You can prevent litigation and provide a forum to resolve
disputes by providing first for mediation, and then for arbitration, if
needed. Consider adding the following language to your next contract:
Mediation
All disputes arising out of this agreement shall be submitted
to mediation in accordance with the rules of Arts Arbitration and
Mediation Services, a program of California Lawyers for the Arts.
Mediation/Arbitration
All disputes arising out of this agreement shall be submitted
to mediation in accordance with the rules of Arts Arbitration and
Mediation Services, a program of California Lawyers for the Arts.
If mediation is not successful in resolving all disputes
arising out of this agreement, those unresolved disputes shall be
submitted to final and binding arbitration. The arbitrator shall be
selected in accordance with the rules of