With the spread of COVID-19, parties are looking to force majeure defenses and responses. The basic principle is a constant: Courts will hold parties to the contracts they made, and force majeure is an exception to that rule, excusing performance in whole or in part, forever or for a limited period, under its terms.1. Is there a contract and what does it say?There may be a question as to whether the contract contains a force majeure clause based on battle of the forms. The Uniform Commercial Code (Article 2-615), as well …