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25Jan

Tour de Force: Contract Terminations Due to COVID-19-Based Force Majeure – Natural Disasters

A recent decision from the Southern District of New York may pave the way for broader excuse of performance in COVID-19 force majeure litigation after finding the pandemic is a “natural disaster” that is beyond the parties’ “reasonable control,” triggering the force majeure clause. The past 10 months have brought a resurgence of the application of the force majeure doctrine due to the ongoing pandemic....
By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/tour-de-force-contract-terminations-due-1539890/

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