Venue – see Forum selection clauses

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1. Fifth Circuit reminder: Selecting the courts of a state as the exclusive forum will preclude removal to federal court. A Fifth Circuit opinion, issued yesterday, reminds contract drafters that if a forum-selection clause specifies the courts of a state or county as the exclusive forum, that...
2. Forum selection clauses in contracts When negotiating a contract, a party with bargaining power might ask to include a clause stating that litigation will occur in such-and-such a location, often the...
3. Drafting tip: Don’t let your forum-selection clause wipe out your arbitration provision There’s a very real possibility that an exclusive forum-selection clause might be held to trump an arbitration clause in a prior or “background” agreement. For that reason,...
4. Caution: A forum-selection clause using the term “shall be subject to the jurisdiction” might confer exclusive jurisdiction In an English case, a Hong Kong freight forwarder used its standard bill-of-lading form in accepting cargo for shipment from China to Venezuela. The form...