A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that a clause in a contract that mandates that any dispute by resolved by Russians courts is enforceable, even though there is little likelihood that one of the parties will return to Russia to resolve the dispute.

The two-judge Appellate Division panel, in an unpublished decision released June 17 in Ogorodnikov v. Dikker, said there was no reason to overturn a trial judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed in New Jersey for lack of jurisdiction.

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