Another Forum Selection Clause That Did Not Achieve Its Objective

Over the years, I have written a number of blog posts dealing with forum selection clauses, often in disputes where a party who wanted to enforce thoseĀ provisions was not able to do so. While in-house counsel may view a forum selection clause as a boilerplate provision (and that is not necessarily inappropriate), it is critical that such a boilerplate provision be drafted properly. As the First Circuit’s recent decision in Bautista Cayman Asset Co. v. Fountainebleu Plaza, 2021 WL 2154778,...
By: Burns & Levinson LLP

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