Tag Archives: Choice of Law
Watch Your Language: Specificity Over Brevity in Contractual Terms
In a recent case, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Judge Blake) interpreted a contract’s choice of law provision as excluding the named jurisdiction’s court-made common law, and applied only that state’s procedural law. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. The choice of law provision provided that [t]hese Rules… Read More »
