{"id":1971,"date":"2020-04-15T14:49:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/?post_type=news&amp;p=1971"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:49:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:49:38","slug":"force-majeure-act-of-god-clause-and-manufacturing-in-the-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/news\/force-majeure-act-of-god-clause-and-manufacturing-in-the-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Force Majeure (Act of God Clause) and Manufacturing in the COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"header\" data-view=\"registration\/header\/header\" data-active-view=\"true\">\n<div class=\"branding-image\" data-bind=\"visible:getBrandingInfo().logoImageUrl()\">The COVID-19 pandemic has raised issues of force majeure (Unforeseeable risk or circumstances that keep you from completing a contract)\u00a0in a wide range of businesses, prominently including manufacturing, where parties are encountering sharp disruptions both as buyers and as sellers. The pandemic also differs fundamentally from the \u201cusual\u201d sort of force majeure event, in that it is global and persistent. These differences have implications for the effects of the event, the legal and practical positions of clients, and the options for management of disruptions to maintain working relationships where possible and optimize the client\u2019s position in the event of a dispute.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<form id=\"registrationForm\" data-view=\"registration\/body\/body\" data-active-view=\"true\">\n<div data-bind=\"visible:getWebinarInfo().description\" data-view=\"registration\/body\/body.description\" data-active-view=\"true\">\n<div class=\"description trainingDescription\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><span class=\"registration-description\" data-bind=\"expander:{'expandText': moreButtonText(), 'userCollapseText': lessButtonText(), 'text':getWebinarInfo().description}\">This program will cover:<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"registration-description\" data-bind=\"expander:{'expandText': moreButtonText(), 'userCollapseText': lessButtonText(), 'text':getWebinarInfo().description}\">The basic domestic and international law of force majeure and related doctrines;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"registration-description\" data-bind=\"expander:{'expandText': moreButtonText(), 'userCollapseText': lessButtonText(), 'text':getWebinarInfo().description}\">The practical differences between \u201cclassic\u201d force majeure events and the current pandemic;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"registration-description\" data-bind=\"expander:{'expandText': moreButtonText(), 'userCollapseText': lessButtonText(), 'text':getWebinarInfo().description}\">The implications of these differences for the application of force majeure law; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"registration-description\" data-bind=\"expander:{'expandText': moreButtonText(), 'userCollapseText': lessButtonText(), 'text':getWebinarInfo().description}\">Options for effective and efficient management and resolution of manufacturing disruptions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><span class=\"registration-description\" data-bind=\"expander:{'expandText': moreButtonText(), 'userCollapseText': lessButtonText(), 'text':getWebinarInfo().description}\">Tuesday, April 21, 2020 1:00 p.m. \u2013 2:00 p.m. EST<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><span class=\"registration-description\" data-bind=\"expander:{'expandText': moreButtonText(), 'userCollapseText': lessButtonText(), 'text':getWebinarInfo().description}\">Speakers: Laura C. Baucus, Member, Bloomfield Hills; Timothy J. McCarthy, Senior Counsel, Dallas<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><span class=\"registration-description\" data-bind=\"expander:{'expandText': moreButtonText(), 'userCollapseText': lessButtonText(), 'text':getWebinarInfo().description}\">Register here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/register\/853186245007940364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/register\/853186245007940364<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has raised issues of force majeure (Unforeseeable risk or circumstances that keep you from completing a contract)\u00a0in a wide range of businesses, prominently including manufacturing, where parties are encountering sharp disruptions both as buyers and as sellers. The pandemic also differs fundamentally from the \u201cusual\u201d sort of force majeure event, in that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}