Sara Kuebel, an associate in the Maritime Practice Group in the New Orleans office, authored the article “Force Majeure Clauses in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic” published in Benedict’s Maritime Bulletin. In the article, Sara discusses how shippers, carriers, and suppliers may seek to invoke force majeure as a contractual defense to either suspend or discontinue performance of obligations and limit liability due to the global outbreak of COVID-19 and the implementation of travel bans, government restrictions, including mandatory stay-at-home orders, regulations, quarantines, and various other restrictive measures.