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Mandatory arbitration with a named administrator removes disputes from the standard court system, and the court-entry provision makes arbitration awards enforceable as court judgments.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains an ellipsis suggesting additional arbitration procedure terms exist in the full clause. The excerpt states 'a party may demand' arbitration, which could mean either party may invoke it, but the full procedural context is not available.
The reader is required to resolve disputes through NAM arbitration rather than in court, though any resulting award may be entered in a court of competent jurisdiction.
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This Arbitration Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall include any claims brought by or against any third parties, including but not limited to your spouses, heirs, third-party beneficiaries and permitted assigns...
the arbitration provider, National Arbitration and Mediation ("NAM"), shall not accept or administer any demand for arbitration and shall administratively close any arbitration unless the Party bringing such demand for arbitration can certify in writing that the terms...were fully satisfied.
"a party may demand that the dispute be resolved by arbitration administered by National Arbitration and Mediation ("NAM")...Judgment on any award rendered in any arbitration may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.Excerpt from Pika's Terms of Service
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Mandatory arbitration with a named administrator removes disputes from the standard court system, and the court-entry provision makes arbitration awards enforceable as court judgments.
The reader is required to resolve disputes through NAM arbitration rather than in court, though any resulting award may be entered in a court of competent jurisdiction.
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