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Webinar: The Pandemic is Beyond Your Control – But Is It Force Majeure? | A Review of Force Majeure Clauses in Contracts
March 24, 2020 at 2:00 pm EDT
When
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
at 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Cost
$25 NYSBA Business Law Section Members
$50 NYSBA Members
$150 Non-Members
COVID-19 has startled us into a new reality. How can we, as lawyers, help our clients navigate through similar world-changing events and plan better for the future?
Attorneys from Offit Kurman are partnering with the New York State Bar Association to present a 1.5-credit webinar CLE to discuss Force Majeure in the world’s current pandemic state. The discussion will cover when a force majeure clause does or doesn’t include pandemics, best practices for drafting these clauses when are business losses from pandemics covered by business interruption insurance or liability insurance, real-world experiences, practical steps to take before a disaster strikes, and more.
Speakers
- Thomas Pitegoff (as moderator)
- Stuart Newman
- Michael Conley
ABOUT THOMAS PITEGOFF
Tom.Pitegoff@offitkurman.com | 929.476.0026
Tom Pitegoff is an internationally recognized leader in the franchise field. He drafts franchise agreements and disclosure documents, obtains state franchise registrations and provides ongoing franchise compliance counseling services. He represents foreign franchisors in their U.S. business and U.S. franchisors expanding abroad.
ABOUT STUART NEWMAN
Stuart B. Newman has been engaged in corporate and securities practice for over forty years, focusing on corporate law, private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and capital formation through public offerings and private placements.
Stuart studies his clients’ businesses thoroughly and has made valuable contributions on a broad range of business topics such as joint ventures, product development, finance, investment banking, marketing, and personnel. He has served as a director on the boards of both publicly-traded and privately held companies, contributing his unique combination of business acumen and broad legal experience.
ABOUT MICHAEL CONLEY
mconley@offitkurman.com | 267.338.1317
Mr. Conley is Co-Managing Principal of the Philadelphia office and the founder of the firm’s Insurance Recovery Practice Group. His broad legal experience includes insurance coverage litigation, and general litigation. He exclusively represents policyholders, including closely held, publicly traded, nonprofit, and municipal entities, with claims against their insurance companies. His insurance coverage law experience includes handling coverage actions on behalf of insureds relating to claim under general liability policies, bad faith claims, defense obligations, law and ordinance exclusions, crime coverage, employment liability coverage, and coverage for data loss and environmental liability.
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