Common use of GOVERNING LAW, LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION Clause in Contracts

GOVERNING LAW, LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION. Subject to the provision of the next paragraph, any action or suit brought in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein shall be brought in a state or federal court located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , the parties hereto irrevocably submitting and consenting to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts, and each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that the same has been brought in an inconvenient forum. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE, YOU AND WE KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND AGREE THAT YOU OR WE MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE FOREGOING WAIVER. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you and we agree that all disputes, claims and controversies between you and us, whether individual, joint or class in nature and arising from this Agreement or otherwise, including without limitation, disputes sounding in contract or tort, shall be resolved in arbitration proceedings, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association governing commercial arbitration. Such arbitration shall be commenced upon the written request of either party forwarded to the other in accordance with the notice provisions applicable to this Agreement and shall be conducted before a panel of three (3) arbitrators, one chosen by you, one chosen by us and one appointed by said Association. No act shall constitute a waiver of this arbitration agreement, including, without limitation, obtaining injunctive relief or a temporary restraining order; obtaining a writ of attachment or imposition of receiver, or exercising any rights related to property, including taking or disposing of such property with or without judicial process pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. Any disputes, claims or controversies concerning the lawfulness or reasonableness of any act, or exercise of any right, shall also be arbitrated, provided however that no arbitrator shall have the right or the power, including the enforceability of this arbitration provision and any claim to rescind, reform or modify this Agreement, to enjoin or restrain any act of any party. Judgment upon any award rendered by any arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction under the above paragraph of this section. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude us from seeking equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction. The statute of limitations, estoppel, waiver, laches and similar doctrines which would otherwise be applicable in an action brought by a party shall be applicable in any arbitration proceeding and the commencement of an arbitration proceeding shall be deemed to be the commencement of an action for these purposes. The Federal Arbitration Act shall apply to the construction, interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration provision. MOBILE BANKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

GOVERNING LAW, LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION. This Agreement has been delivered to us and accepted by us in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Subject to the provision of the next paragraph, any action or suit brought in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein shall may be brought in a state court of record in Plymouth or federal court located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County, Massachusetts, the parties hereto irrevocably submitting and consenting to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courtseach thereof, and each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted it may effectively do so under applicable law, any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that the same has been brought in an inconvenient forum. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE, YOU AND WE KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND AGREE THAT YOU OR WE MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE FOREGOING WAIVER. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you and we agree that all disputes, claims and controversies between you and us, whether individual, joint or class in nature and arising from this Agreement or otherwise, including without limitation, disputes sounding in contract or tort, shall be resolved in arbitration proceedings, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association governing commercial arbitration. Such arbitration shall be commenced upon the written request of either party forwarded to the other in accordance with the notice provisions applicable to this Agreement and shall be conducted before a panel of three (3) arbitrators, one chosen by you, one chosen by us and one appointed by said Association. No act shall constitute a waiver of this arbitration agreement, including, without limitation, obtaining injunctive relief or a temporary restraining order; obtaining a writ of attachment or imposition of receiver, or exercising any rights related to property, including taking or disposing of such property with or without judicial process pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. Any disputes, claims or controversies concerning the lawfulness or reasonableness of any act, or exercise of any right, shall also be arbitrated, provided however that no arbitrator shall have the right or the power, including the enforceability of this arbitration provision and any claim to rescind, reform or modify this Agreement, to enjoin or restrain any act of any party. Judgment upon any award rendered by any arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction under the above paragraph of this section. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude us from seeking equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction. The statute of limitations, estoppel, waiver, laches and similar doctrines which would otherwise be applicable in an action brought by a party shall be applicable in any arbitration proceeding and the commencement of an arbitration proceeding shall be deemed to be the commencement of an action for these purposes. The Federal Arbitration Act shall apply to the construction, interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration provision. MOBILE BANKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS.