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McAfee & Taft

A brief history of the future: Healthcare amid the pandemic

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We want to share our perspective about various legal and regulatory issues and business challenges affecting the healthcare industry from COVID-19, along with a few anticipated changes in the legal and regulatory climate. ...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Protecting Your Business from Liability for COVID-19 Transmission

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As businesses continue to evaluate current operations and how they will modify them as shelter-in-place orders are lifted and employees and customers return, it is important for each business to anticipate potential COVID-19...more

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Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Opposite Sides of the Table: Restaurants Seek Recovery From Insurers for Business Interruption in...

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As COVID-19 cases have continued to spread across the country resulting in government-issued “shelter in place” orders, few industries have felt the impact as swiftly and deeply as the restaurant industry. Indeed, such...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Coronavirus & “The King’s Frustration”

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Experienced family lawyers know that they often become a kind of general counsel to their clients. Family law is in no small measure closely related to contract law. In a state that has seen a shut down order issued for all...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Reemergence of the Doctrine of Temporary Impracticality or Frustration Under Section 269 of the Restatement (Second) of Contracts...

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When trying to understand the full impact of COVID-19 on existing contractual obligations, parties will likely first consult force majeure provisions in their contracts to assess their rights or liabilities for continued...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Force Majeure: Friend or Foe Amidst COVID-19

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This Katten advisory considers how UK businesses could seek to rely on the principles of force majeure or frustration to suspend or end performance of contractual obligations (without liability) should that be required in...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

So the Government Shut Down Your Construction Project—What Next?

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Navigating construction projects during COVID-19 - The impact of COVID-19 on construction projects continues to evolve as an increasing number of are issuing orders suspending construction....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Implications for the Fashion, Apparel & Beauty Industries Due to the Coronavirus

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Like other industries, the fashion, apparel & beauty businesses have been, and continue to be hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The $400 billion dollar American fashion industry employs over four million people, excluding...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

COVID-19 Across Asia: Your Essential Toolkit in the Rapidly Changing Commercial and Legal Risk Landscape

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Whatever your business—whether you are an investor looking at new investments, managing existing positions or planning exits, or a corporate concerned with protecting and enhancing your business—the current public health...more

Holland & Knight LLP

COVID-19 Guidance for Restaurants and Other Food And Beverage Retailers

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The COVID-19 pandemic is having an extreme impact on restaurants as well as other food and beverage retailers nationally. This guidance addresses some of their most frequently asked questions. Many states are closing or...more

Hogan Lovells

Predicting the unpredictable: the coronavirus and its impact on the energy industry

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On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern. ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Applicability of Force Majeure and Impossibility in the Wake of COVID-19 Under New York Law

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In the wake of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, and its economic disruption, some contracting parties may seek to be excused from performance under their contracts. For contracts subject to New York law, including insurance...more

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Effects of COVID-19 on Commercial Leases in Germany

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The COVID-19 pandemic is causing massive disruption to landlords and tenants of commercially used spaces. Many tenants are affected by reduced customer frequency, supply bottlenecks or staff illnesses. Also, the German...more

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Coronavirus and the Interaction with Force Majeure Provisions in Real Estate Contracts

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The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting the world's economy in ways that were unimaginable a few weeks ago. Will this disruption excuse you or your counterparty's contractual rights and obligations under real estate related...more

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Coronavirus in the Chinese Law Context: Force Majeure and Material Adverse Change

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As COVID-19’s impacts threaten to upend contractual relationships between parties doing business under Chinese law, it is critical to understand the legal landscape in China. - China’s statutory laws allow contracting...more

Holland & Knight LLP

COVID-19 Guidance for Institutions of Higher Education

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The fluid and fast-changing impact of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) has left institutions of higher education (IHEs) scrambling to address unexpected legal issues. This guidance addresses some of their more frequently asked...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

How Your Business’s Contractual Rights and Obligations May Be Impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

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As COVID-19 (commonly known as the coronavirus) continues to infect people around the world at staggering rates, it is also causing massive disruptions to the global economy that will likely make it difficult for many...more

Lewitt Hackman

In A Time of Crisis: Consider Force Majeure and Business Interruption

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Because of the Coronavirus crisis, many businesses are considering whether to modify, reduce or temporarily cease operations. This is a natural course of action and in many cases, these actions align with requests of local,...more

Hogan Lovells

Navigating coronavirus: Top real estate industry considerations

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On Wednesday, 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of coronavirus a global pandemic and on Friday, 13 March 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency in the United States. Guidance from...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

COVID-19: Will Borrower Defaults Increase?

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On 11 March 2020, the Bank of England (the “Bank”) warned of “an economic shock that could prove sharp and large” resulting from the coronavirus outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019. Presenting a package...more

Burr & Forman

The Coronavirus Effect on Construction Projects

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There is increased pressure by federal, state and local governments to minimize gatherings. Many businesses encourage telecommuting in situations such as this. However, that is not feasible on a construction project....more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Force majeure provisions: Dusting off a law school exam topic for the COVID-19 pandemic.

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As the COVID-19 pandemic increasingly causes business disruption across the United States and the world, the issue of force majeure will become increasingly relevant. On a near daily basis, national, state and local...more

Hogan Lovells

COVID-19 – Project financing key considerations

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The impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cannot be underestimated. It is now time critical and project participants must be alive to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak and the consequential impact on their...more

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Managing the Commercial Impact of the Coronavirus: Implications for the Sports & Entertainment Industry

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As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on markets and industries in the U.S. and around the world, businesses are now confronting significant and unique challenges. Successful navigation of these challenges...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

How Does the Coronavirus Pandemic Affect Your Lease Obligations?

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Are you a commercial tenant? Has the coronavirus pandemic prompted you to consider temporarily closing your physical location? Does your lease have a “continuous operations” provision?...more

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