otherwise set forth above, each party shall bear its, his or her costs and expenses arising in connection with any arbitration proceeding pursuant to this Section 10; provided that the arbitrator may award attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit the Executive from filing any charge or complaint or participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by an administrative agency, including but not limited to the National Labor Relations Board.
11. Governing Law. This Agreement, for all purposes, shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Virginia, including its statutes of limitation, without regard to any otherwise applicable principles of conflicts of law or choice of law rules (whether of the State of Virginia or any other jurisdiction) that would result in the application of the substantive or procedural laws or rules of any other jurisdiction.
12. Entire Agreement. Unless specifically provided herein, this Agreement, together with the Restrictive Covenant Agreement and any outstanding stock option grant agreement contains all of the understandings and representations between the Executive and the Company pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter, including any existing letter or agreement relating to any Milestone Bonus or Strategic Recognition Award.
13. Modification and Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified unless such amendment or modification is agreed to in writing and signed by the Executive and by an authorized officer of the Company. No waiver by either of the parties of any breach by the other party hereto of any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by the other party hereto shall be deemed a waiver of any similar or dissimilar provision or condition at the same or any prior or subsequent time.
14. Severability. Should any provisions of this Agreement be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions hereof, and if such provision or provisions are not modified as provided above, this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provisions had not been set forth herein.
15. Captions. Captions and headings of the sections and paragraphs of this Agreement are intended solely for convenience and no provision of this Agreement is to be construed by reference to the caption or heading of any section or paragraph. This Agreement shall be deemed drafted equally by both parties and its language shall be construed as a whole and according to its fair meaning. Any presumption or principle that the language is to be construed against either party shall not apply. Any references to sections are to those parts of this Agreement, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. Also, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, (a) the plural includes the singular and the singular includes the plural, (b) “and” and “or” are each used both conjunctively and disjunctively, (c) “any,” “all,” “each,” or “every” means “any and all,” and “each and every”, (d) “includes” and “including” are each “without limitation”, (e) “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other similar compounds of the word “here” refer to the entire Agreement and not to any particular section, and (f) all pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the entities or persons referred to may require.