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• r 23. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE PARTIES EACH AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE AND ANY LEGAL ACTION COMMENCED BY OR AGAINST EITHER PARTY SHALL BE RESOLVED (SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION AS PROVIDED BELOW) BY A COURT WITHOUT A JURY, AND EACH PARTY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A JURY AS TO ANY DISPUTES OR CLAIMS ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS CONTRACT, WHETHER FOR BREACH OR ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY DISPUTES DESCRIBED IN 'PARAGRAPH 24 BELOW. Each party acknowledges that jury trials are slower and more expensive than court trials without juries, and, considering then nature of the complex technology and other issues which may give rise to Disputes, that a judge may be better trained than a random jury to evaluate the foreseeable expert witnesses and other technology evidence. 24. ARBITRATION. Any and all Disputes (as defined below) between or involving Seller and Buyer shall be resolved by arbitration conducted by three arbitrators in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association [the "AAA"] (as enhanced by any special rules and procedures for Year 2000 related disputes and in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act, and in accordance with the applicable law and express terms specified in the Contract). The arbitration shall be conducted expeditiously at a convenient site determined by the arbitrators within 100 miles of Seller's executive office in Virginia. The arbitrator selected directly by each party shall be a lawyer with at least 10 years of practice experience, a material part of which involves representing clients with respect to transactions involving the sale of technological goods that operate in conjunction with computer software or firmware. The third, neutral arbitrator selected by the other two arbitrators shall be either an experienced technology officer with expertise in transactions 'involving comparable goods and software and with related Year 2000 Readiness issues, or an experienced lawyer with sufficient knowledge and comparable experience in order to be able himself to judge with certainty which of conflicting experts for each party is correct in his or her opinion regarding such technology transactions and Year 2000 Readiness issues. The decision of the arbitrators shall be reported by with their written findings of fact and conclusions of law in accordance with this Contract following appfcable law. The arbitrators shall use their best efforts to reach that decision within six (5) months from the date when the initial arbitration request is made, and the arbitrators shall direct the process accordingly to attempt to accommodate that timing. G txp %ConlnO Y2K CnntfaCt. l:(IM 0 W final comoi d,w ?7 -t `1 4tl.'o 75 0 m