U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York gives priority to forum selection clause over prior arbitration agreement *

USA - April 10 2012
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York recently held that a forum selection clause giving New York state and federal courts exclusive jurisdiction over disputes between two parties would supplant the parties’ prior arbitration agreement based on the parties’ status as FINRA members.

Co-authors: Jonathan Cyprys.