Additional Procedures for Business or Complex Disputes. If you are a business and the relief sought by either you or us in an arbitration exceeds $75,000 in value (not counting amounts sought for punitive or treble damages or for attorneys’ fees or costs), then the AAA’s Commercial Arbitration Rules rather than the Consumer Arbitration Rules shall apply, and the Commercial Rules will govern the allocation of AAA Fees instead of subsection (g). If you are a consumer and the relief sought by either you or us in an arbitration exceeds $1,000,000 in value (not counting amounts sought for punitive, treble, or emotional harm damages or for attorneys’ fees or costs), then the same switch to the Commercial Arbitration Rules shall apply if both you and we agree. In addition, in such cases, regardless of whether you are a business or consumer customer, either party may appeal the final award to a three-arbitrator panel pursuant to the AAA’s Optional Appellate Rules by providing written notice within 30 days of the award. The appellant shall pay all fees and costs for the appeal unless the panel determines that the appellant is the prevailing party, in which case the panel shall have the discretion in its final award to reallocate the fees and costs as justice or otherwise applicable law requires. If there is a cross-appeal, the costs shall be borne equally by both sides, subject to reallocation by the panel in its final award as justice or otherwise applicable law requires.
