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Microsoft’s Dispute Resolution Provisions Are a Mess

The Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) and its foreign subsidiaries buy goods and services from companies all around the world. To streamline the contracting process, Microsoft has drafted a purchase order that contains standard terms and conditions. This purchase order – viewable here – is used by Microsoft and its subsidiaries in 109 different countries. This agreement…

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Exclusive Forum Selection Clauses in the First Circuit

Forum selection clauses are complicated. Under the framework laid down by the U.S. Supreme Court in Atlantic Marine (2013), a clause selecting the courts of another jurisdiction should only be given effect in federal court when it is “contractually valid.” As part of the inquiry into contractual validity, a court must first interpret the clause…

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Ingrid (Wuerth) Brunk

Vanderbilt Law School
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UC Davis School of Law
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Maggie Gardner

Cornell Law School
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John F. Coyle

University of North Carolina School of Law
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Zachary D. Clopton

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
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Cara Maines

NYU School of Law
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Zachary Orr

Vanderbilt Law School
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Carlos M. Vázquez

Georgetown University Law Center
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Maggie Lee

The Human Trafficking Legal Center
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Martina E. Vandenberg

The Human Trafficking Legal Center
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Timothy R. Holbrook

Emory University School of Law
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Anshu Garg

Emory University School of Law
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Linda J. Silberman

New York University School of Law
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Paul B. Stephan

University of Virginia School of Law
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Rochelle C. Dreyfuss

NYU School of Law
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