7. Section 17(f) has been broadened to include witness fees for attending non-hearing depositions or discovery proceedings and indicates that the same rules in civil actions apply to arbitration proceedings for compelling a person under subpoena to testify and for compelling the payment of witness fees.

8. Third parties. It is clear from the case law that arbitrators have the power under the UAA (Section 7) and the FAA (Section 7) to issue orders, such as subpoenas, to non- parties whose information may be necessary for a full and fair hearing. Amgen, Inc. v. Kidney Ctr. of Delaware County, Ltd., 879 F. Supp. 878 (N.D. Ill. 1995) (holding that arbitrator had the power under FAA to subpoena a third party to produce documents and to testify at a deposition); Meadows Indem. Co. v. Nutmeg Ins. Co., 157 F.R.D. 42 (M.D. Tenn. 1994) (holding that because the burden was minimal, the nonparty would have to produce documents pursuant to arbitrator's subpoena under FAA); Stanton v. Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis, Inc., 685 F. Supp. 1241 (S.D. Fla. 1988) (upholding subpoena issued by arbitrator under FAA that nonparties must appear at prehearing conference and arbitration hearing); Drivers Local Union No. 639 v. Seagram Sales Corp., 531 F. Supp. 364, 366 (D.D.C. 1981) ("the Uniform Arbitration Act provides for the issuance of subpoenas by an arbitrator to non-party witnesses at an arbitration proceeding, to compel their testimony or the production of documents"); United Elec. Workers Local 893 v. Schmitz, 576 N.W.2d 357 (Iowa 1998) (holding that that Iowa Arbitration Act confers on arbitrators the power to subpoena nonparty witnesses); but see COMSAT Corp. v. National Science Foundations, supra; Integrity Ins. Co. v. American Centennial Ins. Co., supra. Some state arbitration laws broadly allow