Choice of law

3.9 For purposes of this Agreement: (a) for sales employees, “Restricted Area,” means such employee’s assigned sales territory during the Look Back Period and/or the geographic area as to which such employee supervised sales activities during the Look Back Period; and (b) for all other employees, “Restricted Area” means the United States, including the State of North Carolina. If the choice of law provision in Section 6.1 is deemed not to apply, for employees in Louisiana, Restricted Area refers to the parishes within Louisiana and the counties outside of Louisiana that are identified in Exhibit C.

3.5 For purposes of this Agreement, a “Customer” is any person or entity who or which, at any time during the Look Back Period (as defined below): (i) (a) was in direct contact with me; (b) was an entity as to which I supervised the Company’s business dealings; or (c) was an entity about which I acquired Proprietary Information, and that contracted for or received from the Company any product, service or process; or (ii) was solicited by the Company or in consideration or planning to be solicited by the Company in an effort in which I was involved or as to which I acquired Proprietary Information. If the choice of law provision in Section 6.1 is deemed not to apply: for employees in Nebraska, the definition of “Customer” is limited to Section 3.5(i)(a); and for employees in Oklahoma, “Customer” shall be further limited to the Company’s established customers (a customer will be presumed to be “established” where actual sales and/or services have occurred or been performed in the preceding year and/or where there is an active proposal for sales or services pending as of the date employee’s employment with Company ends).

3.4 If the choice of law provision in Section 6.1 is deemed not to apply: the provisions in Sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 shall only apply to employees residing in California to the extent such employee’s conduct is aided by the use or disclosure of the Company’s trade secrets (as defined by California law); the provisions in Sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3. shall only apply within the Restricted Area (as defined below) for employees residing in Arizona; and for employees residing in Louisiana, the provisions in Sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 shall only apply within the Restricted Area (defined below).

5. NON-COMPETE PROVISION. I agree that for the one (1) year period after the date my employment ends for any reason, I will not, directly or indirectly, as an officer, director, employee, consultant, owner, partner, or in any other capacity, solicit, perform, or provide, or attempt to perform or provide, services that are the same or similar in function or purpose to the services I provided the Company during the Look Back Period to a Competing Business in the Restricted Area. If the choice of law provision in Section 6.1 is deemed not to apply, the foregoing provision shall not apply to employees residing in California, Oklahoma, and North Dakota. Further, the foregoing provision shall not apply, regardless of where said employee resides, to individuals who are hourly, non-exempt employees of the Company.

a single arbitrator from the AAA with expertise in employment disputes (the "Employment Law Arbitrator") shall be selected by the AAA and shall conduct the arbitration pursuant to the AAA's Employment Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures (the "AAA Employment Rules"), without incorporation of the AAA's Supplementary Rules for Class Arbitrations, the AAA rules relating to the selection of arbitrators, or the AAA rules regarding selection of venue, which the parties hereby expressly disclaim. The AAA Employment Rules may be found at http://www.adr.org/, by searching for "AAA Employment Arbitration Rules" using an Internet search engine such as www.google.com, or by requesting a copy from the human resources department of the Company. The arbitration, including without limitation any construction or interpretation of this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive law of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to choice of law principles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the AAA Employment Rules, the AAA Commercial Rules (as defined in Subsection 6(b)(iii) of this Agreement), any other AAA rule and/or procedure and/or any applicable law, the

the parties shall have the right to conduct discovery relevant and material to the outcome of the arbitration and to present witnesses and evidence as needed to present their claims and defenses, and the Employment Law Arbitrator shall resolve any discovery or evidentiary dispute. Each party shall have the right to subpoena relevant witnesses and documents, including, without limitation, documents from third parties; subpoenas may be issued for production of documents or witnesses at any deposition(s) or pre-hearing proceeding(s) and/or at the arbitration hearing. At least thirty (30) days before the arbitration hearing, the parties must exchange a list of witnesses and copies of all exhibits to be used at the arbitration hearing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the AAA Employment Rules, the AAA Commercial Rules, any other AAA rule and/or procedure and/or any applicable law, the Employment Law Arbitrator shall only have the power to award remedies available under the substantive law of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to choice of law principles, and the availability of any such remedies shall further be limited to those that would be available to a party in his/her/its individual capacity for all Claims presented to the Employment Law Arbitrator (for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation of the foregoing, Grantee may not bring a class arbitration and is not entitled to remedies for Grantee’s Claims on behalf of any other person or entity and/or that are available to plaintiffs in a class action but not available to individual or non-class action plaintiffs). Any remedy awarded by the Employment Law Arbitrator shall be subject to review by the United States District Court for the District of Colorado or the appropriate state court located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado for the purpose of determining whether such remedy is consistent with such substantive law and complies with the limitations set forth above; any decision by the Employment Law Arbitrator that is inconsistent with such

