{"id":393,"date":"2020-05-15T17:11:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T21:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesslitigationtrends.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2020-09-24T03:10:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T07:10:42","slug":"legal-intelligencer-force-majeure-during-a-pandemic-and-potential-contractual-disputes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-force-majeure-during-a-pandemic-and-potential-contractual-disputes\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Intelligencer: Force Majeure During a Pandemic and Potential Contractual Disputes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-description\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Business-Paperwork-1024x576-1.png\" alt=\"Illustration of business paperwork by Megan Rexazin\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/>Many businesses have now turned to the force majeure clauses present in their contracts\u2014invoking the idea that the COVID-19 pandemic is an unforeseeable \u201cact of God\u201d that has hindered the ability of parties to perform their duties as agreed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the May 14, 2020 edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\"><em>The Legal Intelligencer<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Edward T. Kang, managing member of Kang Haggerty wrote \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/2020\/05\/14\/force-majeure-during-a-pandemic-and-potential-contractual-disputes\/?fbclid=IwAR0CP1WMDWbH_5ww-BscBCGDV7E9WRz1rhQShn1IJ98SCoGoFD7d6dLOcpk\">Force Majeure During a Pandemic and Potential Contractual Disputes<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, businesses and individuals alike have struggled with following through on contracts that were agreed upon long before the novel coronavirus was even discovered, let alone foreseen as the cause of a worldwide health crisis. Many have now turned to the force majeure clauses present in their contracts\u2014invoking the idea that the COVID-19 pandemic is an unforeseeable \u201cact of God\u201d that has hindered the ability of parties to perform their duties as agreed. For those who do not have such clauses present in their contracts, can the same concept be invoked in a court of law?<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-force-majeure-during-a-pandemic-and-potential-contractual-disputes\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Legal Intelligencer: Force Majeure During a Pandemic and Potential Contractual Disputes\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many businesses have now turned to the force majeure clauses present in their contracts\u2014invoking the idea that the COVID-19 pandemic is an unforeseeable \u201cact of God\u201d that has hindered the ability of parties to perform their duties as agreed. In the May 14, 2020 edition of The Legal Intelligencer\u00a0Edward T. 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