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When Forum Selection Clauses Bind Non-Signatories
When a company signs a contract containing a forum selection clause, it is clearly bound by that provision. But what about its parent company? Its subsidiaries? Its affiliates? Are these non-parties likewise bound by the forum selection clause?
The answer …