Common use of Covered Disputes Clause in Contracts

Covered Disputes. Except for Excluded Disputes, as hereinafter defined, Covered Disputes shall include any and all claims, disputes, suits or causes of action between Consignee, its predecessors and/or successors and/or its and their respective past, current and/or future owners, officers, directors, employees, shareholders, members, managers, partners, beneficiaries, administrators, executors, estates, attorneys, insurers, assigns, agents, representatives and/or all business entities in which they have, may have or ever had an ownership interest (collectively, for purposes of this Article, the "Consignee Parties") and Bakery, its predecessors and/or successors and/or its and their respective past, current and/or future officers, directors, employees, shareholders, members, managers, partners, subsidiaries, parent companies, insurers, assigns, agents and/or representatives (collectively, for purposes of this Article, the "Bakery Parties"), including, but not limited to: all claims and disputes arising out of or under or in any way relating to this Agreement or any other agreement between the parties, including any claim for a breach or termination thereof, and/or the Territory; and all claims and disputes relating to any allegation of any employment, franchise or other non-independent contractor relationship or misclassification between any of Consignee Parties and any of the Bakery Parties, and including, but not limited to, all claims and disputes pertaining to: contract, tort, defamation, fraud, equity and/or other common law claims, wage and hour claims, pension claims, benefit claims, recovery or reimbursement claims, discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims and claims arising under or relating to any federal, state or local constitution, statute, law or regulation, whether now or hereafter existing.