Common use of Optional Pre-Arbitration Negotiation Process Clause in Contracts

Optional Pre-Arbitration Negotiation Process. Before initiating any arbitration or proceeding, Consultant and the Company may agree to first attempt to negotiate any dispute, claim, or controversy between the parties informally for at least thirty (30) days. A party who intends to seek negotiation under this subsection must first send to the other a written Notice of Dispute (“Notice”). The Notice must (i) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (ii) set forth the specific relief sought. All offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the negotiation by any of the parties, their agents, employees, and attorneys are confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment, in arbitration or any other proceeding involving the parties, provided that evidence that is otherwise admissible or discoverable shall not be rendered inadmissible or non-discoverable as a result of its use in the negotiation.

Optional Pre-Arbitration Negotiation Process. Before initiating any arbitration or proceeding, Consultant and the Company may agree to first attempt to negotiate any dispute, claim, or controversy between the parties informally for at least thirty (30) days. A party who intends to seek negotiation under this subsection must first send to the other a written Notice of Dispute (“Notice”). The Notice must (i) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (ii) set forth the specific relief sought. All offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the negotiation by any of the parties, their agents, employees, and attorneys are confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment, in arbitration or any other proceeding involving the parties, provided that evidence that is otherwise admissible or discoverable shall not be rendered inadmissible or non-non- discoverable as a result of its use in the negotiation.

Optional Pre-Arbitration Negotiation Process. Before initiating any arbitration or proceeding, Consultant and the Company may agree to first attempt to negotiate any dispute, claim, or controversy between the parties informally for at least thirty (30) days. A party who intends to seek negotiation under this subsection must first send to the other a written Notice of Dispute (“Notice”). The Notice must (i) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (ii) set forth the specific relief sought. All offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the negotiation by any of the parties, their agents, employees, and attorneys are confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment, in arbitration or any other proceeding involving the parties, provided that evidence that is otherwise admissible or discoverable shall not be rendered inadmissible or non-discoverable as a result of its use in the negotiation.. 4857-0921-6260.2