Check out the brand new trailer for director Ruben Östlund’s FORCE MAJEURE. A critical favorite at this year’s Cannes Festival, where it took the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard, this wickedly funny ...

Ruben Östlund’s “Force Majeure” was 2014’s finest dark comedy of utter discomfort. You will cringe, and squirm, and perhaps break out in a cold sweat, but you’ll be happy you stuck with it. Running ...

In Marathon Oil Co. v. Mercuria Energy America, LLC, the Texas Business Court (11th Division) considered a North American Energy Standards ...

In the past, force majeure provisions were regularly overlooked in contracts, inserted as a boilerplate without much thought. That all changed with COVID-19, says Kate Cooper, shareholder at Babst ...

"Force Majeure" (2014) a.k.a Turist, is a Swedish film set in the Savoie Alps of France, that won the Critics Choice at Cannes this year. It is at The Latchis today and tomorrow at 4 pm. The title ...

Force majeure clauses in contracts help companies avoid liabilities from unforeseen events. COVID-19 led many firms to invoke force majeure due to disrupted operations. Investors must consider force ...

I remember learning about Force Majeure in law school as a 1L. It seemed like such a fringe topic that I instinctively pushed it to the back of my mind as a contract provision that must be rarely ...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues and the possibility that the NBA and other professional sports leagues will have to outright cancel their respective seasons grows larger, there's one term we ...

The profound economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic shows little sign of easing. As companies throughout Hawai‘i look for ways to reduce the financial impacts of business closures, ...

This article provides a look at the roots of the force majeure doctrine, leading up to the recent Second Circuit decision 'JN Contemporary Art v. Phillips Auctioneers', where the court "remains ...