Key legal question
Whether the Federal Venue Act (LFors) applied immediately to actions already pending when it entered into force.
Extracted holding
Yes. Pending civil actions are immediately subject to the new venue rules; the decisive moment is when the court rules, subject to perpetuatio fori.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 38 LFors is a transitional rule preserving existing fora, but procedural rules generally apply immediately unless the law provides otherwise. Legislative history showed no intent to exclude pending cases from the new regime.