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Haynes Boone

Shipping and Energy Newsletter - Summer 2025

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In this edition, we explore some of the strategic questions shaping conversations in the energy sector today and provide you with tools and information that will be helpful when entering into contracts....more

A&O Shearman

Legal agility and risk resilience: How to enhance your organisation’s readiness to withstand the next crisis

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What can in-house legal, risk and compliance leaders learn from the Covid-19 pandemic and other notable crises of the past 20 years to strengthen the legal resilience of their organisations? More than any other crisis in...more

King & Spalding

Tokyo Dispute Resolution & Crisis Management Newsletter – June 2020: Coronavirus & Construction Contracts - Causation, Force...

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Large construction projects, by their very nature, carry significant commercial and financial risk for the parties involved. Contributing to this overall risk is the reality that an act of nature or other circumstance beyond...more

Morgan Lewis

Leasing Considerations for Tenants and Landlords During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Tenants and landlords should consider whether certain provisions such as force majeure, frustration of purpose, and/or impracticability of performance can protect them under current leases—and whether to include such...more

Lowndes

Commercial Landlord's Guide to Navigating Tenant Workouts in the Age of COVID-19

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As the COVID-19 or novel coronavirus pandemic continues, landlords have increasingly received communication from distressed tenants requesting rent relief and, in some circumstances, lease termination. With government...more

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Lenders Should Use COVID-19 Extensions And Forbearances To Review Loan Documents To Identify and Address Potential Security and...

As lenders are undoubtedly aware, the coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak has or will cause significant issues with payments from their borrowers as the pandemic sends shockwaves through the economy. Extensions on current,...more

Stinson LLP

Landlord Rent Relief Checklist

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In these unprecedented times where the businesses of many tenants are affected by the COVID-19 virus, landlords may be approached for rent relief. This short checklist is a reminder of some of the issues to be addressed when...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

[Webinar] Navigating the Legal, Economic, and Business Challenges of the Coronavirus Pandemic - March 26th, 1:15 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

Nelson Mullins will host a webinar on topics related to the COVID-19 outbreak on March 26. Topics to be presented: - Business Continuity, Force Majeure, and Potential Defenses to COVID-19 Related Contractual...more

Lewitt Hackman

In A Time of Crisis: Consider Force Majeure and Business Interruption

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Because of the Coronavirus crisis, many businesses are considering whether to modify, reduce or temporarily cease operations. This is a natural course of action and in many cases, these actions align with requests of local,...more

Hogan Lovells

Navigating coronavirus: Top real estate industry considerations

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On Wednesday, 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of coronavirus a global pandemic and on Friday, 13 March 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency in the United States. Guidance from...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

COVID-19: Will Borrower Defaults Increase?

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On 11 March 2020, the Bank of England (the “Bank”) warned of “an economic shock that could prove sharp and large” resulting from the coronavirus outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019. Presenting a package...more

Smith Anderson

Impact of COVID-19 on Real Estate, Construction and Supply Contracts

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As coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to disrupt lives and businesses, it is important to consider how it may affect your real estate, construction, and supply businesses. Every situation and contract will be different, so it...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

How Does the Coronavirus Pandemic Affect Your Lease Obligations?

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Are you a commercial tenant? Has the coronavirus pandemic prompted you to consider temporarily closing your physical location? Does your lease have a “continuous operations” provision?...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Georgia Law on "Act of God" and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Force majeure provisions are top of mind for many businesses today because of the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, which causes the novel coronavirus disease called COVID-19. “Pandemics” are typically not specified in general...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

A Time of Testing – What Lawyers Can Do

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A black swan has arrived – the Pandemic of 2020 and with it a bear market. As with previous black swan events, experts and leaders are in learning mode, with the facts and events evolving hourly. As my financial advisor told...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

COVID-19 – Contingency Planning Checklist for Private Equity Portfolio Companies

Following the wider outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world, radical—and sometimes controversial—actions have been and are further expected to be taken by national, federal and local governments and...more

Woods Rogers

Coronavirus and the Law of Contracts

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The international reaction to the COVID-19 virus (otherwise known as the “Coronavirus”) has been unprecedented, as nations around the globe rush to stem the spread of the disease.  Aside from serious public health issues, the...more

Carlton Fields

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Issues for Real Estate Owners and Operators

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As the economic and social impacts of COVID-19 continue to grow, the costs and consequences of an interruption of a party's ability to operate its business or fulfill its contractual obligations are rising rapidly. Many...more

Polsinelli

COVID 19 and Supply Chain Contracts

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Covid-19 has caused serious disruption to manufacturers’ ability to produce products and fill orders on a timely basis, which in turn has impeded the performance of countless supply chains....more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

COVID-19: Contractual Implications for Businesses and Investors

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The mysterious new virus first hit the headlines in late 2019, with several cases of viral pneumonia emerging in Wuhan, China. Less than three months later, the new coronavirus has infected over 116,000 people worldwide and...more

Gray Reed

The Calm After the PR Storm: Recovering Damages from the Offender

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Last month, Jim Duncey, the majority owner and face of Duncey’s Caps, Inc., was involved in a car accident and arrested for DWI. Facing a PR crisis Duncey’s board of directors called an emergency meeting. ...more

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