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TheTechnicalTake.

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Last revised: February 2010

ARL Advisers, LLC provides a web service known as TheTechnicalTake.com, as well as all
services related to the web service ("the Service"), including various email alerts ("Alerts"),
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Miscellaneous:

MANDATORY ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES - ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE OF


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STATUTE OR TORT, INCLUDING FRAUD, MISREPRESENTATION, FRAUDULENT INDUCEMENT,
OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY AND REGARDLESS OF THE DATE OF ACCRUAL
OF SUCH CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE SHALL BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING
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STATE LAW, GOVERNS THE QUESTION OF WHETHER A CLAIM IS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION.
HOWEVER, NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION SHALL PRECLUDE THE
CUSTOMER FROM RESOLVING ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE IN SMALL CLAIMS
COURT HE OR SHE WOULD OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO PURSUE.

A single arbitrator engaged in the practice of law will conduct the arbitration. The arbitrator
will be selected in accordance to the rules of the American Arbitration Association or may be
selected by agreement of the parties, who shall cooperate in good faith to select the arbitrator.
The arbitration will be conducted by, and under the then applicable rules of the American
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THE ARBITRATOR’S DECISION AND AWARD WILL BE FINAL AND BINDING, AND JUDGMENT
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If any party files a judicial or administrative action asserting a claim that is subject to
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