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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Penal damages (redirect from Penalty clause)
    damages, making them invalid under common law. While liquidated damage clauses set a pre-agreed value on the expected loss to one party if the other party...
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    merger clause, which recites that the contract is, in fact, the whole agreement between the parties. However, many modern cases have found merger clauses to...
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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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  • 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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    Hardship clause is a clause in a contract that is intended to cover cases in which unforeseen events occur that fundamentally alter the equilibrium of...
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  • submitted. If the parties were subject to a contract that contained a forum selection clause, and the plaintiff obtained a judgment by suing in the specified...
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  • Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute (category United States forum selection case law)
    held that United States federal courts will enforce forum selection clauses so long as the clause is not unreasonably burdensome to the party seeking...
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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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    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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    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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