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.
Dispute Resolution. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Conversion Price, Conversion Amount, any prepayment amount or Default Amount, Issue, 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 one (1) Trading Day 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 one (1) Trading Day 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 one (1) Trading Day, submit # 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, 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 one (1) Trading Day 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.
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 if you or the Company seek a judicial forum to resolve the matter, this agreement for binding arbitration will become immediately 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.
Dispute Resolution. Any dispute, controversy or claim between the Company or the Partnership and the Employee or other person arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be settled by arbitration conducted in the City of Jacksonville, Florida, in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect; provided that this Section 14 shall not apply to, and the Company and the Partnership shall be free to seek, injunctive or other equitable relief with respect to any actual or threatened violation by the Employee of his or her obligations under Section 9 hereof in any court of competent jurisdiction. The arbitration decision or award shall be binding and final upon the parties, and not subject to any appeal or judicial review. The arbitration award shall be in writing and shall set forth the basis thereof. The parties hereto shall abide by all awards rendered in such arbitration proceedings, and all such awards may be enforced and executed upon in any court having jurisdiction over the party against whom enforcement of such award is sought. Each party shall be responsible for its own costs and expenses in any dispute or proceeding regarding the enforcement of this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event of a dispute, controversy or claim following a Change of Control, the Company and the Partnership (or their successor(s)) shall reimburse all of the Employee’s costs and expenses related to the arbitration if the Employee substantially prevails on any material issue, including any costs and expenses of seeking such reimbursement.
Dispute Resolution. Each party # hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the personal jurisdiction of the Dispute Resolution Jurisdiction for the purpose of any suit, action, or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement; # shall not commence any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement except in the Dispute Resolution Jurisdiction; and # hereby waives, and shall not assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not subject to the personal jurisdiction of the Dispute Resolution Jurisdiction, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof and thereof may not be enforced in or by the Dispute Resolution Jurisdiction.
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:
10.1Arbitration of Royalty Disputes. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon Licensor, its successors, and assigns.
Dispute Resolution. This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the State of New York, excluding its choice of laws provisions. Any civil action or legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be brought in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in New York County or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York located in New York County. Each party consents to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such civil action or legal proceeding and waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such civil action or legal proceeding in such courts.
= Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 406 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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