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Florida has joined a growing wave of states offering individuals, businesses and other organizations significant protections against Covid-19-related legal claims. But how does Florida’s new law “Civil Liability for Damages Relating to Covid-19” (codified at section 768.38, Florida Statutes) work? And what do businesses need to know and do now?
The law’s practical effect
Begin with the law’s practical effect. The law creates a series of staged legal protections for businesses facing “Covid-19-related claims,” broadly defined to include any “civil liability claim” related to Covid-19. To take an example, allegations that an individual contracted Covid-19 because of a restaurant’s, supermarket’s or movie theater’s negligence fall squarely under the law.
Dec. 22, 2020 10:24 am ET | WSJ Pro
Good day. On a Grand Prix race weekend this fall, McLaren’s CEO received an email requesting payment with a click-through link. But the supplier wasn’t real and the incident was a scam, WSJ Pro’s Catherine Stupp reports.
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CEO Targeted
How U.K. racing team McLaren almost got phished. Zak Brown, chief executive of U.K.-based Formula One racing team McLaren Racing Ltd., received a suspicious email on a weekend in late October as the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix race was about to be held in Imola, Italy.