A federal appeals court has held a forum selection clause in a non-disclosure agreement does not cover trade secret misappropriation and related claims that are not based on the agreement. In re Orange, S.A. v. United States District Court, 2016 U.S. Ap. LEXIS 648 (9th Cir. 2016). Telesocial is a San Francisco start-up, formed
In yet another example of an increasing willingness to enforce properly-drafted forum selection clauses in non-compete disputes, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently denied a motion to dismiss and motion for transfer of venue brought by the former franchisee defendants, a husband and
The use of forum-selection clauses in non-compete agreements received a possible boost from a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case of Atlantic Marine Constr. Co. v. U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 187 L. Ed. 2d 487 (2013). Cliff Atlas and Ravindra Shaw have writtten an article on the
The Georgia Court of Appeals refused to enforce a forum selection clause in a restrictive covenant agreement entered into by a Georgia resident because it would have led to a different result than applicable Georgia law. Carson v. Obor Holding Company, LLC (Nov. 20, 2012). Obor Holding provides software and staffing services to clients in