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Thursday, June 4
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CDT

Contracts and COVID-19:  First Lessons Learned and Predictions for the Future

What does contract “performance” mean during a pandemic?  Based on early negotiation and litigation experiences, your presenters analyze this key question – plus forecast the next 12 months in contract drafting and litigation.  Highlights will include:

• The basics: force majeure and impossibility-of-performance clauses

• Interpretation of pre-COVID-19 contracts during the pandemic:
  – Impact on existing contracts
  – Application of force majeure and impossibility of performance
  – Litigation hurdles – defenses, discovery and relevance

• Considering COVID-19 in amended and future contracts

• The next 12 months in litigation and drafting

– Zachary J. Crain, Nilan Johnson Lewis PA
– Courtney E. Ward-Reichard, Nilan Johnson Lewis PA
 

1.0 standard CLE credit   MORE INFORMATION