In recent weeks, several appellate courts—both federal and state—have provided guidance on whether and how COVID-19 closures can trigger force majeure clauses in contracts.

The key takeaway from those rulings is that, if a party is going to try to invoke a force majeure clause because of COVID, they’ll need to clearly show that pandemic-induced shutdowns completely precluded their ability to perform their contractual obligations.

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