Common use of Location and Costs of Arbitration Clause in Contracts

Location and Costs of Arbitration. Any in-person arbitration hearing must be at a venue situated in Essex County, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The party initiating the arbitration (or appeal of the first arbitration award) shall pay the initial filing fee. If you file the arbitration and an award is rendered in your favor, we will reimburse you for your filing fee. All fees and costs will be allocated in accordance with the rules of the arbitration forum. However, we will advance or reimburse filing and other fees if the arbitrator rules that you cannot afford to pay them or finds other good cause for requiring us to do so; or if you ask us in writing and we determine in good faith there is a justifiable reason for doing so. Each party shall bear the expense of their respective attorneys, experts, and witnesses and other expenses, regardless of who prevails, but the arbitrator will have the authority to award reasonable attorneys and expert witness fees and costs to the extent permitted by this Agreement, the forum's rules, or applicable law.