Dispute Resolution. Subject to the provisions of [Section 6(d)], any dispute, controversy or claim between the Company and a Participant, arising out of or relating to or concerning this Plan or any Individual Target Award or Bonus shall be finally settled by binding arbitration in New York, New York before, and in accordance with the rules then obtaining of, the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the AAA. Prior to arbitration, all claims maintained by a Participant must first be submitted to the Committee in accordance with claims procedures determined by the Committee.
After this Agreement becomes effective, if any central or local, legislative or administrative authority of China makes any changes to the provisions of any law, rule, regulation or other regulatory document at central or local level in China, including amendment of, addition to or abolishment of existing laws, regulations or other regulatory documents, or interpretation of or promulgation of implementation measures or rules for existing laws, rules, regulations and other regulatory documents (collectively referred to as the Amendments), or promulgation of new laws, rules, regulations or other regulatory documents (collectively referred to the New Provisions), the following shall apply:
Dispute Resolution. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Conversion Price, Conversion Amount, any prepayment amount or Default Amount, Default Sum, Closing or Maturity Date, the closing bid price, or fair market value (as the case may be) or the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Price or the applicable prepayment amount(s) (as the case may be), the Borrower or the Holder shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile # within two (2) Business Days after receipt of the applicable notice giving rise to such dispute to the Borrower or the Holder or # if no notice gave rise to such dispute, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Borrower are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation within two (2) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation (as the case may be) being submitted to the Borrower or the Holder, then the Borrower shall, within two (2) Business Days, submit via facsimile # the disputed determination of the Conversion Price, the closing bid price, the or fair market value (as the case may be) to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Borrower and approved by the Holder or # the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Price, Conversion Amount, any prepayment amount or Default Amount, Default Sum to an independent, outside accountant selected by the Holder that is reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. The Borrower shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Borrower and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives such disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.
Dispute Resolution. Any and all Actions, complaints, disputes, controversies and claims (other than applications for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, permanent injunction or other equitable relief or application for enforcement of a resolution under this Section 9.16) arising out of, related to, or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (a “Dispute”) shall be governed by this Section 9.16. A party must, in the first instance, provide written notice of any Disputes to the other parties subject to such Dispute, which notice must provide a reasonably detailed description of the matters subject to the Dispute. The parties involved in such Dispute shall seek to resolve the Dispute on an amicable basis within ten (10) Business Days of the notice of such Dispute being received by such other parties subject to such Dispute; the “Resolution Period”); provided, that if any Dispute would reasonably be expected to have become moot or otherwise irrelevant if not decided within sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Dispute, then there shall be no Resolution Period with respect to such Dispute. Any Dispute that is not resolved during the Resolution Period may immediately be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration pursuant to the then-existing Expedited Procedures of the Commercial Arbitration Rules (the “AAA Procedures”) of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). Any party involved in such Dispute may submit the Dispute to the AAA to commence the proceedings after the Resolution Period. To the extent that the AAA Procedures and this Agreement are in conflict, the terms of this Agreement shall control. The arbitration shall be conducted by one arbitrator nominated by the AAA promptly (but in any event within five (5) Business Days) after the submission of the Dispute to the AAA and reasonably acceptable to each party subject to the Dispute, which arbitrator shall be a commercial lawyer with substantial experience arbitrating disputes under acquisition agreements. The arbitrator shall accept his or her appointment and begin the arbitration process promptly (but in any event within five (5) Business Days) after his or her nomination and acceptance by the parties subject to the Dispute. The proceedings shall be streamlined and efficient. The arbitrator shall decide the Dispute in accordance with the substantive law of the State of Delaware. Time is of the essence. Each party shall submit a proposal for resolution of the Dispute to the arbitrator within twenty (20) days after confirmation of the appointment of the arbitrator. The arbitrator shall have the power to order any party to do, or to refrain from doing, anything consistent with this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents and applicable Law, including to perform its contractual obligation(s); provided, that the arbitrator shall be limited to ordering pursuant to the foregoing power (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall order) the relevant party (or parties, as applicable) to comply with only one or the other of the proposals. The arbitrator’s award shall be in writing and shall include a reasonable explanation of the arbitrator’s reason(s) for selecting one or the other proposal. The seat of arbitration shall be in Denver, Colorado, and the language of the arbitration shall be English.
