Seven Case Law Lessons regarding Force Majeure and COVID-19

Summary

Rather than present a generic laundry list of black letter legal principles, this article posits seven critical lessons that every lawyer should consider in tackling force majeure and COVID-19. It will show that the judicial precedents dealing with past force majeure events provide context and perspective for the current pandemic, in each case contemplating specific circumstances that, if ignored, could lead to perilous results.