JAMS ADR Rules

In a continuing effort to provide our clients with the highest quality dispute resolution services, JAMS offers rules and procedures designed to meet the parties’ needs in a variety of situations. The menu of rules and procedures allows you to customize a process for your dispute.

JAMS Optional Expedited Arbitration Procedures

JAMS has taken an industry-leading role to ensure arbitration remains an attractive alternative to litigation. In order to save clients time and money, JAMS has instituted new procedural options that allow the crafting of a process that is commensurate with the dispute. With JAMS new Optional Expedited Arbitration Procedures, parties can choose a process that limits depositions, document requests and e-discovery. When parties utilizing JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules elect to use these procedures, they agree to the voluntary and informal exchange of all non-privileged documents and other information relevant to the dispute. These rules are an innovative step taken by JAMS to guarantee that its clients can have an efficient process if they choose. 

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Rules & Procedures

General Arbitration Rules & Procedures

• Comprehensive Arbitration Rules & Procedures
• Streamlined Arbitration Rules & Procedures
• Arbitration Discovery Protocols
• Policy on Consumer Arbitrations Pursuant to Pre-Dispute Clauses Minimum Standards of Procedural Fairness
• Optional Arbitration Appeal Procedure

Class Action Arbitration Procedures

• Class Action Procedures

Construction Arbitration Rules & Procedures

• Engineering and Construction Arbitration Rules & Procedures
• Engineering and Construction Arbitration Rules & Procedures (Expedited)
• Surety Adjudication Dispute Resolution Rules

Employment Arbitration Rules & Procedures

• Employment Arbitration Rules & Procedures
• Policy on Employment Arbitration Minimum Standards of Procedural Fairness

International Mediation/Arbitration Rules & Procedures

• International Arbitration Rules
  • Efficiency Guidelines for the Pre-Hearing Phase of International Arbitrations
  • Guidelines for Use of Clerks and Tribunal Secretaries in Arbitrations
• International Mediation Rules
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