A conflict in West Asia is beginning to rattle the world’s energy system. As fighting between the United States-Israel alliance and Iran enters its third week, gas exporters in the Gulf have started ...

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We are starting to hear reports of businesses declaring the Trump Administration's Executive Order on tariffs to be a force majeure event under their contracts. Most of us now have rather more ...

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The US-Iran conflict has effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important waterways, leaving thousands of oil tankers and container ships at a standstill. Unable to safely ...

The current conflict highlights the importance of careful drafting of hotel management and franchise agreements, including the allocation of risk in a force majeure clause. (Credit: Vlad Kochelaevskiy ...

Some arbitration attorneys say price jumps and other impacts linked to big tariff hikes could lead companies to turn to force majeure claims to escape contractual performance obligations. But not ...