DecisionLayer Arbitration Clause
In order to have DecisionLayer arbitrate disputes, please add the below language to your contract. For more information, please refer to our FAQ and our explanatory one-pager at https://www.decisionlayer.ai/howtoaddtocontract.pdf
For Signed Contracts
Add this clause to the body of your agreement. This version uses formal third-person language (e.g. “each party”) suitable for negotiated, signed agreements between two or more parties. The clause provides for human arbitration assisted by DecisionLayer’s AI systems, with mutual consent required for pure AI arbitration.
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this agreement, including the interpretation, formation, breach, termination, validity, arbitrability or enforceability thereof, shall be settled by binding arbitration administered by Decision Science Research Corporation (“DecisionLayer”) in accordance with its rules then in effect at https://www.decisionlayer.ai/rules (the “Rules”), and governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, and the internal laws of the State of New York including NYS CPLR Article 75. Judgment on any arbitration award may be entered in any State or Federal Court located in New York State or any other court of competent jurisdiction. Subject to the Rules, DecisionLayer arbitrations will be conducted by an arbitrator utilizing DecisionLayer artificial intelligence systems or, upon mutual agreement of the parties, by DecisionLayer’s artificial intelligence system itself. The parties agree that the arbitrator selection mechanisms set forth in the Rules constitute a substantial and valuable contract right, and the designated administration by DecisionLayer is an essential term of this agreement. THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND AGREE THAT ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT MUST BE BROUGHT IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. Each party consents to receive service of process commencing an arbitration via the DecisionLayer website (if it has an account), by email, by registered mail pursuant to New York CPLR § 7503(c), or in accordance with applicable laws. Each party hereto waives any objection to service by these means. Any arbitration shall be conducted entirely virtually via the DecisionLayer platform. DecisionLayer has the authority to determine if a dispute is arbitrable. Each litigant’s relationship with DecisionLayer is governed by the DecisionLayer Terms of Service available at https://www.decisionlayer.ai/terms. The invalidity of any portion of this arbitration provision shall not affect the validity of any other portion, and any invalid provision shall be modified to the least extent necessary to render it valid.
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Terms of Service & Clickwrap
For clickwrap agreements and terms of service. Includes a top-of-document notice and a user-facing clause with an opt-out period.
Pure AI Arbitration
For disputes resolved by DecisionLayer’s AI system, subject to a right of appeal to an independent, human arbitrator.
Tiered Dispute Resolution
Route disputes below a dollar threshold to DecisionLayer arbitration while reserving larger disputes for court.
Drafting Notes
Optional add-ons: prevailing-party fee-shifting, arbitration carve-outs, and amount-in-controversy threshold guidance.