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A lease’s forum-selection clause doesn’t reach claims about fees paid before the lease existed, Sixth DCA says
A forum-selection clause buried in an equipment lease governs only suits “commenced hereunder” — so it can’t be used to toss a lawsuit over upfront fees the plaintiff paid as a precondition to the deal ever being made. The Sixth…
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