Texas Don’t Hold ‘Em: Forum Selection Clause Is Unenforceable

California courts generally favor forum selection clauses entered into freely by parties and where enforcement is not unreasonable. This general principle is true even if the forum selection clause is “mandatory” and requires a party to litigate its dispute exclusively in the designated forum. The party opposing enforcement of a forum selection clause ordinarily bears the burden of proving why the clause to which it previously agreed should not be enforced.

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