Choice of Law; Arbitration. (a) Notwithstanding the place where this Agreement may be executed by any of the parties hereto, the parties expressly agree that all the terms and provisions hereof shall be construed under the laws of the State of Delaware, including the Delaware Act without regard to the conflict of law principles of such State.
(b) To the extent such action is consistent with the provisions of the 1940 Act and any other applicable law, except as provided in Section 8.11(b) of this Agreement, each Member agrees to submit all controversies arising between or among Members or one or more Members and the Company in connection with the Company or its businesses or concerning any transaction, dispute or the construction, performance or breach of this Agreement or any other agreement relating to the Company, whether entered into prior to, on or subsequent to the date of this Agreement, to arbitration in accordance with the provisions set out in this Section 8.6. EACH MEMBER UNDERSTANDS THAT ARBITRATION IS FINAL AND BINDING ON THE MEMBERS AND THAT THE MEMBERS IN EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT ARE WAIVING THEIR RIGHTS TO SEEK REMEDIES IN COURT, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL.
(c) Controversies will be finally settled by, and only by, arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) to the fullest extent permitted by law. The place of arbitration will be New York, New York. Any arbitration under this Section 8.6 will be conducted before a panel of three arbitrators. The Member or Members initiating arbitration under this Section 8.6 will appoint one arbitrator in the demand for arbitration. The Member or Members against whom or which arbitration is sought will jointly appoint one arbitrator within 30 business days after notice from the AAA of the filing of the demand for arbitration. The two arbitrators nominated by the Members will attempt to agree on a third arbitrator within 30 business days of the appointment of the second arbitrator. If the two arbitrators fail to agree on the third arbitrator within the 30-day period, then the AAA will appoint the third arbitrator within 30 business days following the expiration of the 30-day period. Any award rendered by the arbitrators will be final and binding on the Members, and judgment upon the award may be entered in the supreme court of the state of New York and/or the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, or any other court having jurisdiction ove...
Choice of Law; Arbitration. A. Employer and Employee acknowledge and agree that this Agreement shall be interpreted, governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to the conflict of laws principles or rules thereof.
B. Any controversy or dispute between Employer (including its officers, employees, directors, shareholders, agents, successors and assigns) and Employee that establishes a legal or equitable cause of action, whether based on contract, common law, or federal, state or local statute or regulation, arising out of, or relating to Employee’s employment or the termination thereof, shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration as the sole and exclusive remedy for such controversy or dispute. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not require the parties hereto to arbitrate pursuant to this Agreement: (1) any claim under a Company benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended; (2) any claim as to which applicable law not preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act prohibits resolution by binding arbitration hereof, (3) sexual harassment and sexual assault disputes arising under federal, state, local, or tribal law, unless the Employee elects to arbitrate these claims; or (4) any controversy or dispute brought by the Company that arises under Section V or VI of this Agreement. It is the parties’ intent that issues of arbitrability of any dispute shall be decided by the arbitrator. This Article VII shall be interpreted to conform to any applicable law concerning the terms and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate employment disputes.
C. The arbitration shall take place before a single neutral arbitrator at the JAMS office in Houston, Texas. Such arbitrator shall be provided through JAMS by mutual agreement of the parties to the arbitration; provided that, absent such agreement, the arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the rules of JAMS then in effect. The arbitrator shall permit reasonable discovery. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the JAMS rules applicable to employment disputes in effect at the time of the arbitration (the current version of which is available here: xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx). The award or decision of the arbitrator shall be rendered in writing; shall be final and binding on the parties; and may be enforced by judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
D. Subject to Section VII.F, each party shall pay one-half of the administrative ...
Choice of Law; Arbitration. (a) Notwithstanding the place where this Agreement may be executed by any of the parties thereto, the parties expressly agree that all the terms and provisions hereof shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Delaware without regard to principles of conflict of laws thereof that would mandate the application of the laws of another jurisdiction and, without limitation thereof, that the Delaware Act as now adopted or as may be hereafter amended shall govern the limited liability company aspects of the Agreement.
