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DEFENDANTS’ CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH SIGNATORIES TO CONTRACTS WITH FORUM SELECTION CLAUSES JUSTIFIED THE EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION OVER DEFENDANTS FOR PURPOSES OF JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Manzanet-Daniels, determined that defendants’ close relationship with signatories to contracts with forum selection clauses justified the exercise of jurisdiction, for purposes of jurisdictional discovery:

A non-signatory may … be bound by a forum selection clause where the non-signatory and a party to the agreement have such a “close relationship” that it is foreseeable that the forum selection clause will be enforced against the non-signatory … . The rationale for binding non-signatories is based on the notion that forum selection clauses “promote stable and dependable trade relations,” and thus, that it would be contrary to public policy to allow non-signatory entities through which a party acts to evade the forum selection clause … . * * *

… [T]he motion court did not undertake a separate minimum-contacts analysis. However, the concept of foreseeability is built into the closely-related doctrine, which explicitly requires that the relationship between the parties be such that it is foreseeable that the non-signatory will be bound by the forum selection clause. …

Thus, courts have recognized that a consent to jurisdiction by virtue of the “close relationship” between the non-signatory and contracting party obviating the need for a separate analysis of constitutional propriety … . Highland Crusader Offshore Partners, L.P. v Targeted Delivery Tech. Holdings, Ltd., 2020 NY Slip Op 02991, First Dept 5-21-20

 

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