Any legal dispute about the Thomson Reuters website terms must be handled under Minnesota law and in courts located in Hennepin County, Minnesota, regardless of where you are located.
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If you have a legal dispute with Thomson Reuters about its website, you would need to bring that dispute in Minnesota courts under Minnesota law, which could be practically difficult and expensive for users located elsewhere, including outside the United States.
Interpretive note: Enforceability of the Minnesota forum selection clause against non-US consumers is uncertain; EU, UK, and Australian consumers may have mandatory rights to litigate in their home jurisdiction that override this contractual provision.
This clause effectively requires any user worldwide to litigate in Minnesota if a legal dispute arises from website use, creating a significant practical barrier to legal recourse for most individual users and users outside the United States. EU and UK consumers may have mandatory rights to litigate in their home jurisdiction under applicable consumer protection law that override this contractual choice of forum.
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"These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Any action arising out of or relating to these terms and conditions shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in Hennepin County, Minnesota.— Excerpt from Thomson Reuters's Thomson Reuters Terms
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Choice of law and forum selection clauses are generally enforceable in US B2B contexts but may be overridden by mandatory consumer protection provisions in the EU under the Rome I Regulation and Brussels I Recast Regulation, which protect consumers' rights to sue in their home jurisdiction and under their home country's mandatory consumer protection law. In the UK, similar protections apply post-Brexit under retained EU law principles. The FTC and State AGs may scrutinize forum selection clauses that effectively deny consumers meaningful access to legal recourse. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Forum selection clauses requiring litigation in a single US jurisdiction are common for US-headquartered companies. The exposure arises from the global reach of the Thomson Reuters website and the potential unenforceability of this clause against EU, UK, and other non-US consumers who have mandatory home forum rights. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU consumers cannot be deprived of their home forum rights under the Brussels I Recast Regulation. UK consumers retain similar protections. Australian consumers may have equivalent protections under Australian Consumer Law. California courts have occasionally declined to enforce forum selection clauses that deprive California residents of statutory remedies. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: B2B agreements separately negotiated with Thomson Reuters may specify different governing law and forum provisions. This website terms clause applies to use of the public website only. Procurement teams negotiating formal contracts should not assume Minnesota law applies to those agreements. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: For EU and UK operations, legal teams should document that the Minnesota forum selection clause may be unenforceable against local consumers and ensure that dispute resolution mechanisms are available in compliance with local mandatory law. Any formal product agreements with EU or UK customers should include locally compliant governing law provisions.
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If you have a legal dispute with Thomson Reuters about its website, you would need to bring that dispute in Minnesota courts under Minnesota law, which could be practically difficult and expensive for users located elsewhere, including outside the United States.
This clause effectively requires any user worldwide to litigate in Minnesota if a legal dispute arises from website use, creating a significant practical barrier to legal recourse for most individual users and users outside the United States. EU and UK consumers may have mandatory rights to litigate in their home jurisdiction under applicable consumer protection law that override this contractual …
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