Dispute Escalation In the event of a Dispute between the Parties, the Parties will first attempt to resolve such dispute by negotiation and consultation between themselves or the JSC. In the event that such dispute is not resolved on an informal basis within [***] days from receipt of the written notice of a Dispute, any Party may, by written notice to the other, have such dispute referred to the Executive Officers (or their designees, which designee is required to have decision-making authority on behalf of such Party), who will attempt to resolve such Dispute by negotiation and consultation for a [***] day period following receipt of such written notice.
Root Cause Analysis Upon Vendor's failure to provide the Services in accordance with the applicable Service Levels (for any reason other than a Force Majeure Event) Vendor will promptly (a) perform a root-cause analysis to identify the cause of such failure, (b) provide Prudential with a report detailing the cause of, and procedure for correcting, such failure, (c) obtain Prudential's written approval of the proposed procedure for correcting such failure, (d) correct such failure in accordance with the approved procedure, (e) provide weekly (or more frequent, if appropriate) reports on the status of the correction efforts, and (f) provide Prudential with assurances satisfactory to Prudential that such failure has been corrected and will not recur.
Audit Dispute In the event of a dispute with respect to any audit, Caribou and AbbVie shall work in good faith to resolve the disagreement. If the Parties are unable to reach a mutually acceptable resolution of any such dispute within [***] days, the dispute shall be submitted for resolution to a certified public accounting firm jointly selected by each Party’s certified public accountants or to such other Person as the Parties shall mutually agree (the “Audit Arbitrator”). The decision of the Audit Arbitrator shall be final and the costs of such arbitration as well as the initial audit shall be borne between the Parties in such manner as the Audit Arbitrator shall determine. Not later than [***] days after such decision and in accordance with such decision, the audited Party shall pay the additional amounts, with interest from the date originally due, or the auditing Party shall reimburse the excess payments, as applicable.
Dispute In the event of any disagreement between the undersigned or the person or persons named in the instructions contained in this Agreement, or any other person, resulting in adverse claims and demands being made in connection with or for any papers, money or property involved herein, or affected hereby, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to refuse to comply with any demand or claim, as long as such disagreement shall continue, and in so refusing to make any delivery or other disposition of any money, papers or property involved or affected hereby, the Escrow Agent shall not be or become liable to the undersigned or to any person named in such instructions for its refusal to comply with such conflicting or adverse demands, and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to refuse and refrain to act until: (a) the rights of the adverse claimants shall have been fully and finally adjudicated in a Court assuming and having jurisdiction of the parties and money, papers and property involved herein or affected hereby, or (b) all differences shall have been adjusted by agreement and the Escrow Agent shall have been notified thereof in writing, signed by all the interested parties.
Third Party Dispute Resolution The Consulting Firm shall (i) consider only the items that are then disputed by the parties, (ii) shall be bound by the terms of the Agreement and (iii) shall only make a determination of such disputed matters in favor of the proposal made by the Purchasers or the Sellers (as may be presented by each party to the Consulting Firm in writing, which shall be shared with the other party) and shall not make an independent proposal. The Consulting Firm shall prepare a written determination of any disputed matters and deliver the determination to the Purchasers and the Sellers within fifteen (15) Business Days after the date the Consulting Firm is engaged. Each party shall cooperate fully with the Consulting Firm, including by using reasonable best efforts to provide the information, data and work papers to the extent permitted by applicable Law, so as to enable the Consulting Firm to make a determination of the disputed items as quickly as practicable. The Corrective Action Plan shall be finalized in accordance with the Consulting Firm’s determination of the disputed matters.
Settlement of Dispute Any disputes under the Agreement shall be settled at first through friendly consultation between the parties hereto. In case no settlement can be reached through consultation, each party shall have the right to submit such disputes to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission in Beijing. The Place of arbitration is Beijing. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on both parties.
Mediation of Disputes The parties shall endeavor in good faith to settle within 90 days any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach thereof through mediation with JAMS, Endispute or similar organizations. If the controversy or claim is not resolved within 90 days, the parties shall be free to pursue other legal remedies in law or equity.
Dispute Notice Each COD Model (and the Initial COD Purchase Price Adjustment reflected therein) will be final, conclusive and binding on the Parties and Seller Parent unless the Seller reasonably determines in good faith that the Buyer failed to calculate the Initial COD Purchase Price Adjustment in accordance with this Agreement and provides a Dispute Notice to the Buyer no later than the twentieth (20th) Business Day after the payment of the applicable Initial COD Purchase Price Adjustment (for clarity, the right to deliver a Dispute Notice shall not arise until the payment of the applicable Initial COD Purchase Price Adjustment has occurred); provided that, during such period, the Buyer will afford the Seller and its Representatives reasonable access to the work papers and other books and records of the applicable Group Companies and any accountants, experts, consultants or financial advisers retained by such Group Companies for purposes of assisting the Seller and its Representatives in its review of the such COD Model, in each case, with such access to be in accordance with applicable confidentiality obligations of Buyer or the Group Companies and effected in a manner designed to not unreasonably interfere with the normal business operations of the Buyer and the Group Companies; provided further that such twenty (20) Business Day period will be automatically extended by the lesser of (x) the number of days between receipt of the request for such reasonably access and the date such access is provided and (y) ten (10) Business Days. Any Dispute Notice must set forth in reasonable detail (A) any item on such COD Model that the Seller reasonably believes in good faith has not been prepared in accordance with this Agreement and its calculation of the correct amount of such item, (B) the Seller’s resulting calculation of the COD Purchase Price Adjustment for such Project, in each case of clauses (A) and (B), together with reasonable supporting information, including the work papers and other books and records of the Seller and its Affiliates and any accountants, experts, consultants or financial advisers retained by the Seller or its Affiliates for purposes preparing such alternative calculations, and (C) the amount by which, based on such calculation and with respect to the Initial COD Purchase Price Adjustment, (1) the Buyer underpaid or (2) the Seller Parties overpaid. Any item or amount to which no dispute is raised in the Dispute Notice will be final, conclusive and binding on the Parties and Seller Parent upon delivery to the Buyer of the Dispute Notice, or such later date as determined in accordance with this Section 2.07(b) if the Buyer does not provide reasonable access as required pursuant to this Section 2.07(b).
Patent Disputes Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article 11, and subject to the provisions of Section 6.2, any dispute, controversy or claim relating to the scope, validity, enforceability or infringement of any Intrexon Patents shall be submitted to a court of competent jurisdiction in the country in which such Patent was filed or granted.
Independent Analysis Each Party hereby confirms that its decision to execute this Agreement has been based upon its independent assessment of documents and information available to it, as it has deemed appropriate.
