RULE MAR 4.1
              RESTRICTIONS ON COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
                     ARBITRATOR AND PARTIES

    No disclosure of any offers of settlement made by any party
shall be made to the arbitrator prior to the announcement of the
award. Neither counsel nor a party may communicate with the
arbitrator regarding the merits of the case except in the
presence of, or on reasonable notice to, all other parties.

[Effective July 1, 1980; amended effective September 1, 2001.]