(b) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED IN WRITING, EACH MEMBER AGREES TO SUBMIT ALL CONTROVERSIES ARISING BETWEEN MEMBERS OR ONE OR MORE MEMBERS AND THE COMPANY TO ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH BELOW AND UNDERSTANDS THAT:
(1) ARBITRATION IS FINAL AND BINDING ON THE PARTIES;
(2) THE PARTIES ARE WAIVING THEIR RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES IN COURT, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL;
(3) PRE-ARBITRATION DISCOVERY IS GENERALLY MORE LIMITED AND DIFFERENT FROM COURT PROCEEDINGS;
(4) THE ARBITRATOR'S AWARD IS NOT REQUIRED TO INCLUDE FACTUAL FINDINGS OR LEGAL REASONING AND A PARTY'S RIGHT TO APPEAL OR TO SEEK MODIFICATION OF RULINGS BY ARBITRATORS IS STRICTLY LIMITED; AND
(5) THE PANEL OF ARBITRATORS WILL TYPICALLY INCLUDE ARBITRATORS WHO WERE OR ARE AFFILIATED WITH THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY.
(c) ALL DISPUTES, CONTROVERSIES OR CLAIMS THAT MAY ARISE AMONG MEMBERS AND/OR ONE OR MORE MEMBERS AND THE COMPANY CONCERNING OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE BREACH, TERMINATION OR VALIDITY THEREOF, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY DISPUTES REGARDING THE VALIDITY OR SCOPE OF THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE (EACH A "DISPUTE") SHALL BE FINALLY DETERMINED BY ARBITRATION IN NEW YORK CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES THEN OBTAINING OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION AND RESOLUTION ("CPR") RULES FOR NON-ADMINISTERED ARBITRATION IN NEW YORK CITY, BY THREE ARBITRATORS APPOINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES. THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL IS NOT EMPOWERED TO AWARD DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF COMPENSATORY DAMAGES, AND EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO RECOVER PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, MULTIPLE OR SIMILAR DAMAGES WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE. THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT (9 U.S.C. SECTION 1 ET SEQ).SHALL APPLY TO ANY ARBITRATION HEREUNDER, AND JUDGMENT ON ANY AWARD OF ANY SUCH ARBITRATION MAY BE EN...
Choice of Law; Arbitration. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to choice of law principles. To provide a mechanism for rapid and economical dispute resolution, Executive and the Company agree that any and all disputes, claims, or causes of action, in law or in equity, arising from or relating to this Agreement (including the Release and Waiver) and its enforcement, performance, breach or interpretation, will be resolved, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by final, binding and confidential arbitration before a single arbitrator held in San Diego, California and conducted by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), under its then-existing rules and procedures. The parties shall be entitled to conduct adequate discovery, and they may obtain all remedies available to the parties as if the matter had been tried in court. The arbitrator shall issue a written decision which specifies the findings of fact and conclusions of law on which the arbitrator’s decision is based. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof. Unless a different allocation is required by law, the parties shall each pay one-half of all fees and costs of the arbitration. Punitive damages shall not be awarded. Unless otherwise required by law, the arbitrator will award reasonable expenses (including reimbursement of the assigned arbitration costs) to the prevailing party. Nothing in this Section or in this Agreement is intended to prevent either Executive or the Company from obtaining injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent irreparable harm pending the conclusion of any such arbitration. Notwithstanding the above, both Executive and the Company retain the right to seek or obtain, and shall not be prohibited, limited or in any other way restricted from seeking or obtaining, equitable relief from a court having jurisdiction over the parties in order to enforce the nonsolicitation and noncompetition provisions of this Agreement or any disputes or claims relating to or arising out of the misuse or misappropriation of the Company’s intellectual property.
Choice of Law; Arbitration. This Agreement will be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California (other than their choice-of-law provisions). The arbitration requirement described in Section 6 of the Severance Agreement will also apply to this Agreement.
Choice of Law; Arbitration. (a) Notwithstanding the place where this Agreement may be executed by any of the parties hereto, the parties expressly agree that all the terms and provisions hereof shall be construed under the laws of the State of Delaware, including the Delaware Act, without regard to the conflict of law principles of such State.
