We are starting to hear reports of businesses declaring the Trump Administration's Executive Order on tariffs to be a force majeure event under their contracts. Most of us now have rather more ...

Cost increases, like tariffs, are often considered by courts to be foreseeable business risks that do not support invoking a force majeure defense. Therefore, it would be unlikely that an impacted ...

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When two parties negotiate a contract, they generally are more focused on a positive outcome than the "what-ifs" that might occur during the course of the relationship. While many contracts are placed ...

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(Reuters) - As the coronavirus outbreak in China shows no signs of abating any time soon, some companies that buy and sell goods in the Chinese market are considering the legal defense of force ...

LONDON (Reuters) - London-listed miner Glencore has declared force majeure on copper shipments from its Chilean Altonorte smelter, where production has been suspended, two industry sources said.

The operator of Kazakhstan's largest oilfield Tengiz has declared force majeure on exports following a fire at a power ...

Keystone Pipeline’s owner, South Bow Corp., has declared force majeure on scheduled crude oil shipments following a spill that released approximately 3,500 barrels of oil into a North Dakota field.

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