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# COVID-19 as a Force Majeure Event: Key Judicial Decisions

  Spring 2022

The Real Estate Finance Journal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two years into the pandemic, several courts now have had occasion to address the application of force majeure clauses in the COVID-19 context. This article by [Michael Lynch](/Our-People/Michael-C-Lynch) and [Cameron Argetsinger](/Our-People/Cameron-R-Argetsinger) provides an overview of those recent court decisions.  
You can read the full article [here](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/viewpoints/COVID-19-as-a-Force-Majeure-Event_RE-Finance-Journal_Lynch_Spring-2022.pdf).

 

 

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