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Commercial Arbitration Rules
!fa dispute arises out of or relates to this contract, or the breach thereof, and if
the dispute cannot be
settled through negotiation, the parties agree first to try in good faith to settle the dispute by mediation
administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Mediation Procedures
before resorting to arbitration, litigation, or some other dispute resolution procedure.
If the parties want to use a mediator to resolve an existing dispute, they can enter into the following
submission:
The parties hereby submit the following dispute to mediation administered by the American Arbitration
Association under its Commercial Mediation Procedures. (The clause may also provide for the
meetings, and any other item of concern
qualifcations of
to the parties.)
Large, Complex Cases
the mediator(s), method ofpayment, locale of
Unless the paries agree otherwse, the procedures for Large, Complex Commercial Disputes, which
appear in this pamphlet, will be applied to all cases administered by the AAA under the Commercial
Arbitration Rules in which the disclosed claim or counterclaim of any par is at least $500,000
exclusive of claimed interest, arbitration fees and costs.
The key featues of
these procedures include:
§ a highly qualified, trained Roster of
Neutrals;
§ a mandatory preliminary hearng with the arbitrators, which may be conducted by teleconference;
§ broad arbitrator authonty to order and control discovery, including depositions;
§ presumption that hearings wil proceed on a consecutive or block basis.
COMMERCIAL MEDIATION PROCEDURES
M-1. Agreement of
Parties
Whenever, by stipulation or in their contract, the parties have provided for mediation or conciliation of
the American Arbitration Association (AAA) or under
existing or futue disputes under the auspices of
these procedures, they shall be deemed to have made these procedures, as amended and in effect as of
their agreement.
the date of
the submission of
the dispute, a part of
M-2. Initiation of
Mediation
Any part or parties to a dispute may initiate mediation by fiing with the AAA a submission to
mediation or a written request for mediation pursuant to these procedures, together with the $325
nonrefundable case set-up fee. Where there is no submission to mediation or contract providing for
mediation, a part may request the AAA to invite another part to join in a submission to mediation.
Upon receipt of such a request, the AAA wil contact the other parties involved in the dispute and
attempt to obtain a submission to mediation.
M-3. Requests for Mediation