Gervon Dexter sues to get out of 25 year NIL Deal.

[DenverChief]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

The contract terms will almost certainly contain a choice of law provision asserting any dispute will be governed by the law of X state (almost certainly not Florida). Now the other side of that coin is likely to be that there may be requirements to conduct business in Florida (i.e. registration requirements) that in some way invalidate those choice of law provisions - hard to say.

I'm not a lawyer - but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night

https://dockets.justia.com/docket/fl...cv00228/480720

28 U.S. Code § 1332 - Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $75,000, exclusive of interest and costs, and is between—

(1) citizens of different States;

....

(c) For the purposes of this section and section 1441 of this title—
(1) a corporation shall be deemed to be a citizen of every State and foreign state by which it has been incorporated and of the State or foreign state where it has its principal place of business.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1332