Dispute Resolution. All disputes and claims relating to NewYou, its products, the rights and obligations of a Brand Partner and NewYou, or any other claims or causes of action relating to the performance of either a Brand Partner or NewYou under the Agreement or the NewYou Policies and Procedures shall be settled totally and finally by arbitration as enumerated in the Policies and Procedures in San Diego, California, or such other location as NewYou prescribes, in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act and the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, except that all parties shall be entitled to discovery rights allowed under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Dispute Resolution. Disputes that Executive agrees to arbitrate, and thereby agrees to waive any right to a trial by jury, include any statutory claims under local, state, or federal law (except those which are expressly excluded by statute, state law, or applicable court decision from being resolved by mandatory arbitration), including, but not limited to, claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Sarbanes Oxley Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the California Family Rights Act, the California Labor Code, claims of harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination, and any
Dispute Resolution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any and all other disputes, controversies or questions arising under, out of, or relating to this Agreement (or the breach thereof), or, the Executive’s employment with Adtalem or termination thereof, other than those disputes relating to Executive’s alleged violations of Sections 10 (Confidential Information), 11 (return of property), 12 (intellectual property) and 13 (covenants of noncompete and nonsolicitation) of this Agreement, shall be referred for binding arbitration in Chicago, Illinois to a neutral arbitrator (who is licensed to practice law in any State within the United States of America) selected by the Executive and Adtalem and this shall be the exclusive and sole means for resolving such dispute. Such arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the National Rules for Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator shall have the discretion to award reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses to the prevailing party. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. This Section 24 does not apply to any action by Adtalem to enforce Sections 10, 11, 12 and 13 of this Agreement and does not in any way restrict Adtalem’s rights under Section 22 of this Agreement.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION. THE PARTIES SHALL RESOLVE ANY CLAIMS, DISPUTES, OR CONTROVERSIES ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATED IN ANY WAY, TO THIS AGREEMENT BY NEUTRAL, BINDING ARBITRATION IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, UNLESS THE PARTIES MUTUALLY AGREE ON A DIFFERENT LOCATION. THE ARBITRATION ORGANIZATION, AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (“AAA”), WILL BE UTILIZED, UNLESS THE PARTIES MUTUALLY AGREE TO USE ANOTHER ORGANIZATION. THE ARBITRATION ORGANIZATION SHALL APPLY THE APPROPRIATE RULES FOR COMMERCIAL CLAIMS TO ARBITRATE THE DISPUTE. JUDGMENT UPON ANY ARBITRATION AWARD MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY COURT THAT HAS JURISDICTION. NO CLAIM SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION WILL BE HEARD BY A JURY. THE PARTIES SHALL MUTUALLY AGREE UPON AN ARBITRATOR. IF THE PARTIES CANNOT AGREE ON AN ARBITRATOR, EACH PARTY WILL CHOOSE THEIR OWN ARBITRATOR, THEN THOSE TWO ARBITRATORS SHALL MUTUALLY AGREE UPON A THIRD ARBITRATOR, WHICH SHALL GOVERN THE ARBITRATION. ARBITRATION WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT (9 U.S.C. § 1 ET. SEQ.) AND NOT BY ANY STATE LAW CONCERNING ARBITRATION. THIS SECTION 10 WILL SURVIVE ANY TERMINATION OR TRANSFER OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF ANY PART OF THIS ARBITRATION CLAUSE, OTHER THAN WAIVERS OF CLASS ACTION RIGHTS, AS SET FORTH BELOW, IS DEEMED OR FOUND TO BE UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THE REST WILL REMAIN ENFORCEABLE. IF A WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION RIGHTS IS DEEMED OR FOUND TO BE UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON IN A CASE IN WHICH CLASS ACTION ALLEGATION HAVE BEEN MADE, THE REMAINDER OF THIS ARBITRATION CLAUSE WILL BE UNENFORCEABLE. YOU CAN DECLINE THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST TO OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT. THE WRITTEN REQUEST SHOULD BE SENT TO OR SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED TO FUNDING, C/O LEGAL DEPARTMENT, 9 E. LOOCKERMAN STREET, STE 202-543, DOVER, DE 19901.
In any action between the Parties to enforce any of the terms of this Agreement or any other matter arising from this Agreement any proceedings pertaining directly or indirectly to the rights or obligations of the Parties hereunder will, to the extent legally permitted, be held in Dade County, Florida, and the prevailing Party will be entitled to recover its costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees up to and including all negotiations, trials and appeals, whether or not any formal proceedings are initiated.
You and the Company each agree that any controversy, claim, or dispute arising out of or relating to these Standard Terms and Conditions or arising out of or relating to your employment relationship with the Company or any of its affiliates, the termination of such relationship, or your conduct following the termination of such relationship, shall be resolved by binding arbitration before a neutral arbitrator on an individual basis only, and not in any form of class, collective, or private attorney general representative proceeding. By way of example only, claims subject to this agreement to arbitrate include claims litigated under federal, state and local statutory or common law, such as the Family Medical Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990,, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Federal Employers Liability Act, the Federal Railway Safety Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the law of contract and the law of tort. You and the Company each agree that such claims may be brought in an appropriate administrative forum, but at the point at which you or the Company seek a judicial forum to resolve the matter, this agreement for binding arbitration becomes effective, and you and the Company each hereby knowingly and voluntarily waive any right to have any such dispute tried and adjudicated by a judge or jury.
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