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title: "Check whether an award assesses the fees and expenses"
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# Check whether an award assesses the fees and expenses

> From the award and any agreement on costs, list whether a final award or an order disposing of all of the case assesses the administrative fees, the expenses, and the arbitrator compensation, and whether it apportions…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the award and any agreement on costs, list whether a final award or an order disposing of all of the case assesses the administrative fees, the expenses, and the arbitrator compensation, and whether it apportions them. Do not draft an application or a costs submission. |
| What the lawyer must review | You decide what to ask the arbitrator to assess, and you write any submission. Rule R-49(c) says that in the final award, or in any order disposing of all of the case, the arbitrator shall assess the fees, expenses, and compensation provided in Rules R-55, R-56, and R-57. The arbitrator may also assess them in an order or award disposing of part of the case, and may apportion them among the parties in such amounts as the arbitrator determines is appropriate. Rule R-56 says the expenses of witnesses for either side shall be paid by the party producing them. All other expenses of the arbitration, including required travel and other expenses of the arbitrator, AAA representatives, and any witness, and the cost of any proof produced at the direct request of the arbitrator, shall be borne equally unless the parties agree otherwise or the arbitrator in the award assesses them against a specified party. The opened rules do not state a 14-day period for a costs application. 9 U.S.C. § 2 makes a written agreement adopting these rules enforceable. It does not itself allocate the fees. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check whether an award deals with the costs of the arbitration](https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/check-whether-an-award-deals-with-the-costs-of-the-arbitration.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the award and any agreement on costs, list whether a final award or an order disposing of all of the case assesses the administrative fees, the expenses, and the arbitrator compensation, and whether it apportions them. Do not draft an application or a costs submission.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The opened PDF dates the Commercial Arbitration Rules as amended and effective 1 September 2022, and the Commercial Mediation Procedures as amended and effective 1 June 2026. Confirm the text in force when the demand or the mediation request was filed.
- Section 2 makes a written agreement to arbitrate enforceable. It does not itself set the procedure. The procedure is the one the agreement adopts.
- No 14-day costs application was in the rules that were opened.

## Sources

- [AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures (arbitration rules effective 1 September 2022; mediation procedures effective 1 June 2026)](https://www.adr.org/media/ueonklrv/2026_commercial-arbitration-rules-mediation-procedures.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [9 U.S.C. § 2](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/9/2) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*