Common use of Audit Dispute Clause in Contracts

Audit Dispute. In the event of a dispute with respect to any audit under Section 5.13.1, Lightlake and Adapt shall work in good faith to resolve the disagreement. If the Parties are unable to reach a mutually acceptable resolution of any such dispute within thirty (30) days, the dispute shall be submitted for resolution to a certified public accounting firm jointly selected by each Party’s certified public accountants or to such other Person as the Parties shall mutually agree (the “Audit Arbitrator”). The decision of the Audit Arbitrator shall be final and the costs of such arbitration as well as the initial audit shall be borne between the Parties in inverse proportion to Party’s positions with respect to such dispute, as determined by the Audit Arbitrator. Not later than ten (10) days after such decision and in accordance with such decision, the audited Party shall pay the additional amounts, with interest from the date originally due as provided in Section 5.9, or the auditing Party shall reimburse the excess payments, as applicable.