JAMS ADR Rules & Clauses
In a continuing effort to provide our clients with the highest quality dispute resolution services, JAMS offers clauses, rules and procedures designed to meet the parties’ needs in a variety of situations. The menu of clauses, rules and procedures allows you to customize a process for your dispute. The newest addition is JAMS Optional Expedited Arbitration Procedures, which is described in more detail below.
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.
ADR Clauses (Dispute Resolution Clauses for Commercial Contracts)
General ADR Clauses
- Standard Arbitration Clauses
- Resolution Prior to Arbitration
- Arbitrator Qualifications
- Diversity and Inclusion NEW!
- Party-Appointed Arbitrators
- Confidentiality
- Governing Law
- Punitive Damages
- Limitation of Liability
- Fees and Costs to Prevailing Party
- Appeal
- Expedited Arbitration Procedures
- More Limited Efficiency-Enhancing Provisions
Construction ADR Clauses
Employment ADR Clauses
International & Transnational Clauses
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
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
Why JAMS?
JAMS mediators and arbitrators successfully resolve cases ranging in size, industry and complexity, typically achieving results more efficiently and cost-effectively than through litigation. JAMS neutrals are skilled in all aspects of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), including mediation, arbitration, special masters, discovery referees, project neutrals and dispute review boards.
Dispute Resolution Clauses
For more information on using such clauses, please contact your JAMS Case Manager or call 1-800-352-5267 to reach the JAMS Resolution Center nearest you. Also, if you incorporate any of these clauses into a contract that applies to a number of contracting parties (such as, for example, in a standard employment agreement or in a consumer agreement), please advise JAMS at 1-949-224-1810 as special requirements may be applicable.
By suggesting the contract language contained in this Guide, JAMS is in no way offering legal advice. Rather, the legal effect of the clauses in question should be weighed by the parties in the specific context of whatever law is applicable.
