Navigating Tariff-Driven Litigation: Contract Clauses and Defense Strategies

The panel will discuss how rapidly changing federal tariff executive orders, policies, and court cases have and will continue to impact commercial negotiations and contracts. In the context of commercial contracts, the panel will examine key contractual provisions for managing and mitigating risk. Attendees will learn the key sources of law and current tariff orders, the role of contractual and common-law doctrines on performance issues in contract disputes, and risk-mitigation tools in today’s volatile international trade marketplace. Key topics to be discussed: Tariff law and recent court challenges Performance-based contractual and common-law defenses (force majeure, frustration of purpose, etc.) Contractual…