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    law, a forum selection clause (sometimes called a dispute resolution clause, choice of court clause, governing law clause, jurisdiction clause or an arbitration...
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  • 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...
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    outside the courts, and is therefore considered a kind of forum selection clause. Arbitration clauses are frequently paired with class action waivers, which...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • memorialize that decision into the contract itself (see forum selection clause and choice of law clause) – although not every jurisdiction will enforce such...
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    Google's forum selection clause was a valid and enforceable provision in the license agreement. Per federal law, a clearly-stated forum selection clause within...
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  • Subsequent articles allow forum selection clauses and other forms of agreement between the parties to confer jurisdiction on a given forum. The Brussels Regime...
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  • jurisdiction or arbitration clause specifying the parties' choice of venue for any litigation (called a forum selection clause). In the EU, this is governed...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    Court of Australia, in the process also striking down Carnival's forum selection clause which would have otherwise required Karpik to file legal action...
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    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...
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    Indemnity (redirect from Indemnity clause)
    indemnification clause or cancel the [government]'s enrollments in social media applications when their operators insist on such a clause." Under US law...
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    majeure (/ˌfɔːrs məˈʒɜːr/ FORSS mə-ZHUR; French: [fɔʁs maʒœʁ]) is a common clause in contracts which essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation...
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    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...
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    Supreme Court of Canada case which analyzes the enforceability of forum selection clauses in consumer facing contracts. In 2011, Facebook introduced a “sponsored...
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    integration clause, merger clause, (sometimes, particularly in the United Kingdom, referred to as an entire agreement clause) is a clause in a written...
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    proferentem UNIDROIT Principles Dispute resolution Choice of law clause Forum selection clause Hague Choice of Court Convention Arbitration New York Convention...
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    protectionis Proper law Lex loci celebrationis Choice of law clause Dépeçage Forum selection clause Substantive legal areas Status Capacity Contract Tort Marriage...
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    contracts; especially with regard to choice of law, choice of court, or forum selection clauses. Where the disadvantaged party understood the improvident terms...
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  • forum-selection clause. However, the Alabama District Court denied the motion because Alabama law "looks unfavorably upon contractual forum selection...
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    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...
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  • 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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  • The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co. (category United States forum selection case law)
    contractual forum selection clause. The parties had entered into an agreement for a drilling rig to be towed from Louisiana to Italy, which included a clause stating...
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    Exclusion clauses and limitation clauses are terms in a contract which seek to restrict the rights of the parties to the contract. Traditionally, the district...
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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...
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  • 409 at 415. In Contract Law, the parties are free to include a forum selection clause appointing a special referee to resolve specialised but disputed...
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  • protectionis Proper law Lex loci celebrationis Choice of law clause Dépeçage Forum selection clause Substantive legal areas Status Capacity Contract Tort Marriage...
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    stevedores had provided consideration for the benefit of the exclusion clause by the discharge of goods from the ship. New Zealand has enacted the Contracts...
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