Self-Executing Arbitration Agreements - Petition to Compel Arbitration - Standing - Proof of Service: Under Self-Executing Arbitration Agreements, Which Allow a Party Demanding Arbitration to Appoint an Arbitrator on the Opposing Party's Behalf If the Opposing Party Fails to Do So within a Specified Time after Service of the Demand for Arbitration upon One of Its Corporate Officers, the Demand Can Be Served by Facsimile and Mail without Being Specifically Addressed to a Corporate Officer - However, the Party Seeking Arbitration Has the Burden of Proving When a Corporate Officer Received the Demand, and If the Opposing Party Fails to Respond, the Party Seeking Arbitration Is Not an Aggrieved Party within the Meaning the 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act

Scowcroft, Jerome . C