Any disputes not resolved through arbitration must be litigated in a court in Santa Clara County, California, with California substantive law governing, regardless of where the user is located.
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This provision establishes California as the exclusive venue and governing law for non-arbitrated disputes, which may require users located outside California to litigate in a geographically inconvenient forum and subjects all claims to California law regardless of the user's jurisdiction.
Interpretive note: Enforceability of the forum selection clause against non-California consumers may vary by jurisdiction and applicable consumer protection law.
Under this clause, non-arbitrated legal claims against Quora related to Poe must be filed in Santa Clara County, California courts. California law governs the agreement, which may affect the rights available to users in other states or countries under their local consumer protection frameworks.
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Compare across platforms →"You agree that any claim not subject to Arbitration as set forth in Section 10 of the Quora Platform Terms of Service must be resolved in a competent court in Santa Clara County, California and that the substantive laws of the State of California in the United States of America (excluding conflict of laws rules) will govern these Terms and any claim.Excerpt from Poe's Terms of Service
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This provision establishes California as the exclusive venue and governing law for non-arbitrated disputes, which may require users located outside California to litigate in a geographically inconvenient forum and subjects all claims to California law regardless of the user's jurisdiction.
Under this clause, non-arbitrated legal claims against Quora related to Poe must be filed in Santa Clara County, California courts. California law governs the agreement, which may affect the rights available to users in other states or countries under their local consumer protection frameworks.
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