Force Majeure for the 21st Century
Chadwick Busk over on his blog “The Fine Print: Musings of a Corporate Contracts Lawyer”, has a great post on the changes needed in your standard force majeure clause to deal with issues from the new millennium.
“Either party’s non-performance of this Agreement shall be excused to the extent that it is caused by any of the following events:
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(iv) Destructive power unleashed by any of the following: the finding of the remaining crystal skulls, the reverse engineering of alien technology, or the discovery of the Ark of the Covenant.”
Go read the full post here.
The Licensing Handbook Blog is the companion site to the Software Licensing Handbook. Covering licensing topics on a regular basis, Jeffrey Gordon attempts to offer advice, add humor and sometimes even a bit of wit to a practice that most people find abhorrent – namely, reading a contract from start to finish.
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