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Force Majeure
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China Law Insight
郑州云办公室灾后重建专题丨不可抗力与情势变更要点
By King & Wood
此次河南遭遇罕见持续强降雨袭击，灾情异常严重。我们第一时间启动了灾区关怀服务，提供了人文捐助，用于支持河南抗洪救灾及灾后重建工作。同时，我们也收到了社会各届对于因洪灾而引发的法律问题的咨询。为此，我们发挥行业优势和专业特长，编写了有关河南抗洪救灾及灾后重建专题文章，以期为河南及其他地区在遭受自然灾害时和灾后重建时遇到的法律问题提供参考。
The Pre-Flight Brief
Cost Escalation: COVID Aftershocks Rocking the Contractor World
By Shackelford
By Bryan M. Kelly and Matthew L. Motes | August 2021 | Dallas Bar Association, Headnotes, 22 Construction contracts, like other contracts, create a set of obligations and allocate risk between…
Sanns ADR
COVID, Force Majeure, Litigation, Settlements
Usually when people think of force majeure, they think of hurricanes and other natural disasters — not usually a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought force majeure to the forefront…
ContractsProf Blog
Tuesday Top Ten – Contracts & Commercial Law Downloads for April 27, 2021
By Mark Burge
The Tuesday Top Ten returns after an unplanned week away (but fully vaccinated, at least. Go Team Moderna!). Scholarship in our favorite fields, however, rests for no one, so let's…
Texas Construction Law Blog
Excusable Delay and Builder’s Risk: A Reminder to Weatherproof Your Contracts
By Tim Fandrey
The winter storm that brought snow, freezing temperatures, power outages, frozen water lines and bursting pipes to Texas, shutting down most construction projects in the process, forced many contractors and…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
A COVID-19 Quandary: Does a Force Majeure Clause Displace the Frustration Doctrine?
The frustration (or “frustration of purpose”) doctrine excuses a party from its contractual obligations when an extraordinary event completely undermines its principal purpose in making the deal. Historically, the doctrine…
Gravel2Gavel
Pandemic Does Not Satisfy Lease’s Casualty Clause Court Finds
By Pillsbury's Construction And Real Estate Law Team
By Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team One year into the pandemic, courts have almost uniformly found that COVID-19 does not permit commercial tenants to avoid their rent payment…
Global Workplace Insider
Can COVID-19 be considered a superior force (“force majeure”) lawfully limiting an employer’s obligations?
By Global Workplace Insider Team
Since the start of pandemic, our courts have rendered a number of decisions regarding the impact of COVID-19 and whether it constitutes superior force (commonly known as “force majeure” ) for…
Global Workplace Insider
La COVID-19 peut-elle être considérée comme un événement de force majeure limitant les obligations d’un employeur?
By Global Workplace Insider Team
Depuis le début de la pandémie, nos tribunaux ont rendu plusieurs décisions concernant l’incidence de la COVID-19 et la question de savoir si elle constitue un événement de force majeure…
Bench & Bar of Minnesota
New Lawyers: Covid-19 and force majeure What every attorney ought to know
By Minnesota State Bar Association
By Rachel D. ZaigerCovid-19 has been dubbed a whole host of things: a global pandemic, a national health emergency, the novel coronavirus, unprecedented, Rona, the list goes on. Another phrase…