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Tour de Force: Tracking the Evolution of COVID-19 as a Force Majeure Event

The force majeure doctrine has heightened significance in a post-COVID-19 world. This first alert in a series examines the history and contours of the force majeure doctrine and its resurgence in application due to the...more

White & Case LLP

Managing Contractual Performance in Times of Sanitary Crisis: The Spanish Law Perspective

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The unprecedented health crisis arising from the novel Coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) and measures enacted by the Spanish Government to contain the spread, has in some cases affected contractual performance. The...more

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Is The COVID-19 Pandemic a Force Majeure Event?

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Force Majeure (literally a “superior force”) is a contract clause that excuses a party from performing its contract obligations because of unforeseen “Acts of God.” The basic idea is that, if something unforeseen should...more

International Lawyers Network

International Lawyers Network: Force Majeure

This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of force majeure in the requisite jurisdictions.... This guide describes the law in force in the requisite jurisdictions at the dates of preparation. This may be some time ago...more

Hicks Johnson

Update: Force Majeure Provisions in the Age of COVID-19

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As the COVID-19 crisis and its economic fallout intensify, contractual parties have increasingly invoked force majeure provisions to excuse performance of contracts. This article is a follow up to Schiffer Hicks Johnson’s...more

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Business Impact: How to deal with private law contract enforcement issues under French law?

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The global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic as well as the containment measures adopted by various countries, including France since 17 March 2020, affect all companies. Some of these are questioning their ability to...more

K&L Gates LLP

COVID-19: Force Majeure in the State of Qatar

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As COVID-19 continues to cause widespread disruption to commercial activity around the world, there is an increased focus on the effectiveness of contractual force majeure provisions and the availability of relief under...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Cannabis, Coronavirus, and Force Majeure – A New Weapon for Companies Seeking to Avoid Contractual Performance

The cannabis industry is in flux. Part of that is healthy maturation and part is a result of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) global pandemic that has impacted everyone. Over the last year, falling valuations and volatile prices...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

How COVID-19 Affects Contractual Obligations

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Depending upon specific contract language and case-by-case facts and circumstances, there are certain legal doctrines available to excuse delay in performance or non-performance of contractual obligations caused by COVID-19....more

McCarter & English, LLP

Does Your Contract Protect You From The Coronavirus?

Coronavirus contamination has disrupted the work force, supply chains, and transportation. Official bans on large public gatherings across the country, and the ordered closures of restaurants and bars implemented by many...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Force Majeure and Contractual Non-Performance During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Never in the experience of most of us has an event so thoroughly interrupted business as usual as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Everywhere, contract parties facing severe stress in their businesses are reassessing...more

Cole Schotz

Is Your Force Majeure Or Unavoidable Delay Notice Ready?

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As the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, and the associated illness spreads around the world and the number of confirmed cases in the United States rises, disruptions to construction projects are inevitable. These...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

“Force” and Foremost: COVID-19 and Force Majeure in Construction Contracts

Since our last article, fear of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread as rapidly as the disease itself. Within the last few days, President Trump declared a national emergency and announced the steps the Executive...more

Dechert LLP

COVID-19 Coronavirus: Will Global Pandemic Excuse Contractual Performance?

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A Review of U.S. Law on Force Majeure, Frustration of Purpose, Impracticability and Impossibility - The current outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus, recognized by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic, has...more

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The Coronavirus And Force Majeure Clauses In Contracts

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Across the globe, businesses are experiencing issues with productivity due to employees being self-quarantined to prevent risk of exposure to the coronavirus (COVID-19), and due to facilities being shut down in an attempt to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Contractual Implications of COVID-19

At Spilman, we are often asked to review the "colder" legal aspects of human events of all types. The COVID-19 pandemic will be no different. To get a jump start on some of the questions we have faced or will face, our...more

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Coronavirus and Force Majeure: Who Is Liable?

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While the Novel Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) appears poised to inflict considerable damage on human populations across the world, it is also likely to exact a grave toll on the global economy. Supply chains are...more

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GAR Know-How Construction Arbitration - United States

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Legal System - 1. Is your jurisdiction primarily a common law, civil law, customary law or theocratic law jurisdiction? Are the laws substantially derived from the laws of another jurisdiction and, if so, which? What...more

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EU Sanctions: Commercial and Contract Risks

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Sanctions programmes are established and developed as a political response to international relations developments; yet they impose significant obligations on commercial entities in terms of compliance. They may interfere...more

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