Leasecomm Corp. v. Crawford

Plaintiff Leasecomm Corp. (“Leasecomm”) is a Massachusetts corporation engaged nationally in the business of financing the procurement of business equipment by small businesses by utilizing the device of a finance lease. The financing typically is for relatively small acquisitions such as credit card processing machines. Leasecomm enters into thousands of such contracts annually. Given the nature and size of the lessors and the transactions involved, a principal part of Leasecomm’s activity is collections. Pursuant to a forum selection clause in its standard form financing leases Leasecomm…