Title: Force Majeure and Climate Change What is the New Normal?

Language: English

Type: Document

Nature: Laws and Regulations

Published: December 1, 2014


Region: Global

Country: Global / Non-Specific

Topic: Climate-Smart

Keywords: Climate Smart

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Document Summary:

This Article focuses on construction contracts in the United States and describes how parties and courts approach force majeure questions in various contexts, including how both currently distinguish expected but severe weather (not generally a force majeure event) from unexpectedly or unusually severe weather (potentially a force majeure event). It then examines how these methods will need to evolve in light of changing weather patterns.


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Force Majeure and Climate Change What is the New Normal?


Updated: October 25, 2021