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The governing law and venue selection establishes the procedural framework for how the agreement is interpreted and where disputes must be litigated, affecting which jurisdiction's substantive law applies to rights and obligations under the margin account terms.
Interpretive note: The governing law clause text was not rendered in the provided document source; this is inferred from standard Robinhood agreement structures.
Users operate under the margin account terms as interpreted by the designated jurisdiction's law, and any litigation must occur in the specified venue rather than the user's local courts, affecting the geographic and legal framework for dispute resolution.
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The governing law and venue selection establishes the procedural framework for how the agreement is interpreted and where disputes must be litigated, affecting which jurisdiction's substantive law applies to rights and obligations under the margin account terms.
Users operate under the margin account terms as interpreted by the designated jurisdiction's law, and any litigation must occur in the specified venue rather than the user's local courts, affecting the geographic and legal framework for dispute resolution.
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