Arbitration
Filing an Arbitration Demand
Filing the arbitration demand is the first step in any Vilulia Arbitrate case. The demand captures the claimant's claims, the amounts sought, and the respondent's information, creating a formal case record that all subsequent proceedings (discovery, hearings, and the award) are attached to.
What you'll learn
- What information is required to file a demand
- How to add respondents and appoint arbitrators
- How the case record is structured after filing
- How AI tools analyze the demand once it is filed
Filing the demand
Start a new case (the Create menu shows New Case, or New Arbitration Case for arbitrator accounts) and pick an Arbitration case type from the selector. The demand form then prompts you to enter:
- Claimant: the initiating party. The form captures an entity or organization name, the claimant name, and an optional legal representative name and email for notification routing.
- Respondent: the opposing party, with the same entity, name, and legal representative fields as the claimant.
- Arbitration type: Binding, Non-Binding, or High-Low. Baseball and Night Baseball are set from the case-type selector before this form opens and shown here read-only.
- Arbitration rules — the governing ruleset: AAA, JAMS, FMCS, FINRA, or Custom.
- Case description — a description of the claims being asserted.
- Amount claimed (optional) — the total monetary amount being sought.
- Attorneys' fees claimed (optional) — separate amount for attorneys' fees.
- Legal representatives (optional) — claimant and respondent representative names and emails for notification routing.
Appointing an arbitrator
After the demand is filed, an arbitrator is appointed from the case record. Multi-arbitrator panels are available on the Arbitrate Professional and Enterprise tiers; a tenant admin or case manager configures a panel of 2 to 7 arbitrators and designates a lead arbitrator.
AI demand analysis
Once a demand is on file, arbitrators on a Professional or Enterprise plan with AI enabled can run the Analyze Demand AI tool. This tool reviews the demand and summarizes the legal claims, applicable standards, and likely defenses — giving the arbitrator a structured orientation to the dispute before proceeding to discovery.
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