Things that shouldn’t count as force majeure
Define the term “force majeure” for me. Looking online, there are several: it’s French for “superior force” act of God: a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events (WordNet) a common clause in contract which essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the [...]
Updating Contract Language for the 21st Century
Holly Towle wrote an excellent article on the boilerplate contract language issues that might now exist in your contract language. Read the article… consider the issues… review your templates. Make some changes. Of course, you can always just call me and I’d be happy to review your contracts for you. The Licensing Handbook Blog is [...]
This Week on The Web 2009-09-13 (my birthday edition)
It happens to be my birthday weekend and between eating some great food, playing Guitar Hero with my wife and hanging with the family, these are the things that happened around the web this week – maybe you already read about them, maybe you need to again – there were some REALLY great discussions going [...]
Recovering from a Disaster
I love to play a simple, yet addictive game called Bejeweled on my Palm Treo. Recently, Pop Cap Games – maker of Bejeweled – released it on Facebook, too. It’s free to play and hey, they even award prizes based on collective team scores earned every week. So not only would I normally play because [...]
Economic Renegotiations
In an interview with Inc magazine the other day, I was discussing the effects of the current economic situation on contract negotiation potential. More specifically, everyone seems to believe that the current downswing is cause for not only some great deals, but also for the potential to create some re-negotiation possibilities. In other words, the [...]
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 [...]
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