(j)EXCEPT FOR CLAIMS FOR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE, A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, PRELIMINARY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND/OR SIMILAR RELIEF, WHICH THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBTAIN FROM A COURT AS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTIONS 6(f) and 7(u) OF THIS AGREEMENT (AND EXCEPT FOR CLAIMS RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING, WHICH, IN THE EVENT THAT DISH SO ELECTS PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 6(f) ABOVE, SHALL THEREAFTER REMAIN WITH THE APPLICABLE COURT(S) FOR RESOLUTION AS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION 6(f) OF THIS AGREEMENT), GRANTEE AND THE COMPANY MUTUALLY AND VOLUNTARILY AGREE TO ARBITRATE ALL CLAIMS COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT. THE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL, TO A TRIAL BY JURY, TO CLAIMS FOR PUNITIVE AND/OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, TO ANY REMEDY NOT AVAILABLE UNDER THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES, AND TO ENGAGE AND/OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL REPRESENTATIVE ACTION AND/OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIVE ACTION ARE OF VALUE AND EXPRESSLY WAIVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION 6. AS SET FORTH ABOVE, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 6 INFRINGES ON GRANTEE’S RIGHT TO FILE A CHARGE WITH ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, GRANTEE UNDERSTANDS, ACKNOWLEDGES, AGREES, AND HEREBY STIPULATES THAT GRANTEE’S RIGHT TO SEEK OTHER REMEDIES AND/OR

Employment Law Arbitrator shall only have the power to render decisions that are consistent with the substantive law of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to choice of law principles, and any decision rendered by the Employment Law Arbitrator shall be subject to review by the United States District Court for the District of Colorado or the appropriate state court located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado for the purpose of determining whether such decision is consistent with such substantive law and for any other reason for which judicial review of an arbitration decision or award is permissible under the AAA rules, the Federal Arbitration Act or other applicable law; any decision rendered by the Employment Law Arbitrator that is inconsistent with such substantive law shall be deemed beyond the authority of the Employment Law Arbitrator. Regardless of what the AAA Employment Rules state, the arbitration proceedings shall be held in the City and County of Denver, Colorado. Grantee hereby irrevocably waives any and all objections that Grantee may now or hereafter have to the venue of the arbitration, or any court proceeding brought to determine whether a decision rendered by the Employment Law Arbitrator is consistent with the substantive law of the State of Colorado, including, without limitation, any claim that the arbitration or any such court proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum;

(f)In addition and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the AAA Employment Rules, the AAA Commercial Rules, any other AAA rule and/or procedure and/or any applicable law, the Company shall have the right to seek specific performance, a temporary restraining order, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and/or other similar relief, as set forth in Subsection 7(u) of this Agreement, from a court. In the event that any such relief is sought from a court, at DISH’s option, any or all Claims relating to the foregoing will thereafter remain with the applicable court(s) for resolution and will no longer be resolved by arbitration pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that the Claims and proceedings in the applicable court(s) shall at all times remain subject to the Class Action Waiver and Representative Action Wavier set forth in Subsection 6(e) of this Agreement. The parties mutually agree that the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and the appropriate state courts located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado shall have exclusive subject matter and personal jurisdiction to hear and decide any such action, and that any such court action shall be governed by the substantive law of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to choice of law principles. Grantee hereby irrevocably waives any and all objections that Grantee may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such proceeding brought in any such court, including, without limitation, any claim that such proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

a single arbitrator from the AAA with expertise in employment disputes (the "Employment Law Arbitrator") shall be selected by the AAA and shall conduct the arbitration pursuant to the AAA's Employment Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures (the "AAA Employment Rules"), without incorporation of the AAA's Supplementary Rules for Class Arbitrations, the AAA rules relating to the selection of arbitrators, or the AAA rules regarding selection of venue, which the parties hereby expressly disclaim. The AAA Employment Rules may be found at http://www.adr.org/, by searching for "AAA Employment Arbitration Rules" using an Internet search engine such as www.google.com, or by requesting a copy from the human resources department of the Company. The arbitration, including without limitation any construction or interpretation of this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive law of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to choice of law principles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the AAA Employment Rules, the AAA Commercial Rules (as defined in Subsection 6(b)(iii) of this Agreement), any other AAA rule and/or procedure and/or any applicable law, the Employment Law Arbitrator shall only have the power to render decisions that are consistent with the substantive law of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to choice of law principles, and any decision rendered by the Employment Law Arbitrator shall be subject to review by the United States District Court for the District of Colorado or the appropriate state court located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado for the purpose of determining whether such decision is consistent with such substantive law and for any other reason for which judicial review of an arbitration decision or award is permissible under the AAA rules, the Federal Arbitration Act or other applicable law; any decision rendered by the Employment Law Arbitrator that is inconsistent with such substantive law shall be deemed beyond the authority of the Employment Law Arbitrator. Regardless of what the AAA Employment Rules state, the arbitration proceedings shall be held in the City and County of Denver, Colorado. Grantee hereby irrevocably waives any and all objections that Grantee may now or hereafter have to the venue of the arbitration, or any court proceeding brought to determine whether a decision rendered by the Employment Law Arbitrator is consistent with the substantive law of the

