As art lawyers in the age of COVID, we have received a lot of novel questions from our clients and others. The one question that has plagued lawyers like us the most concerns the widely known but ...

In light of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many businesses are confronting circumstances that may excuse or delay their obligations to perform under existing contracts due to the ...

Although usually set out at the end of a contract in the general or miscellaneous articles of an agreement (and often not paid much attention by the parties), force majeure clauses are now getting a ...

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

The profound economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic shows little sign of easing. As companies throughout Hawai‘i look for ways to reduce the financial impacts of business closures, ...

After New York's governor banned large gatherings at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the Metropolitan Opera invoked a contract clause called force majeure and laid off all unionized ...

"Force majeure." The French term translates literally to "superior force," and, while the legal term may not be getting much ink in the first few months of the pandemic, this arcane legalese will ...

Norsk Hydro (NHYDY) (NHYKF) has declared a second force majeure on aluminum sales from Qatar after its Qatalum joint venture unexpectedly ended a marketing ​agreement with the Norwegian company, ...

MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Robin Padilla was mocked by his fellow senators for forcing the argument that the “force majeure” condition in the Senate rules on virtual attendance can already be applied ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to work stoppages in Hollywood, what exactly is an act of God? It’s a question that sent studios scrambling amid the ...