Judge: Forum-Selection Requirement Is Valid In Franchise Agreement

Mealey's (July 19, 2019, 7:39 AM EDT) -- LONDON, Ky. — Finding a forum-selection component in a franchise agreement’s alternative dispute resolution (ADR) provision to be not unconscionable and that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) directs enforcement, a Kentucky federal judge on July 10 found valid the requirement that the ADR process take place in the franchisor’s then-current principal place of business (CK Franchising Inc. v. SAS Services Inc., No. 18- 94, E.D. Ky., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 114396)....