Legal Opinion
Anwar v. Fairfield Greenwich Ltd.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 14, 2010No. 09 Civ. 0118, 09 Civ. 2410, 09 Civ. 9423PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
VICTOR MARRERO, District Judge.
This action concerns investment recommendations made by the Singapore branch of a United Kingdom bank to residents of Dubai pursuant to contracts containing Singapore forum selection clauses. For the reasons discussed below, the Court finds that the forum selection clauses in the contracts are binding on some of the parties and that this Court is therefore an inappropriate forum for adjudicating these disputes.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs in this case comprise two groups. The first group — Jitendra Bhatia, Gopal Bhatia, Kishanchand Bhatia, Jayshree…
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