Lexology PRO | USA | 14 Feb 2024
Florida court rules no signature makes arbitration clause ineffective, federal courts address non-specific supply contracts, and forum selection clause disputes between franchisees/franchisors – plus other key updates.
Cooley LLP | USA | 8 Jun 2023
On June 1, 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held in a split en banc decision that forum-selection clauses requiring shareholders…
S Horowitz & Co | Israel | 22 Mar 2023
Home court may provide significant advantages, not only with respect to sport games, but also with respect to resolution of legal conflicts…
Pitkowitz & Partners | Austria | 29 Apr 2021
The Supreme Court recently assessed a case where the parties had agreed two conflicting forum selection clauses within the same contract: an arbitration agreement and a jurisdiction clause in favour of a state court. Conflicting forum selection clauses providing for the jurisdiction of state courts on the one hand and arbitral tribunals on the other hand are regularly contained in one......
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | USA | 3 Dec 2019
Contracts often include a forum selection clause to designate the location of any future litigation between the parties. A recent Ohio case…
Commonsense Construction Law LLC | USA | 6 Nov 2019
Forum selection clauses have become commonplace in construction contracts. Most general contractors take steps to ensure that they can bring their…
Knobbe Martens | USA | 22 Apr 2019
On April 18, 2019, the Federal Circuit issued a non-precedential opinion that is making stakeholders in the patent licensing community sit up and…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | China, Hong Kong | 27 Mar 2019
In天津市裕豐隆資產管理有限公司 v Ho Kin Wa and Another, HCA 2405/2014 (unrep., 8 March 2019), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance exercised its discretion to…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Hong Kong | 5 Mar 2019
In Dickson Valora Group (Holdings) Co Ltd v Fan Ji Qian [2019] HKCFI 482, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance has granted an anti-suit injunction…
Bird & Bird LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 27 Jan 2019
As the political uncertainty surrounding Brexit increases, the UK government is preparing for a potential 'no deal' scenario. In the context of…