'Drafting and Enforcing Contracts' in COVID-19 era

The Debtor/Creditor Rights Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan along with the Bankruptcy Committee of the Federal Bar Association for the of Michigan Eastern District are co-sponsoring a webinar titled "Drafting and Enforcing Contracts in Light of COVID-19" on Thursday, February 4, from noon to 1:30 p.m.

The panel will address drafting considerations and practical implications relating to contracts in the COVID-19 era, including issues such as earn outs, force majeure provisions, material adverse change provisions, deferrals of obligations, insurance implications, and equitable doctrines such as impossibility, impracticability, frustration of purpose, and enforcement within and outside of the bankruptcy context.

The panel will include:

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Joel D. Applebaum, Eastern District of Michigan
  • Michael S. Khoury, partner at FisherBroyles LLP
  • Bradford S. Moyer, partner at Plunkett Cooney
  • Shanna M. Kaminski, counsel at Varnum LLP
  • Steven G. Howell, member and executive director of Community and Client Relations at Dickinson Wright PLLC

The webinar will be moderated by Judith Greenstone Miller, partner at Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer, & Weiss PC.

There is no charge for this webinar. To register, visit https://connect.michbar.org/businesslaw/home and click on "events."