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Force Majeure Clauses and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts—An Assessment of Ontario Judgments Three Years On

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Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses began to scrutinize force majeure clauses in their commercial contracts and leases. Such contractual clauses, when engaged, either permanently or temporarily relieve the...more

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Commercial Tenants Raising Impossibility of Performance and Frustration of Purpose

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New York courts have applied the common law doctrines of Impossibility of Performance and Frustration of Purpose narrowly and strictly and only in limited circumstances when raised by commercial tenants who refused to pay...more

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COVID-19 and Force Majeure Under French Law

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in France has led to travel bans and restrictions, including the quarantine of individuals. These measures have disrupted many businesses’ supply chains and operations, including factory...more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

Force Majeure and COVID-19: Can Contracting Parties Avoid Performance or Continue to Require it?

With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening people’s health and wreaking economic havoc in California and worldwide, parties to commercial contracts are asking whether force majeure and the closely related doctrines of commercial...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Litigation Issues in the Midst of COVID-19

There are many litigation issues presented by the outbreak of and response to COVID-19 (the disease caused by the novel coronavirus). We address below several practical and legal issues to consider during this challenging...more

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A U.S. litigator’s perspective on force majeure

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The COVID-19 viral disease (coronavirus) that has swept into at least 140 countries worldwide and infected more than 200,000 people was officially designated a pandemic by the World Health Organization. In addition to the...more

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