Option to Mediate Dispute Sample Clauses

Option to Mediate Dispute. In the event a dispute outlined in a Notification of Dispute has not been resolved within 15 days after receipt of the last writing called for by paragraph 12.03 above, either party may initiate a mediation procedure in accordance with this paragraph 12.04 within five days thereafter by making a written request for mediation. Such mediation will be conducted by Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (“JAMS”) according to its procedures. If JAMS is unable to act in the matter, mediation shall be conducted under the auspices of any other mediation service mutually agreed to by the parties according to the mediator’s procedures. The scope of such mediation and the authority of the mediator to act with respect to the dispute is defined by the specific provisions of this Article XII and any mediator will be required to execute an acknowledgment of applicability of the provisions of this Article XII in any proceeding under this Agreement. The object of any mediation subject to this paragraph 12.04 is to assist the parties in reaching a mutually acceptable resolution of the dispute. Such mediation shall, in all circumstances, be consistent with the rights and obligations created by this Agreement and shall not be premised on the derogation or diminution of those rights or disregard of those rights. The mediation process shall begin promptly and shall be concluded within ten business days of the day the request for mediation is made, unless the parties mutually otherwise agree. Any and all discussions, negotiations, findings or other statements by the mediator and/or the parties made in connection with the mediation shall be privileged and confidential and shall not be admissible into evidence in any litigation. In the event the dispute is not resolved by mutual agreement, the mediator shall request each party to submit, within ten business days or less, a proposed “Listing of Relevant Facts” that each party asserts are relevant to resolution of the dispute. Submissions shall be limited to assertions of fact without opinion, legal argument or ultimate conclusory assertions. Based on such submissions, the mediator shall prepare a final Listing of Relevant Facts including those facts that appear to be related to the dispute and undisputed; those that appear to be relevant to the dispute but are the subject of factual disagreement; and those that (whether disputed or not) appear to be irrelevant to the dispute. The Listing of Relevant Facts prepared by the...
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