Advantages to Arbitration:

1. More flexibility. In the case of arbitration, the parties have far more flexibility to select what procedural and discovery rules will apply to their dispute (they can choose to apply relevant industry standards, domestic law, the law of a foreign country,

Disadvantages of ADR:

1. There is no guaranteed resolution. With the exception of arbitration, alternative dispute resolution processes do not always lead to a resolution. That means it is possible that you could invest the time and money in trying to resolve the dispute out-of-court and still end up having to proceed with litigation and trial before a judge or jury.