Elf Atochem North America, Inc. v. Jaffari

In Elf Atochem North America, Inc. v. Jaffari, 727 A2d 286, 293 [Del. 1999], the parties contracted to subject any disputes to the exclusive jurisdiction of the California courts. Id. at 294. The Delaware court decided that just because the LLC Act vested default subject-matter jurisdiction with the Court of Chancery, there was no reason "why the members could not alter the default jurisdictional provisions of the statute" and contract for a different venue for their claims under the agreement. Id. at 295.