Governing Law and Jurisdiction or Forum Clauses Same Country/Different Country? How to Decide
Contract drafters sometimes confuse governing law clauses and jurisdiction clauses, according to a post on the website of Wilk Auslander.
Karen A. Monroe and Olga Larionova explain those clauses are related but are not the same. There is a greater likelihood of confusion or overlap in the context of international contracts, versus domestic contracts.
Their article presents a sample governing law clause, as well as a sample juristiction/forum selection clause for dispute resolution by courts and not by arbitration.
