When does the statute of limitations start to run on a tortious interference with contract claim when the breach occurred somewhere on a spectrum of increasingly breach-like behavior?

(3 min read) Your company just received a purchase order for 100,000 i-widgets from SuperKoolCo. SuperKoolCo is a subsidiary of MegaEvyl Corp., one of the biggest conglomerates around. Six months later, SuperKoolCo hasn’t paid you a dime. Do you have a case against SuperKoolCo’s parent, MegaEvyl?

In a decision with potentially significant repercussions for commercial contracts governed by New York law, a judge in the Southern District of New York appears to have opened the door to using force majeure clauses more broadly to excuse performance as a result of the pandemic.