In recent years, natural disasters have become increasingly frequent and severe, disrupting industries and communities worldwide. Events such as Hurricane Helene and the extreme weather conditions ...

Force majeure clauses in contracts help companies avoid liabilities from unforeseen events. COVID-19 led many firms to invoke force majeure due to disrupted operations. Investors must consider force ...

The Texas Supreme Court recently provided new guidance in interpreting force majeure language in an oil and gas drilling dispute. In Point Energy Partners Permian ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the President of Diversified, a CFP and author. In legal contracts, there is a clause called force majeure, which removes ...

Force majeure, a clause in legal contracts that exempts parties from liability due to unforeseeable and unavoidable catastrophes, can also apply to investing. Force majeure specifically is written ...

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 ...

"Force majeure" is the contract provision that describes events the parties agree are reasonably unforeseeable, unavoidable and outside of either party's control. Events triggering force majeure may ...