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Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction
Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction contract clause examples

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Construction. This Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, without regard to any rules of construction that would require application of the laws of another jurisdiction. Any legal proceeding related to this Agreement and permitted under Section 4.7 and Article V hereof must be litigated in an appropriate Kentucky state or federal court, and both the Company and Employee hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Kentucky for this purpose; waive any objection they may now or hereafter have to venue or to convenience of forum and agree that all legal proceedings will be tried in a court of competent jurisdiction by a judge without a jury. The parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, accordingly each party waives the application of any law, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.

This Deed is governed by and must be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Victoria.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Iowa, without reference to its conflict of law provisions. Each of the parties agrees that any dispute between the parties will be resolved only in the courts of the State of Iowa or the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa and the appellate courts having jurisdiction of appeals in such courts.

Section # Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction.

Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its rules of conflict of laws. Each of the Company and the Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the courts of the United States of America located in the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Courts”) for any litigation arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (and agrees not to commence any litigation relating thereto except in such courts), waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such litigation in the Delaware Courts and agrees not to plead or claim in any Delaware Court that such litigation brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties hereto agrees, # to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, to appoint and maintain an agent in the State of Delaware as such party’s agent for acceptance of legal process, and # that service of process may also be made on such party by prepaid certified mail with a proof of mailing receipt validated by the United States Postal Service constituting evidence of valid service. Service made pursuant to [(a) or (b) above]e] shall have the same legal force and effect as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware. For purposes of implementing the parties’ agreement to appoint and maintain an agent for service of process in the State of Delaware, each such party does hereby appoint The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801, as such agent and each such party hereby agrees to complete all actions necessary for such appointment.

CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. SENIOR LENDER, SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND THE OBLIGORS AGREE THAT ALL DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RESOLVED ONLY BY STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND SENIOR LENDER, SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND THE OBLIGORS WAIVE ANY OBJECTION BASED ON VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION INSTITUTED THEREIN, BUT SENIOR LENDER, SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND THE OBLIGORS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK. SENIOR LENDER, SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND THE OBLIGORS WAIVE IN ALL DISPUTES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE COURT CONSIDERING THE DISPUTE.

Consent to Jurisdiction. To the extent that any court action is permitted consistent with or to enforce Section 9 of this Agreement, the parties hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court or Chancery Court for Knox County, Tennessee. Accordingly, with respect to any such court action, the Executive # submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts; # consents to service of process; and # waives any other requirement (whether imposed by statute, rule of court, or otherwise) with respect to personal jurisdiction or service of process.

Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, the courts of the State of Oregon sitting in Multnomah County, Oregon, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and the courts of the State of Texas sitting in Harris County, Texas, and the appropriate appeals courts therefrom (collectively the “Approved Courts”), for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby; provided, however, that # if Seller desires to file any such suit, action or other proceeding against or the , then Seller shall only do so in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas or the courts of the State of Texas sitting in Harris County, Texas, and # if or the desires to file any such suit, action or other proceeding against Seller, then and the shall only do so in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon or the courts of the State of Oregon sitting in Multnomah County, Oregon. Subject to the preceding sentence, each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the Approved Courts and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the Parties further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by United States registered mail to such Party’s respective address pursuant to Section 5.1 shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above in the immediately preceding sentence.

Consent to Jurisdiction. Each Guarantor agrees that any suit for the enforcement of this Guaranty or any of the other Credit Documents may be brought in the courts of the State of New York in New York County, or of the United States for the Southern District of New York and, by execution and delivery of this Guaranty, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of such courts. Each Guarantor further irrevocably consents to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to it at the address for notices specified herein, such service to become effective 15 days after such mailing. Nothing herein shall affect the right of a [[Organization A:Organization]] to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or to otherwise proceed against a Guarantor in any other jurisdiction. Each Guarantor agrees that a final judgment in any action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law; provided that nothing in this Section 5 is intended to impair a Guarantor’s right under applicable law to appeal or seek a stay of any judgment.

Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties to this Agreement consents to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in Delaware in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court and agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other court.

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