Common use of Procedure Governing Arbitration Clause in Contracts

Procedure Governing Arbitration. Each party participating in the arbitration shall have the obligation to produce those documents and as witnesses to the arbitration those of its employees as any other participating party reasonably requests providing always that the same witnesses and documents be obtainable and relevant to the issues before the arbitration and not be unduly burdensome or excessive. The parties may mutually agree as to pre-hearing discovery prior to the arbitration hearing and in the absence of agreement, upon the request of any party, pre-hearing discovery may be conducted as the panel shall determine in its sole discretion to be in the interest of fairness, full disclosure, and a prompt hearing, decision and award by the panel. The panel shall be the final judge of the procedures of the panel, the conduct of the arbitration of the rules of evidence, the rules of privilege and production and of excessiveness and relevancy of any witnesses and documents upon the petition of any participating party.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Reinsurance Agreement, Reinsurance Agreement (Allstate Corp), Stock Purchase Agreement (Allstate Corp)

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Procedure Governing Arbitration. Each party participating in the arbitration shall have the obligation to produce those documents and as witnesses to the arbitration those of its employees as any other participating party reasonably requests providing always that the same witnesses and documents be obtainable and relevant to the issues before the arbitration and not be unduly burdensome or excessive. The parties may mutually agree as to pre-hearing discovery prior to the arbitration hearing and in the absence of agreement, upon the request of any party, pre-hearing discovery may be conducted as the panel shall determine in its sole discretion to be in the interest of fairness, full disclosure, and a prompt hearing, decision and award by the panel. The panel shall be the final judge of the procedures of the panel, the conduct of the arbitration of the rules of evidence, the rules of privilege and production and of excessiveness and relevancy of any witnesses and documents upon the petition of any participating party. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the panel shall have the authority to issue subpoenas and other orders to enforce its decisions.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Administrative Services Agreement (Tiptree Financial Inc.), Indemnity Reinsurance Agreement (Allstate Financial Advisors Separate Account I), Indemnity Reinsurance Agreement (Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A)

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