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can conduct an Independent Investigation into the technical facts and Issues ADJUDICATIVE PROCESSES In Adjudicative Processes, a third party neutral is brought in to hear and consider facts and/or arguments presented by the plaintiff and defendant, and to render a reasoned binding decision or solution based upon an agreed upon standard of legality or fairness, The neutral's role Is to issue a solution for the parties, not to help them reach an agreed-upon solution to their dispute, Arbitration, long used as an alternative to litigation in commercial disputes and labor disputes, offers less formal procedures, abbreviated presentations and the undivided attention of the neutral(s). The arbitrator(s): establishes the ground rules governing an arbitration in the period immediately following the initiation of the arbitration to ensure an expeditious, cost-effective and fair process rules on discovery requests and disputes determines whether to apply rules of evidence and to what degree hears expert witnesses and cross examinations ■ reviews briefs, documents and other exhibits entertains argument by counsel before rendering a decision administers arbitration according to the JAMS Rules and Procedures for Arbitrations Bracketed Arbitration ("high -low") occurs when the parties structure an agreement to "bracket" or limit the possible range of outcomes. The parties may agree that the arbitrator: will decide only the Issue of liability with predetermined sums to be paid by the defendant or plaintiff accordingly delivers a verdict on liability and damages while agreeing in advance on minimum and maximum payment sums is not told the bracketed range, in effect creating "blind bracketed" arbitration