the parties shall have the right to conduct discovery relevant and material to the outcome of the arbitration and to present witnesses and evidence as needed to present their claims and defenses, and the Employment Law Arbitrator shall resolve any discovery or evidentiary dispute.  Each party shall have the right to subpoena relevant witnesses and documents, including, without limitation, documents from third parties; subpoenas may be issued for production of documents or witnesses at any deposition(s) or pre-hearing proceeding(s) and/or at the arbitration hearing.  At least thirty (30) days before the arbitration hearing, the parties must exchange a list of witnesses and copies of all exhibits to be used at the arbitration hearing.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the AAA Employment Rules, the AAA Commercial Rules, any other AAA rule and/or procedure and/or any applicable law, the Employment Law Arbitrator shall only have the power to award remedies available under the substantive law of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to choice of law principles, and the availability of any such remedies shall further be limited to those that would be available to a party in his/her/its individual capacity for all Claims presented to the Employment Law Arbitrator (for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation of the foregoing, Grantee may not bring a class arbitration and is not entitled to remedies for Grantee’s Claims on behalf of any other person or entity and/or that are available to plaintiffs in a class action but not available to individual or non-class action plaintiffs).  Any remedy awarded by the Employment Law Arbitrator shall be subject to review by the United States District Court for the District of Colorado or the appropriate state court located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado for the purpose of determining whether such remedy is consistent with such substantive law and complies with the limitations set forth above; any decision by the Employment Law Arbitrator that is inconsistent with such substantive law and/or fails to comply with such limitations shall be deemed beyond the authority of the Employment Law Arbitrator.  Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection 6(b)(iv) and/or Subsection 6(b)(iii) of this Agreement, the Employment Law Arbitrator’s decision shall be final and binding, and judgment upon the Employment Law Arbitrator’s decision and/or award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction; provided that the parties agree to take all reasonable steps to ensure that all documents, pleadings and papers are filed and/or entered with the court under seal and/or in a manner that would maintain their confidentiality, including, without limitation, complying with all rules of procedure and local rules for filing documents, pleadings and papers under seal;  

F.  Despite any generally recognised choice of law clause contained in the Supplemental Indentures a court in the Netherlands (a) may apply overriding mandatory provisions of (i) Dutch law and (ii) the law of the country where the obligations arising out of the agreement have to be or have been performed, in so far as those overriding mandatory provisions render the performance of the agreement unlawful, (b) may refuse application of a provision of the chosen law if application thereof is manifestly incompatible with the public policy (“ordre public”) of the Netherlands or the European Union, (c) may, in relation to the manner of performance of an agreement and the steps to be taken in the event of defective performance, have regard to the law of the country where performance of the agreement takes place and (d) will ignore the choice of law clause to the extent it relates to (i) an act of unfair competition or an act restricting free competition, or (ii) infringement of an intellectual property right.

J.   The Rome I Regulation does not apply to obligations arising under the Notes to the extent that (i) these obligations arise out of the negotiable character of the Notes or, (ii) the Notes constitute a “promissory note”, “bill of exchange” or “cheque” within the meaning of the 1930 Convention on the Settlement of Certain Conflicts of Laws in Connection with Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes or the 1931 Convention on the Settlement of Certain Conflicts of Laws in Connection with Cheques. Consequently we do not express an opinion regarding the choice of law with respect to obligations arising under the Notes to the extent that (i) these obligations arise out of the negotiable character of the Notes and/or, (ii) the Notes qualify as promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque within the meaning of the respective conventions.

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the federal laws of the United States and the laws of the State of Connecticut. To the extent that any of the Transaction Documents provides that it is to be governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of Connecticut, the opinions set forth herein are given as if such document provides that it is to be governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut, other than its choice of law rules. We have assumed for the purposes of this opinion letter that the parties’ choice of law will be respected, and accordingly we express no opinion as to the choice of law rules or other laws that any tribunal may apply to the transactions referred to in this opinion letter.

5. This Release will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflicting provision or rule (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California to be applied. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the State of California will control the interpretation and construction of this agreement, even if under such jurisdiction’s choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply. The provisions of this Release are severable, and if any part or portion of it is found to be unenforceable, the other paragraphs shall remain fully valid and enforceable.