Morrison Foerster is an international law firm with lawyers practicing throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. Click to discover more.

mofo_share_image.jpg

Morrison Foerster

favicon.ico

favicon-16x16.png

favicon-32x32.png

apple-touch-icon.png

MoFo Favicons

Terms / Notices

Cookies

Privacy Policy

Attorney Advertising

Secure Login

Alumni

  Facebook

MoFo Facebook

  Linkedin

MoFo LinkedIN

Twitter

MoFo Twitter

YouTube

MoFo Youtube

Morrison Foerster - Footer

You have not solved the recaptcha challenge yet or session expired, try again.

Disclaimer

Unsolicited e-mails and information sent to Morrison Foerster will not be considered confidential, may be disclosed to others pursuant to our <a href="https://www.mofo.com/about/privacy-policy.html">Privacy Policy</a>, may not receive a response, and do not create an attorney-client relationship with Morrison Foerster. If you are not already a client of Morrison Foerster, do not include any confidential information in this message. Also, please note that our attorneys do not seek to practice law in any jurisdiction in which they are not properly authorized to do so.

Feedback

mofo-logo-2022.svg

People

Capabilities

Resources

About

Culture

Offices

Careers

Stay Connected

Stephanie Sharron, Alistair Maughan, Kristina Ehle, and Chuan Sun authored an article for Corporate Compliance Insights that offers practical guidance on how to manage and mitigate risks as the COVID-19 pandemic interrupts operations and impacts performance, and explores using the force majeure clause in adjusting performance expectations.

When Global Disasters Strike: Force Majeure Provisions

About Morrison Forester

people-default-header-desktop.jpg

people-default-header-mobile.jpg

Default Meta Data

Stephanie Sharron, Alistair Maughan, Kristina Ehle, and Chuan Sun authored an article for Corporate Compliance Insights that offers practical guidance on how to manage and mitigate risks as the COVID-19 pandemic interrupts operations and impacts performance, and explores using the force majeure clause in adjusting performance expectations.“Generally, courts in the U.S. and U.K. are reticent to excuse performance in the absence of a contractual agreement to do so; this is as true for technology transactions as other types of contracts,” the authors wrote. “A force majeure clause can bring clarity to when performance will be excused, as well as what other rights or remedies a customer might have if a vendor seeks to be excused from performance due to a force majeure event.”Read <a href="https://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/global-disasters-force-majeure/" target="_blank">part one</a> of this two-part series.