Ogletree Deakins: Massachusetts Clarifies Restrictive Covenant Choice of Law and Forum Selection | Practical Law

Ogletree Deakins: Massachusetts Clarifies Restrictive Covenant Choice of Law and Forum Selection | Practical Law

This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's recent decision in Oxford Global Resources, LLC v. Hernandez. The SJC held that a California court was a more appropriate forum for litigation over an alleged violation of the confidentiality and nonsolicitation provisions of a Massachusetts choice of law provision because California had a materially greater interest in the dispute.

Ogletree Deakins: Massachusetts Clarifies Restrictive Covenant Choice of Law and Forum Selection

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Published on 30 Sep 2018
This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's recent decision in Oxford Global Resources, LLC v. Hernandez. The SJC held that a California court was a more appropriate forum for litigation over an alleged violation of the confidentiality and nonsolicitation provisions of a Massachusetts choice of law provision because California had a materially greater interest in the dispute.