15. Arbitration of Disputes Governed By Arbitration
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any dispute or claim arising out of or relating in any way to your visit to the Sites or your use of the Services made available through the Sites, these Terms, this Agreement, the Privacy Policy or the validity or enforceability of this arbitration agreement will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court, except for matters that can be taken to small claims court in your local jurisdiction.
This agreement and any arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.
There is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is limited. However, an arbitrator can award on an individual basis the same damages and relief (including injunctive and declaratory relief or statutory damages) as a court, and must follow the provisions of these Terms as a court would.
To begin an arbitration proceeding, you must send a letter requesting arbitration and describing your claim to our registered agent. The arbitration will be conducted before one commercial arbitrator with substantial experience in resolving commercial contract disputes from the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its rules, including the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes.
The AAA’s rules are available at http://Stream.adr.org or by calling 1-800-778-7879. We will pay all filing, administration and arbitrator fees for claims totaling less than $1,000. For larger claims, payment of those fees will be governed by the AAA’s fee schedule for Consumer Arbitration Costs.
You and Stream may be able to recover attorney’s fees in arbitration as you/we would in court if they are available under applicable law. For any claim that could otherwise be brought in small claims court, the arbitration shall be conducted solely based on written submissions and, if the arbitrator deems it appropriate, a telephonic hearing. If the claim exceeds what can be recovered in a small claims court, and the arbitrator deems a face-to-face hearing is appropriate, the hearing will be conducted in the county where you live or at another mutually agreed location that is convenient to you.
A decision by the arbitrator (including any finding of fact and/or conclusion of law) against either you or Stream shall be confidential unless otherwise required to be disclosed by law or by any administrative body and may not be collaterally used by either you or us in existing or subsequent litigation or arbitration involving any other person or Stream customer.
We both agree that you or we may bring suit in court to enjoin infringement, unauthorized access or trespass to computer networks or any other misuse, misappropriation or theft of intellectual property rights.
We also each agree that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated or representative action.
The arbitral tribunal shall have the power to rule on any challenge to its own jurisdiction or to the validity or enforceability of any portion of this agreement to arbitrate. If any part of this arbitration provision is held unenforceable, then the balance of this arbitration provision shall remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with its terms as if the unenforceable provision were not contained. If, however, the class action waiver is found to be unenforceable, then the entire arbitration provision shall be null and void. If for any reason a claim proceeds in court rather than in arbitration we each waive any right to a jury trial and agree that we shall litigate exclusively in the courts located in Delaware.
Contact information for Stream ’s Registered Agent for Disputes/Arbitration is as follows:
Harvard Business Services,
Wilmington, DE 19808-1645