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 ...

New York courts have applied the common law doctrines of Impossibility of Performance and Frustration of Purpose narrowly and strictly and only in limited circumstances when raised by commercial ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – California’s highest court handed gun manufacturers a setback in their fight against what they called an “impossible” state requirement to place microstamps on bullet casings, ...

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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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 ...

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Edwin Hissa was a physician who, by the time he enters our story, was allegedly engaged in seemingly the #1 extracurricular activity of physicians throughout the United States, which was trying to ...

Much of the federal government may be in shutdown mode, but the Supreme Court is still open for business. The Supreme Court opened its January session Monday morning with argument in Merck Sharp & ...