Forum selection clause information

law, a forum selection clause (sometimes called a dispute resolution clause, choice of court clause, governing law clause, jurisdiction clause or an arbitration...

the State of New York." A choice of law clause may be combined with a forum selection clause. The combined clause would include the choice of law that is...

outside the courts, and is therefore considered a kind of forum selection clause. Arbitration clauses are frequently paired with class action waivers, which...

prevent forum shopping by inserting a forum selection clause or a choice of law clause in their contract. Such clauses are now generally enforced by the courts...

Supreme Court of Canada case which analyzes the enforceability of forum selection clauses in consumer facing contracts. In 2011, Facebook introduced a “sponsored...

clause and a forum selection clause to determine the jurisdiction whose system of contract law will govern the contract and the court or other forum in...

memorialize that decision into the contract itself (see forum selection clause and choice of law clause) – although not every jurisdiction will enforce such...

Subsequent articles allow forum selection clauses and other forms of agreement between the parties to confer jurisdiction on a given forum. The Brussels Regime...

jurisdiction or arbitration clause specifying the parties' choice of venue for any litigation (called a forum selection clause). In the EU, this is governed...

or tribunal in the event of breach). The purpose of a liquidated damages clause is to increase certainty and avoid the legal costs of determining actual...

law, force majeure (French: [fɔʁs maʒœʁ]; lit. 'major force') is a common clause in contracts which essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation...

contracts; especially with regard to choice of law, choice of court, or forum selection clauses. Where the disadvantaged party understood the improvident terms...

come in the form of, but are not limited to, forum selection clauses and mandatory arbitration clauses, which can limit or foreclose a party's access...

Feldman v. Google, Inc., 513 F.Supp.2d 229 (E.D.Pa. 2007) (upholding forum-selection clause) In re RealNetworks, Inc. Privacy Litigation, No. No. 00-1366, 2000...

Court of Australia, in the process also striking down Carnival's forum selection clause which would have otherwise required Karpik to file legal action...

indemnification clause or cancel the [government]'s enrollments in social media applications when their operators insist on such a clause." Under US law...

is a subset of the choice of law rules and it may be applied whenever a forum court is directed to consider the law of another state. The court must first...

agreements and agreements on the choice of court (see arbitration clauses and forum selection clauses); questions governed by the law of companies and other bodies...

An escape clause is any clause, term, or condition in a contract that allows a party to that contract to avoid having to perform the contract. If an agreement...

If the contract (valid or otherwise) contains an arbitration clause, then the proper forum to determine whether the contract is void or not, is the arbitration...

are free to include a forum selection clause and/or a choice of law clause and, unless there is a lack of bona fides, these clauses will be considered valid...

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Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute, on forum selection clauses The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Company, forum selection clauses Charles River Bridge v. Warren...