Amazon.com Inc. has reintroduced a clause in its user agreement that seeks to prevent shoppers from filing class-action lawsuits against the company, according to Bloomberg. The supplied summaries differ on when Amazon previously removed comparable language. Bloomberg says Amazon inserted a legal buffer between itself and plaintiffs attorneys that it removed five years ago; Techmeme, summarizing Spencer Soper’s Bloomberg report, says Amazon removed a similar clause in 2021. Bloomberg frames the move as an added legal buffer between Amazon and plaintiffs attorneys. The summaries do not specify the exact wording of the clause, how Amazon presented the update to users, or what disputes it may cover. The key point is the direction of travel: Amazon is putting class-action-limiting language back into its consumer terms after previously taking similar language out. Whether and how that clause affects future litigation will depend on the agreement’s text and how courts treat it, details not established in the provided items. Who benefits: Amazon is the intended beneficiary of the clause, according to Bloomberg’s framing, because it seeks to curb class-action suits by shoppers. The summaries do not identify any other beneficiaries. Who's exposed: Shoppers who might otherwise seek to join class-action litigation against Amazon are the group directly implicated by the reported clause. Plaintiffs attorneys are also named by Bloomberg as parties on the other side of the legal buffer.