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Here’s How Commercial Contracts Can Ease the Cost Burden of New Tariffs Impacting Manufacturers

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 3/26/2025

Commercial contracts tend to be full of “boilerplate provisions” that, to paraphrase Mark Twain’s assessment of classic novels, everyone knows are important, but no one actually reads. When COVID-19 struck, manufacturers...more

Material Adverse Effects: Insights from the High Court of Justice

Bennett Jones LLP on 10/18/2024

Uncertainty caused by macroeconomic risks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, severe weather events and geopolitical tensions has given rise to increased judicial consideration of contractual terms apportioning risk in the...more

Force Majeure Clauses and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts—An Assessment of Ontario Judgments Three Years On

Bennett Jones LLP on 3/27/2023

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses began to scrutinize force majeure clauses in their commercial contracts and leases. Such contractual clauses, when engaged, either permanently or temporarily relieve the...more

Cineplex Awarded $1.24 Billion in Lost Synergies from Failed Cineworld Acquisition: Company’s Pandemic Response Not Out of the...

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 12/24/2021

In a highly anticipated decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice – Commercial List held that Cineworld wrongly terminated its arrangement agreement to acquire Cineplex, which was awarded substantial damages....more

Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/29/2020

That question, as we brace for the continuing effects of COVID-19, is at the top of executives’ minds. And yet each vision seems to beget more questions: about alternative supply chain models and contract terms, about...more

Operating a Franchise Through COVID-19: Considerations for Franchisees

Miller Canfield on 7/14/2020

At the beginning of 2020, you were operating a successful franchise – you had a steady stream of customers, happy employees, and royalty and ad fund payments were regularly submitted on time. It was smooth sailing until...more

COVID-19 and the Frustrated Contract Act

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 6/10/2020

As of June 1, 2020, the Supreme Court of British Columbia has resumed some operations, and therefore businesses with operations in British Columbia should be aware of the Frustrated Contract Act (British Columbia) (Act). The...more

Managing and Drafting Contracts in the COVID-19 Era

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 5/1/2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to intensify, businesses can expect ongoing disruption to key contractual relationships for a variety of reasons, including government-imposed restrictions on their activities, temporary...more

Canadian Procurement Policy and COVID-19: Comparing Approaches

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 4/23/2020

COVID-19 has impacted both the type of goods and services to be procured, and the manner in which certain procurements are carried out. In Canada, with its different levels of public procuring authorities, different...more

International Lawyers Network: Force Majeure

International Lawyers Network on 4/13/2020

This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of force majeure in the requisite jurisdictions.... This guide describes the law in force in the requisite jurisdictions at the dates of preparation. This may be some time ago...more

COVID-19 and Force Majeure: A Quebec Law Perspective

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 3/31/2020

In our March 16, 2020, Blakes Bulletin: COVID-19 and Your Contracts, we considered how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact contractual relations in Canada. We focused on contractual force majeure clauses as well as the common...more

COVID-19 and Your Contracts

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 3/17/2020

This bulletin discusses the following issues in view of the COVID-19 pandemic: • Whether a force majeure clause in a contract might apply to COVID-19 situations • When a contract has been frustrated or rendered impossible...more

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