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Law Practice

Mar. 24, 2020

COVID-19 is forcing many attorneys to revisit force majeure

Relieving parties from contractual obligations in hugely disruptive and largely unpredictable “Act of God” situations, force majeure provisions are something most attorneys learned about in their first year of law school.

Attorneys anticipating a slew of COVID-19 related contract disputes say the litigation will be defined largely by force majeure provisions or the lack thereof.

Relieving parties from contractual obligations in hugely disruptive and largely unpredictable "Act of God" situations, force majeure provisions are something most attorneys learned about in their first year of law school, according to King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano LLP manag...

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