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Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms... more +
Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms helping to make sense of insurance, employment, tax, securities, M&A, risk management, and every other consideration touched by this crisis. Follow the channel for a daily email brief of the latest and best updates. less -
Kilpatrick

Monthly Minute | Global Supply Chain Issues

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Once a month, we cover an interesting topic in 60 seconds. This month, International Disputes Partner Thomas G. Allen shares his thoughts on the current supply chain crisis....more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Trends and Developments in Infrastructure Arbitration

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The effects of COVID-19 and concerns about unforeseen events have caused both owners and contractors of infrastructure projects to re-evaluate how to best mitigate risk and manage disputes more efficiently. Some elements of...more

JAMS

Business Interruption and the Impact on Real Estate

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COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on businesses of all kinds. But organizations in the real estate sector—both commercial and residential—have been hit particularly hard. The fallout from the pandemic has sparked numerous...more

Snell & Wilmer

Wash Your Hands and Read Your Contract: COVID-19 Reminders for the Construction Industry

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A year into the pandemic, many of us are reflecting on how far we have come. While we may laugh at the memory of wiping off grocery bags with Clorox, some of the lessons, like washing your hands for at least 20 seconds, are...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Force Majeure In Emerging Markets: Mitigating Risk For Construction And Energy Investors

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Although emerging markets offer a wealth of investment opportunities, political instability and government responses to adverse events present risks for foreign investors. This article considers key dispute risks related to...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

What Will “Phase II” of COVID-19 Class Actions Look Like?

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As we previously reported, the spread of class actions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic has become a significant contagion of its own. More than 500 coronavirus class actions have been filed since March, including suits...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Considerations For Health Club Owners Defending COVID-19 Related Consumer Class Actions

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Plaintiff’s lawyers trying to capitalize on the chaos created by the COVID-19 pandemic have filed class action lawsuits against companies who own and/or operate fitness and health clubs. The lawsuits seek refunds of assessed...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Tour de Force: When Is COVID-19 the Cause of Nonperformance?

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Causation in the context of force majeure, and how causation considerations may impact force majeure claims in the COVID-19 era. In most states, the force majeure event must have proximately caused the delay or deficiency...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Strategy Considerations for Defending COVID-19 Related Class Actions

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Plaintiff’s lawyers trying to capitalize on the chaos created by the COVID-19 pandemic have filed class action lawsuits against hospitality and leisure industry companies, like hotels, timeshares, fitness and social clubs,...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

Bowditch & Dewey

As COVID-19 Surges, So Too Should the Use of Well-Crafted Contractual Arbitration Clauses

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Virtually every aspect of our lives has been disrupted in one way or another as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic collapse. While certain of these disruptions have been difficult to predict, at least...more

Goodwin

Collaboration, License and other Commercial Agreements: Key Considerations for Life Sciences Companies in the Age of COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to cause major global disruption to the activities of development stage and other life sciences companies due to, among other factors, limited or no access to clinical trial sites, reduced...more

Perkins Coie

COVID-19 and Force Majeure: Time to Review Your Commercial Contracts

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Parties to commercial contracts that may be affected by COVID-19 are now examining their force majeure provisions, as well as all other risk allocation provisions, to determine which party bears the cost of delay or...more

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