Your Forum or Mine: How Enforceable is Your Forum Selection Clause?
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Your Forum or Mine: How Enforceable is Your Forum Selection Clause?
Once embroiled in U.S. commercial litigation, there may be several surprises for a foreign party—especially one that expected all lawsuits arising from its contract would be heard in a contractually agreed forum (if one is so stipulated). (View PDF to read the rest of this article)
This article by Jeremy J.O. Harwood, partner at Blank Rome, is one in a series of articles written for Blank Rome Maritime's quarterly Mainbrace newsletter. To view the other articles in the March 2012 edition of Mainbrace, please click here.