Egnyte
· Egnyte Terms of Service
This provision determines the substantive law applicable to the agreement and establishes the exclusive forum for resolving disputes. It centralizes litigation in a specific geographic jurisdiction rather than allowing disputes to be brought in courts where the user is located.
GitHub
· GitHub Terms of Service
This clause determines the legal framework applicable to the agreement and establishes San Francisco as the sole forum for dispute resolution, which affects where and under what law any legal proceedings must occur.
This clause determines the substantive law framework and mandatory forum for dispute resolution, eliminating the possibility of litigation in other jurisdictions and establishing California as the exclusive venue for all claims regardless of where the user or dispute originates.
DeepL
· DeepL Terms and Conditions
The clause centralizes dispute resolution in a single German jurisdiction, which determines the substantive law applied and the forum for litigation. The preservation of mandatory consumer protections ensures that consumers in jurisdictions with stricter consumer safeguards retain those protections despite the German law choice.
Fiverr
· Fiverr Terms of Service
For most international users, resolving a dispute would require engaging with Israeli courts, which is practically prohibitive for individual consumers, and mandatory consumer protection laws in the user's home jurisdiction may override this clause in consumer-facing disputes.
The exclusive California forum clause may be unenforceable against EU, UK, and other non-US consumers under mandatory local consumer protection laws that preserve the right to bring claims in the consumer's home jurisdiction.
The clause establishes the substantive law applicable to contractual interpretation and designates the exclusive forum for dispute resolution, which determines both the legal framework governing the agreement and the geographic location where litigation must occur.
DeepL
· DeepL Terms and Conditions
This clause determines the legal framework governing the agreement and establishes the venue and forum for dispute resolution. It centralizes all disputes in a single jurisdiction, which affects the procedural rules, substantive law, and cost structure applicable to any legal proceedings between the parties.
This provision requires users located outside California, including international users, to litigate disputes in Santa Clara County, California courts and under California law, which may create practical barriers to pursuing claims depending on the user's location and the nature of the claim.
GitHub
· GitHub Terms of Service
The exclusive venue clause requires users in all jurisdictions to litigate disputes in San Francisco, California, which may create a practical barrier to legal action for users outside California, particularly international users.
If you need to take legal action against HubSpot or defend a claim from HubSpot, you will generally need to do so in Massachusetts courts, which may create practical and financial barriers for businesses located in other states or countries.
The terms require all disputes to be litigated in New York courts under New York law, which may create practical and legal barriers for users located outside New York, particularly those in the EU or other jurisdictions with mandatory consumer protection or data protection frameworks.
The agreement designates California law as the governing framework and San Francisco County courts as the exclusive venue for non-arbitration disputes, which may create practical barriers for users in other states or countries who wish to pursue legal claims.
For most users outside the EEA and UK, this provision requires disputes to be governed by California law and litigated in San Francisco courts, which may create practical barriers for users in other US states or countries.
Plaid
· Plaid Terms of Use
Requiring disputes to be litigated in San Francisco creates a practical barrier to legal action for users who do not live in California, as they would need to appear in or retain counsel in a distant forum.
Stash
· Stash Terms of Use
This provision determines the legal framework applicable to interpretation of the agreement and establishes exclusive forum jurisdiction, concentrating dispute resolution in specific New York courts rather than allowing claims in other jurisdictions where either party may be located.
Venmo
· Venmo User Agreement
The California venue requirement means that users who opt out of arbitration and pursue litigation must do so in California courts, which may be geographically and financially impractical for users in other states.
Upwork
· Upwork Terms of Service
This clause requires non-US users and users outside California to litigate in California if any court proceeding is permitted, which can be impractical and costly for most individual users.
The governing law provision determines which state's substantive law applies to interpretation and enforcement of the agreement and which courts have jurisdiction over disputes that are not resolved through arbitration. This is operationally significant for non-California users whose local laws may differ materially.
The governing law selection determines which state's substantive law applies to interpretation and enforcement of the agreement. The exclusive forum selection establishes the procedural venue for litigation, requiring parties to litigate disputes in a specific geographic location rather than courts in other jurisdictions.
Steam
· Steam Subscriber Agreement
If you need to take legal action against Valve outside of arbitration, you would generally need to do so in King County, Washington, which may be impractical for users in other states or countries.
Okta
· Okta Terms of Service
If you have a legal dispute with Okta over its website terms, you would need to pursue it in California courts under California law, which may be impractical for users located elsewhere.
The New York governing law clause determines the substantive law applicable to disputes between users and Skillshare, including interpretation of the arbitration provision and any claims not covered by federal law. This choice of law may affect users' ability to invoke consumer protection rights under their home state or country law.
Slack
· Slack Terms of Service
Non-US customers and those outside California may face significant practical burdens in pursuing disputes, as they must litigate in San Francisco under California law, which may conflict with their local legal requirements or consumer protections.
Reddit
· Reddit User Agreement
The governing law and jurisdiction clause determines the substantive legal rules applied to interpret the agreement and establishes the forum in which legal proceedings must be initiated, affecting dispute resolution procedures and applicable statutory frameworks.
The clause establishes the legal framework and forum for dispute resolution, requiring that any court proceedings occur in a specific geographic jurisdiction under a specific state's substantive law, which determines applicable legal standards and procedural rules.
Target
· Target Terms and Conditions
This provision establishes Minnesota as the governing legal jurisdiction and Hennepin County courts as the venue for non-arbitrated disputes, which may require users located in other states to litigate in Minnesota if they pursue court-based claims. Choice-of-law clauses may be subject to challenge where the selected law conflicts with the mandatory consumer protection rules of the user's home state.
The choice of Delaware law may disadvantage users in jurisdictions with stronger consumer protection laws, as it may displace the application of local consumer rights that would otherwise apply to the dispute.
Fitbit
· Fitbit Terms of Service
This clause consolidates legal interpretation and dispute resolution in a single jurisdiction, establishing California as the governing law framework and San Francisco courts as the exclusive forum for litigation. This standardizes the legal framework across all users regardless of their location.
This provision requires users in other U.S. states or international jurisdictions to resolve disputes under New York law and in New York courts, which may affect the availability of consumer protections specific to the user's home jurisdiction, though applicable mandatory law in the user's jurisdiction may override this designation in some cases.