The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Case Summary:A case is filed against the company A, LLC in California court for the leakage of personal information of 650,000 members to public. The company A claims that they have a “forum-selection clause” in their member agreement, putting the jurisdiction of all the disputes in Virginia, and a US Supreme Court precedent that “forum-selection clause” will be unenforceable if it is against the public policy. Also, the policies of the company A have been declared against public policy by Californian courts in other cases of the company A.
To Explain:Application of stare decisis in California Court to determine the case.
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