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Exclusive jurisdiction in a single geographic location may impose significant practical burdens on users who do not reside near those courts when seeking legal remedies.
The reader is required to file any legal action related to the Agreement exclusively in either the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or Virginia state courts in Fairfax County.
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it shall be adjudicated exclusively by the state and federal courts located in San Francisco County, California.
Any dispute not subject to arbitration and not initiated in small claims court may be brought by either party in a court of competent jurisdiction in either the Superior Courts for the State of California...or in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
The Parties will initiate any lawsuits in connection with this Agreement in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and irrevocably attorn to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the courts sitting therein.
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"You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to the terms of this Agreement shall be filed only in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or...courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia located in Fairfax County...Excerpt from Hilton's Terms of Use
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Exclusive jurisdiction in a single geographic location may impose significant practical burdens on users who do not reside near those courts when seeking legal remedies.
The reader is required to file any legal action related to the Agreement exclusively in either the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or Virginia state courts in Fairfax County.
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