Common use of Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of Process Clause in Contracts

Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of Process. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of Maryland or federal court sitting in Maryland, in either case sitting in Baltimore County (together, the “Maryland Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Maryland Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Maryland Court, and (iv) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Maryland Court has been brought in an improper or otherwise inconvenient forum.