Force Majeure Provisions in the Age of COVID-19

Source: Hellenic Shipping News

Originally published: 04/14/20

As the COVID-19 crisis and its economic fallout intensify, contractual parties have increasingly invoked force majeure provisions to excuse performance of contracts. This article is a follow up to Schiffer Hicks Johnson’s earlier article on COVID-19 and force majeure clauses, and offers an update on emerging global trends in force majeure and the evolving considerations businesses should apply in evaluating force majeure provisions found in existing as well as new contracts.

Full article here.