Recently, I shared insights about the use of force majeure with Aviation Week Executive Editor Michael Bruno for his story, “Aerospace Industry Mulls Force Majeure In Wake Of Tariffs.”
In light of anticipated tariffs this year, aerospace suppliers are searching for strategies to account for higher prices in their operations and financial plans.
This week’s post is a re-publishing of an article authored by Business Litigation group chair Edward J. Heath, which ran in the Hartford Business Journal’s “Expert’s Corner” on March 24, 2025.
Commercial contracts tend to be full of “boilerplate provisions” that, to paraphrase Mark Twain’s assessment of classic novels, everyone knows are…
“A supply chain crunch that was meant to be temporary now looks like it will last well into next year as the surging delta variant upends factory production in Asia and disrupts shipping, posing more shocks to the world economy.”
This is the opening paragraph from a recent Bloomberg article entitled “The World Economy’s Supply…
Earlier this year, I provided our 2021 Corporate Compliance and Litigation Outlook for Manufacturers. I noted that even though we had been counseling a lot of manufacturers on force majeure events (i.e., the ability to suspend performance) “there has not been a lot of litigation outside of what you hear about in the commercial real…
2021 Corporate Compliance & Litigation Outlook for Manufacturers
In late 2012, we created the Manufacturing Law Blog with the goal of providing our manufacturing clients with a holistic approach to the unique issues facing manufacturers that operate globally. Starting in 2016, we made sure our first three posts of the year are dedicated to providing…
Fellow Manufacturing Industry Team member, Taylor Shea and I had the pleasure of presenting the first program in the “Coronavirus Special Topic Conference Calls Series” offered by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Connecticut District Export Council on March 18, 2020. The session was on “Force Majeure both for Contracts/Suppliers, Cancellation of Trade Shows”…
As the recovery effort continues after Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, some manufacturers are starting to deal with supply chain slowdowns or shortages. The most widely reported issue that impacts both manufacturers and consumers is the shortage of fuel. However, these natural disasters have also impacted suppliers that operate in these areas.
For those manufacturers…
