Common use of Scope of Arbitration Clause in Contracts

Scope of Arbitration. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, disputes between or among any of the parties hereto, and/or disputes between or among any of the parties hereto and any Person who has executed a Joinder (to the extent any such disputes among the parties and/or among the parties and Persons who executed Joinders relate directly to the subject matter of this Agreement), shall be determined solely and exclusively by arbitration in accordance with this Article IV, which shall be broadly construed in favor of arbitrability of all such disputes. (b) In any arbitration, this Agreement and all other documentation determined by the Arbitrator to be relevant shall be admissible in evidence. In deciding any issue submitted to arbitration, the Arbitrator (as defined below) shall consider the rights, powers and obligations of the Trustee (or its predecessor) in light of this Agreement, the relevant trust instruments, the laws specified in Section 6.5 and the laws of the place of arbitration to the extent necessary to render the arbitral award valid and enforceable.