; or (3) prevent a franchisee from bringing or participating in any of the following actions: (A) A consolidated action or consolidated arbitration. (B) A mass action or mass arbitration. (C) A class action under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (D) A class arbitration as authorized by the American Arbitration Association Supplementary Rules for Class Arbitrations. (E) A similar consolidated, mass, or class proceeding permissible under State or Federal statutory or common law, or under the rules of any other arbitration association. (c) No waivers Compliance with this Act or with an applicable State franchise law is not waived, excused, or avoided, and evidence of violation of this Act or of such State law shall not be excluded, by virtue of an integration clause, any choice-of-law, choice-of-venue or any other provision of a franchise agreement, or an agreement ancillary or collateral to a franchise, the parol evidence rule, or any other rule of evidence purporting to exclude consideration of matters outside the franchise agreement. 6. Transfer of a franchise (a) Transfer of interest A franchisee may assign an interest in a franchised business or in a franchise to a transferee provided the transferee satisfies the reasonable qualifications then generally applied by the franchisor in the offer and sale of franchises. For the purpose of this section, a reasonable current qualification for a new franchisee is a qualification based upon a legitimate business reason. If the proposed transferee does not meet the reasonable current qualifications of the franchisor, the franchisor may refuse to permit the transfer, provided that the refusal of the franchisor to consent to the transfer is not arbitrary or capricious and the franchisor states the grounds for its refusal in writing to the franchisee. (b) Notice A franchisee shall give a franchisor not less than 60 days written notice of a proposed transfer of a transferable interest, and on request shall provide in writing the ownership interests of all