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3.3 Choice of Laws
Customer Obligations
3.3 Choice of Laws
The substantive laws of the State of New York govern all disputes involving the
Corporation, the Standards, and/or the Customers and Activity without regard
to conflicts. Any action initiated by a Customer regarding and/or involving the
Corporation, the Standards and/or any Customer and Activity must be brought,
if at all, only in the United States District Court for the Southern District of
New York or the New York Supreme Court for the county of Westchester, and
any Customer involved in an action hereby submits to the jurisdiction of such
courts and waives any claim of lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue,
and forum non conveniens.
This provision in no way limits or otherwise impacts the Corporation’s authority
described in Rule 3.1 of this rulebook. Each Customer agrees that the Standards
are construed under, and governed by, the substantive laws of the State of
New York without regard to conflicts.
NOTE
Additional regional Rules on this topic appear in Chapter 17, “Europe Region,”
of this rulebook.
3.4 Examination and Audits >>
The Corporation reserves the right to conduct an audit or examination of
any Customer and Customer information to ensure full compliance with the
Standards of the Corporation. Any such audit or examination is at the expense
of the Customer, and a copy of the audit or examination results must be
provided promptly to the Corporation upon request.
Further, the Corporation, at any time, and whether or not a Customer is subject
to periodic audit or examination or other oversight by banking regulatory
authorities of a government, and at the Customer’s sole expense, may
require that Customer to be subjected to an examination and/or audit and/or
periodic examination and/or periodic audit by a firm of independent certified
accountants or by any other person or entity satisfactory to the Corporation.
A Customer may not engage in any conduct that would impair the completeness,
accuracy, or objectivity of any aspect of such an audit or examination and may
not engage in any conduct that could or would influence or undermine the
independence, reliability, or integrity of the audit or examination. A Customer
must cooperate fully and promptly in and with the audit or examination and
must consent to unimpeded disclosure of information to MasterCard by the
auditor.
NOTE
Regional Rules on this topic appear in Chapter 17, “Europe Region,” of this
rulebook.
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