Even if a contract does not have a force majeure clause, a party’s obligation to perform may still be discharged under the doctrine of impossibility. The doctrine of impossibility refers to situations ...

When state law and federal law conflict, the Constitution’s supremacy clause provides that federal law displaces, or pre-empts, state law. Pre-emption issues permeate prescription-drug safety ...

In his Commercial Division Update, Thomas J. Hall writes: The narrowness of the doctrines of impossibility and frustration of purpose—and their questionable utility for litigators—underscores the ...

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