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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top Commercial Disputes of 2024: What You Need to Know and What to Look Out for in 2025

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As we begin 2025 and set our goals for the new year (realistic or unrealistic), we outline some of the significant English court rulings from 2024 and the key lessons they offer for the year ahead. In 2024, the courts...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Contract Is (Still) King - Update on the UK Supreme Court’s Decision in RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping BV

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Key Takeaways - In the words of the UK Supreme Court, the decision in RTI v MUR raised “fundamental points of principle” that could, in theory, apply to all force majeure clauses. Our top three takeaways are: Unlike the...more

A&O Shearman

Unsanctioned Payments: Overcoming Force Majeure Through Non-Contractual Performance

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In what some may regard as a surprising outcome, the English Court of Appeal has held that a force majeure clause was not triggered because the affected party could have accepted performance that was not in accordance with...more

Hogan Lovells

Force majeure claims in future waves of COVID-19: four key actions

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As countries emerge from lockdown, talk turns to The Return of COVID-19. Here’s how to succeed in future force majeure claims and stop your projects from becoming what sounds like a second-rate horror movie....more

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Airlines and COVID-19: Hedging Considerations

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The ongoing events with COVID-19 and its impact on the travel industry have a number of potential implications for airlines’ derivative transactions....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Force Majeure and Frustration in English Law M&A Agreements in the Context of COVID-19

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The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak is being felt across the globe and has been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a global pandemic. Like many other governments worldwide, on Monday, 23 March, the UK...more

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COVID-19 Update – Understanding Your Rights Under Contracts Whose Performance Is Affected By COVID-19

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Under English law, it’s clear that the key issue will be to understand and apply the specific terms of each contract, with the English courts looking to interpret contractual clauses by initially considering the natural and...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Routes To Relief On Both Sides Of The Atlantic – Frustration And Force Majeure Under US And English Law

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COVID-19 presents a unique and, for most parties, unprecedented challenge – a pandemic that has resulted in a global public health crisis and significant restrictions on global trade and labor, the repercussions of which...more

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