Sentences with phrase «valid arbitration clause»

However, the existence of a valid arbitration clause does not deprive the parties of the right to seek the court's interim assistance (eg, securing evidence or granting an interim injunction).

If a forum state's courts have «general jurisdiction» over a defendant, this means that the defendant can be sued in that forum on any cause of action against that defendant arising anywhere in the world, regardless of any other relationship that the claim has to the forum state (except for claims in the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts which can be brought in a U.S. District Court located in the same state, or in an arbitration forum pursuant to a valid arbitration clause that binds the parties, an issue beyond the scope of this question and answer).

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The absence of those latter explicit statements made the clause inadequate to meet the law's requirements, which meant it wasn't a valid waiver, and the employer wasn't entitled to demand arbitration.

Generally, the situation should not be different if one applies to a foreign court for interim or provisional relief, unless the character of a relief requested before a foreign court would be such as to allow the employer to argue that the contractor itself did not regard the arbitration clause as valid or binding.