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Facebook Unenforceable Contract Terms

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

SCC Decision Calls into Question Enforceability of Choice of Forum Clauses in Consumer Contracts

In June 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in Douez v. Facebook (Douez). The case concerned the application of a choice of forum clause included in Facebook’s terms of use to stay a class action...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Supreme Court of Canada Leaves Forum Selection Clauses in a State of Uncertainty

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Facebook, Inc. (Facebook) recently lost a decision before the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the enforceability of the forum selection clause in its standard terms of use. Accordingly, organizations should carefully review...more

McDermott Will & Emery

According to the Paris Court of Appeal, the Jurisdiction Clause in Facebook’s Terms and Conditions Is Not Enforceable Against a...

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References: Paris Court of Appeal, judgment rendered on 12 February 2016, docket # 15/08624 In a 12 February 2016 decision, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled that the jurisdiction clause provided for in Facebook’s general...more

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