Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising between the Employee and the Company relating to this Agreement shall be submitted to and settled by arbitration in the Arlington, Texas, and conducted pursuant to the rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association governing employment disputes, before an arbitrator licensed to practice law in Texas and familiar with employment law disputes (or at any other place or under any other form of arbitration mutually acceptable to the parties involved). Any award rendered shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the Parties, and any judgment may be entered in the highest court of the forum (state or federal) having jurisdiction over the issues addressed in the arbitration. The expense of the arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties to the arbitration, provided that each party shall pay for and bear the cost of Employee's or the Company's own experts, evidence, and counsel fees, except that, in the discretion of the arbitrator, any award may include the cost of a party's counsel and/or its share of the expense of arbitration, if the arbitrator expressly determines that an award of such costs is appropriate to a party whose position prevails in such arbitration. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Paragraph, the Company shall be entitled to seek injunctive and other appropriate equitable relief immediately and without compliance with the provisions of this Paragraph for any violation, attempted violation or proposed violation of Paragraphs 6, 7, 8, or 12 of this Agreement. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVING THEIR RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL.