Monthly Archives: August 2021

An Exclusive Forum Selection Clause Cannot Deprive a U.S. Court of Jurisdiction

An exclusive forum selection clause gives a court a valid reason not to exercise its jurisdiction to hear a case. It cannot, however, take that jurisdiction away. Every now and then, judges get confused on this point. They start to think that an exclusive forum selection clause strips jurisdiction from other courts. This is notContinue reading “An Exclusive Forum Selection Clause Cannot Deprive a U.S. Court of Jurisdiction”

It Pays to Know About… State Statutes Voiding Outbound Forum Selection Clauses

There is no question that the law of forum selection clauses can be complicated.  There are, however, some issues that are relatively straightforward.  When a legislature enacts a statute announcing that an outbound forum selection clause is void when written into a particular type of contract, for example, the clause is probably not enforceable.  ThisContinue reading “It Pays to Know About… State Statutes Voiding Outbound Forum Selection Clauses”