Applying the plain language of the statute, the Court found that where the parties have contracted for a particular forum or venue, this does not mean that they have deprived the Louisiana courts of “jurisdiction.” The Court further noted that not enforcing the forum section clause “would undermine the ability of the parties to freely engage in sophisticated contractual agreements and thereby impair the ability of companies to do business in this state.”
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