A well-drafted agreement may well have a clause designating a certain
court as having jurisdiction.
If the agreement does not designate a given court, it may still
designate a certain body of law as governing the agreement. (For
example, the law of the State of Massachusetts.) That may give you a
bit of a lead on where jurisdiction may lie.
There is a tendency to prefer jurisdiction in the place where relevant
events took place, or where significant evidence can be found, or
where the witnesses are available.
Some states have arrangements for out-of-state corporations to
designate an agent or representative within the state for the purposes
of suits and so forth. These may be on your state's website (for the
Secretary of State's office, or for the state Department of Commerce).
This doesn't really answer the question, but it may get you started. |
