action-lawsuits-7875734.php