Common use of Discovery and Certain Other Matters Clause in Contracts

Discovery and Certain Other Matters. (a) Discovery procedures available in litigation before the courts shall not apply in any arbitration proceedings hereunder. Any Party involved in the applicable dispute, controversy or claim may request limited document production from the other Party or Parties of specific and expressly relevant documents, with the reasonable expenses of the producing Party or Parties incurred in such production paid by the requesting Party. Any such discovery shall be conducted expeditiously and shall not cause the hearing which may be provided for in Section 12.5 to be adjourned except upon consent of both the Xxxx Xxx Parties and the CoffeeCo Parties or upon a showing of cause demonstrating that such adjournment is necessary to permit discovery essential to a Party to the proceeding. Each Party shall be entitled to 5 depositions of 5 hours duration. Only upon a showing of extreme necessity, at the limited discretion of the arbitrator or Tribunal, as applicable, shall any additional depositions be permitted. Interrogatories or other forms of discovery (other than the document production set forth above) shall not occur except by consent of all Parties involved in the applicable dispute, controversy or