Jonathan Hausner | Construction Law Zone | April 25, 2016 Recently I came across an article that led me to a case that dealt with the seemingly innocuous and often perfunctory forum selection clause. In the case (Liddell Bros. v. Impact Recovery Sys., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36258 (D. Mass. Mar. 21, 2016)) a highway… Continue reading Yet Another Trap for the Unwary : Forum Selection – Don’t Get Dragged Across the Country
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Where, Oh Where, Can My Lawsuit be Filed?
E. Carson Lange | Rogers Towers When preparing or negotiating the terms of construction contracts, parties often indicate where any dispute that may arise between the parties must be litigated. Courts will generally enforce such “venue” or “forum selection” clauses, and such clauses, when carefully worded, can be an effective means to control where a… Continue reading Where, Oh Where, Can My Lawsuit be Filed?
Supreme Court Opinion Instructs on the Enforcement of Forum-Selection Clauses
Jacob Manning – Dinsmore & Shohl LLP – January 7, 2014
U.S. Supreme Court Enforces Forum-Selection Clause in Construction Subcontract
Jason L. Cagle – December 9, 2013 On the Best Practices Construction Law blog, Matt DeVries posted an interesting summary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent opinion concerning enforcement of forum-selection clauses in construction contracts in Atl. Marine Const. Co., Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for the W. Dist. of Tex., 2013 U.S. LEXIS 8775, 2013 WL 6231157 (Dec. 3,… Continue reading U.S. Supreme Court Enforces Forum-Selection Clause in Construction Subcontract