Hearings The Hearing Officer shall hold hearings on a quarterly basis unless there are no appeals to hear or the parties agree to pend any open appeals. All materials considered in the position review shall be submitted to the Hearing Officer prior to the hearing and neither party will submit evidence at the hearing that was not submitted during the position review. The Hearing Officer shall endeavor to hold multiple hearings each day, and shall issue a concise decision which shall be final and binding. The Hearing Officer shall have no authority to alter the terms and conditions of this contract. Employees may be represented at the hearing and will be released from work with no loss of pay to attend the hearing. The Hearing Officer's fees and expenses shall be shared equally by the parties.
Proceedings; Orders Except as set forth in Part 2.25 of the Target Disclosure Schedule, there is no pending Proceeding, and to the best of the knowledge of the Shareholders no Person has threatened to commence any Proceeding: (i) that involves any Target Company or that otherwise relates to or might affect the business of any Target Company (whether or not any Target Company is named as a party thereto); or (ii) that challenges, or that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with, any of the Transactions. Except as set forth in Part 2.25 of the Target Disclosure Schedule, to the best of the knowledge of the Shareholders no event has occurred, and no claim, dispute or other condition or circumstance exists, that might directly or indirectly give rise to or serve as a basis for the commencement of any such Proceeding. Except as set forth in Part 2.25 of the Target Disclosure Schedule, no Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Target Company since January 1, 2000. The Shareholders have delivered or made available to the Purchaser accurate and complete copies of all pleadings, correspondence and other written materials (to which any of the Shareholders or any of the Target Companies has access and which are not subject to the attorney client privilege or work product doctrine) that relate to the Proceedings identified in Part 2.25 of the Target Disclosure Schedule. There is no Order to which any Target Company, or any of the assets owned or used by any Target Company, is subject; and none of the Shareholders or any other Related Party is subject to any Order that relates to any of the Target Companies' business or to any of the assets of any Target Company. To the best of the knowledge of the Shareholders, no employee of any Target Company is subject to any Order that may prohibit such employee from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity or practice relating to the business of the applicable Target Company. There is no proposed Order that, if issued or otherwise put into effect, (i) may have an adverse effect on the business, condition, assets, liabilities, operations, financial performance or net income of any Target Company or on the ability of any Shareholder to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation under any of the Transactional Agreements, or (ii) may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with any of the Transactions.
Arbitration Proceedings Arbitration between the parties will be subject to the following:
Litigation; Proceedings Except as specifically disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, there is no action, suit, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties before or by any court, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document or the Securities or (ii) could, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Proceedings Promptly on receipt by an Indemnified Person of notice of a Proceeding against it, the Indemnified Person will, if a claim is to be made under Section 4.6(a), notify the Issuer, the Servicer and the Administrator of the Proceeding. The Issuer, the Servicer and the Administrator may participate in and assume the defense and settlement of a Proceeding at its expense. If the Issuer, the Servicer or the Administrator notifies the Indemnified Person of its intention to assume the defense of the Proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person, and so long as the Issuer, the Servicer or the Administrator assumes the defense of the Proceeding in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person, the Issuer, the Servicer and the Administrator will not be liable for fees and expenses of counsel to the Indemnified Person unless there is a conflict between the interests of the Issuer, the Servicer or the Administrator, as applicable, and an Indemnified Person. If there is a conflict, the Issuer, the Servicer or the Administrator will pay for the reasonable fees and expenses of separate counsel to the Indemnified Person. No settlement of a Proceeding may be made without the approval of the Issuer, the Servicer and the Administrator and the Indemnified Person, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.