Arbitration Exclusive Remedy. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the parties agree that the exclusive remedy or method of resolving all disputes or questions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be arbitration. Arbitration shall be held in Seattle, Washington, presided over by one arbitrator. Any arbitration may be initiated by either party by written notice ("Arbitration Notice") to the other party specifying the subject of the requested arbitration. (b) If the parties are unable to mutually select an arbitrator to hear the matter, then the American Arbitration Association, upon application of the initiating party, shall provide a panel of arbitrators from which the parties shall select one to hear the matter. (c) The arbitration proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules for Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association. The administrative costs of arbitration (including the expense of a party in preparing for and presenting the party's case at the arbitration and of the fees and expenses of legal counsel to a party, all of which shall be borne by that party), shall be borne by the Company only if Executive receives substantially the relief sought by him in the arbitration; otherwise, the costs shall be borne equally between the parties. The arbitration determination or award shall be final and conclusive on the parties, and judgment upon such award may be entered and enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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Arbitration Exclusive Remedy. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the parties agree that the exclusive remedy or method of resolving all disputes or questions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be arbitration. Arbitration shall be held in Seattle, Washington, presided over by one arbitrator. Any arbitration may be initiated by either party by written notice ("Arbitration Notice") to the other party specifying the subject of the requested arbitration.
(b) If the parties are unable to mutually select an arbitrator to hear the matter, then the American Arbitration Association, upon application of the initiating party, shall provide a panel of arbitrators from which the parties shall select one to hear the matter.
(c) The arbitration proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules for Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association. The administrative costs of arbitration (including the expense of a party in preparing for and presenting the party's case at the arbitration and of the fees and expenses of legal counsel to a party, all of which shall be borne by that party), shall be borne by the Company only if Executive receives substantially the relief sought by him in the arbitration; otherwise, the costs shall be borne equally between the parties. The arbitration determination or award shall be final and conclusive on the parties, and judgment upon such award may be entered and enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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Arbitration Exclusive Remedy. (aA) Except as otherwise provided herein, the parties agree that the exclusive remedy or method of resolving all disputes or questions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be arbitration. Arbitration shall be held in Seattle, Washington, presided over by one arbitrator. Any arbitration may be initiated by either party by written notice ("Arbitration Notice") to the other party specifying the subject of the requested arbitration.
(bB) If the parties are unable to mutually select an arbitrator to hear the matter, then the American Arbitration Association, upon application of the initiating party, shall provide a panel of arbitrators from which the parties shall select one to hear the matter.
(cC) The arbitration proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules for Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association. The administrative costs of arbitration (including the expense of a party in preparing for and presenting the party's case at the arbitration and of the fees and expenses of legal counsel to a party, all of which shall be borne by that party), shall be borne by the Company only if Executive Rothschild receives substantially the relief sought by him in the arbitration; otherwise, the costs shall be borne equally between the parties. The arbitration determination or award shall be final and conclusive on the parties, and judgment upon such award may be entered and enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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