(b) Each Member agrees to submit all controversies arising between or among Members or one or more Members and the Fund in connection with the Fund or its businesses or concerning any transaction, dispute or the construction, performance or breach of this or any other agreement, whether entered into prior to, on or subsequent to the date hereof, to arbitration in accordance with the provisions set forth below. Each Member understands that:
(i) arbitration is final and binding on the parties;
(ii) the parties are waiving their rights to seek remedies in court, including the right to jury trial;
(iii) pre-arbitration discovery is generally more limited than and different from court proceedings;
(iv) the arbitrator’s award is not required to include factual findings or legal reasoning and a party’s right to appeal or to seek modification of rulings by arbitrators is strictly limited; and
(v) a panel of arbitrators will typically include a minority of arbitrators who were or are affiliated with the securities industry.
(c) All controversies referred in this Section 8.6 shall be determined at the election of the Fund by arbitration before an arbitration panel convened by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, to the fullest extent permitted by law. The parties may also select any national securities exchange’s arbitration forum upon which a party is legally required to arbitrate the controversy, to the fullest extent permitted by law. Such arbitration shall be governed by the rules of the organization convening the panel, to the fullest extent permitted by law. Judgment on any award of any such arbitration may be entered in the Supreme Court of the State of New York or in any other court having jurisdiction over the party or parties against whom such award is rendered. Each Member agrees that the determination of the arbitrators shall be binding and conclusive upon them.
(d) No Member shall bring a putative or certified class action to arbitration, nor seek to enforce any pre-dispute arbitration agreement against any person who has initiated in court a putative class action or who is a member of a putative class who has not opted out of the cl...
Choice of Law; Arbitration. This Agreement and its application, shall be governed under the laws of the State of Nevada. Any and all disputes and controversies of every kind and nature between the parties hereto arising out of or relating to this Agreement relating to the existence, construction, validity, interpretation or meaning, performance, non-performance, enforcement, operation, breach, continuance or termination thereof shall be subject to an arbitration mutually agreeable to the parties or, in the absence of such mutual agreement, then subject to arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. It is the intent of the parties hereto and the purpose of this provision to make the submission to arbitration of any dispute or controversy arising hereunder an express condition precedent to any legal or equitable action or proceeding of any nature whatsoever.
Choice of Law; Arbitration. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. In the event of a dispute with respect to this Agreement that the parties are unable to resolve themselves, such dispute will be settled by arbitration before arbitrators sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York in accordance with the then existing FINRA Code of Arbitration Procedure (“FINRA Code”). The arbitrators will act by majority decision, and their award may allocate attorneys’ fees and arbitration costs between the parties. Their award will be final and binding between the parties, and such award may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties agree that, to the extent permitted by the FINRA Code, the arbitrators will be selected from the securities industry.
Choice of Law; Arbitration. The terms of this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the Parties, including its enforcement, shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to conflicts of law principles. Pursuant to Section 12 of the Employment Agreement, which is incorporated by operation thereof and reference herein, any disputes arising out of this Agreement and which are mandatorily arbitrable shall be settled exclusively by arbitration before the American Arbitration Association at a location in New Jersey.
Choice of Law; Arbitration. The Merchant Agreement is governed by, and is to be construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the Province of Quebec exclusively. Each of the parties agrees that all issues, claims and dispute arising from or related the Merchant Agreement (including with third parties who are not parties to this Merchant Agreement) shall be referred to and determined by private, confidential arbitration in Quebec before a single arbitrator chosen by the parties, the whole at their joint cost. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the parties irrevocably waives any objection (including any claim of inconvenient forum that it may now or hereafter have) to arbitration arising out of or relating to the Merchant Agreement in the courts of Quebec, as well as any right it may have to launch or participate in any class action against Pivotal. Where applicable laws do not permit the use of compulsory arbitration or the waiver of class-action rights, the arbitration and class-action provisions of this Section 5.16 shall be subject to severance.