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Force Majeure
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All Things Canada
Attention Commercial Landlords! Tenants Affected by Shutdowns Might Have the Right to Rent-Free Extension Terms
In recent years, brick-and-mortar businesses faced hardship with government shutdowns forcing them to pay expenses without revenue. Desperate for relief, tenants sought court help but were consistently denied and required…
BuildSmart
Contextual “Construction” of Force Majeure Clauses
By Justin T. Scott, Charles L. Sharman
The Texas Supreme Court recently provided new guidance in interpreting force majeure language in an oil and gas drilling dispute. In Point Energy Partners Permian, LLC v. MRC Permian Company,…
Energy & the Law
Lessee Can’t Satisfy Texas Supreme Court’s Force Majeure Requirements
Imagine these facts in a force majeure dispute (as presented in Point Energy Partners Permian LLC et al. v. MRC Permian Company). Lessee (MRC) invokes the force majeure provision of…
The Energy Law Blog
Force Majeure Clause Fails to Protect Oil and Gas Lessee From Mistakenly-Scheduled Deadline
By Sam Allen, Jana Grauberger, James T. Kittrell, Alma Shields
In Point Energy Partners Permian, LLC v. MRC Permian Company, --- S.W.3d ---, No. 21-0461, 2023 WL 3028100 (Tex. 2023), the Texas Supreme Court held that the lessee could not…
Energy & the Law
More Force Majeure Fallout From Uri
MIECO, LLC v. Pioneer Natural Resources presented a challenge to a force majeure defense in a dispute arising from Winter Storm Uri. The defense carried the day. MIECO agreed to…
Law Times News
OCA finds force majeure clause allows for rent-free lease extension over COVID-19 lockdown period
Landlord seeking leave to appeal to Supreme Court of Canada
Lawels Blog
War as a Force Majeure Event
Author: Narmin Huseynzada, LLB, Baku State University, 2016-2020 Editor: Bader Kabbani, LLM International Commercial and Economic Law, SOAS, University of London, 2020-2021 Abstract In most contracts, force majeure clauses consider…
Lights On
Winter Storm Uri Qualifies as Force Majeure, Even When Performance Was Not “Impossible”
By Andrew Gann, Mitch Diles, J. Brian Jackson, Gregory Krock, Jonathan Blank, Anthony Carna, Molleigh Thomas, Cromley James
On Feb. 15, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas held that the force majeure provision contained in the parties’ contract applied to excuse performance even…
New York Commercial Division Practice
Commercial Division Says Not Every Storm Triggers Force Majeure
A recent decision from Justice Robert Reed of the Manhattan Commercial Division in J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation v. Miami Wind I, LLC, Goldthwaite Wind Energy LLC demonstrates how parties…
LegaMart Blog
Post-Covid Implications on the Force Majeure Clause
By FACiLaw
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