Tech & Sourcing @ Morgan Lewis

Given the rapid, sweeping, and unpredictable changes in the tariff landscape, we return to the force majeure clause, a now-recurring theme following the COVID-19 pandemic and cyberattacks. Although, like many force majeure events, tariffs can significantly disrupt or alter markets, tariffs’ nature, duration, and potential impact differ markedly. Despite renewed attention, the force majeure clause may not be a tariff elixir.

In a recent LawFlash, a team of Morgan Lewis lawyers wrote on New York state’s enactment of the Fashion Workers Act, which took effect on June 19, 2025. The act mandates model management companies to register their businesses while imposing a range of duties on both these companies and their clients, including a fiduciary duty applicable to all aspects of “negotiations, contracts, financial management, and the protection of the models’ legal and financial rights.”

We are excited to welcome Mathilde Carle as a partner in Morgan Lewis’s Paris office and as a guest contributor to our Tech & Sourcing Spotlight series to discuss intellectual property (IP) protection and other related issues in agreements to design, build, license, host, and support digital solutions, including automation, AI, and software as a service (SaaS) products.