USA govt shutdown hurting your scheduled buy-sell transaction?
November 12, 2025
by a professional from University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business in North Palm Beach, FL, USA
The 2025 government shutdown stalled countless SMB buy-sell transactions that were ready to close. For those of you caught in the middle, did your deal documents include a force majeure clause—and did it actually help?
Or did you discover too late that you weren’t covered?
What if anything did your lawyer do to warn you, and then counsel you during this event?