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Commercial Contracts Affirmative Defenses

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Frustration of Purpose – Do I Have a Defense?

The COVID-19 (“coronavirus”) public health crisis has caused unprecedented business disruptions and uncertainty for existing contractual obligations. While many are focused on whether a force majeure clause will be triggered...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

Akerman LLP

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

Dechert LLP

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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