CASE DIGESTBank Card Merchant Agreement • August 17th, 2022 • Lagos
Contract Type FiledAugust 17th, 2022 JurisdictionSometime in August 2018, two American companies – 1st Respondent [WorldPay LLC] and 2nd Appellant [TOF Energy Corporation] entered into a Bank Card Merchant Agreement ("BCMA") as "processor" and "merchant" respectively, with Clause 23 of the agreement (which deals with "Choice of Law: Jurisdiction. Venue") designating "the State and Federal Courts in Cincinnati Ohio or Hamilton County, Ohio as the exclusive forum with respect to any action or proceeding arising out of, or in any way relating to this Agreement or pertaining in any way to the relationship between Merchant and Processor".