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You'd expect the force majeure clause in this contract[1] to include pandemics. [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bg_1m1C05YqTJzp5MBZMhlREemUrFrOvOE7rsNO

• eightysixfour 6y ago
  IANAL but the way our in-house counsel explained it to me is that a pandemic shouldn’t necessarily be a force majeure event, which is about the inability of the parties to execute the contract. A pandemic would cause a force majeure if the work can only happen onsite and the government has shut down the physical offices. A pandemic may cause a force majeure for a solo contractor if they catch the disease and are in the ICU. A pandemic would not cause a force majeure because a company has decided to rethink its priorities as a result of a pandemic. So a pandemic is covered by the concept of a force majeure without being explicit. The again, we were arguing that the pandemic isn’t/wasn’t force majeure so someone else may have other opinions.
  • ProblemFactory 6y ago
    Adding to that, force majeure is for unforeseeable events. This global pandemic might qualify for contracts signed before January - but not those signed in the future.