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In contract law, a forum selection clause (sometimes called a dispute resolution clause, choice of court clause, governing law clause, jurisdiction clause or an arbitration clause, depending on its form) in a contract with a conflict of laws element allows the parties to agree that any disputes relating to that contract will be resolved in a specific forum.
Pages in category "United States forum selection case law" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
When a case has connection to more than just a single state, the forum state's choice of law principles generally guide the selection of what place's law will apply. Parties to a contract may seek to prevent forum shopping by inserting a forum selection clause or a choice of law clause in their contract. Such clauses are now generally enforced ...
The United States has adopted a law that almost universally eliminates incidental questions involving family law. The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) requires states to apply the law of the "home state;" that is, the forum which originally determined custody and maintenance.
SJ Burton and MA Eisenberg, Contract Law: Selected Source Materials Annotated (2011) RE Barnett, The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Contracts (2010). MA Chirelstein, Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts (6th edn 2010) EA Farnsworth, Contracts (2008) LL Fuller, MA Eisenberg and MP Gergen Basic Contract Law (9th edn 2013)
Illinois enacted the Protect Illinois Communities Act in January 2023. The law prohibits the sale and possession of certain semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and handguns, and magazines over certain ...
(The Center Square) – Of the nearly 300 new laws that took effect in Illinois on New Year’s Day, two measures impact mosquito abatement. State Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, sponsored SB ...
Illinois officially revised its laws in 1807, 1809–12, 1819, 1827–29, 1833, 1845, and 1874. [5] See also. Laws of Illinois — the official publication of the ...