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Many restaurants that had to adapt to all-takeout or delivery models are now crafting equally novel plans to reopen under strict health standards.
Legal experts anticipate a raft of lawsuits out of the coronavirus pandemic as businesses reopen and figure out a new normal, complete with detailed state-issued checklists of what and what not to do.
Doug Currier, chair of Verrill Dana’s employment and labor group, offered these tips to businesses on how to protect themselves from a potential coronavirus-related lawsuit after they reopen.
Restaurants that reopen need to adhere to a five-page checklist from the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.
News of the investigations comes a week after barber shops and hair salons were allowed to open under the first phase of the state's reopening plan.
As businesses across the state are forced to lay off employees, it has left owners to figure out how to stretch their federal loan dollars and function with just a fraction of their staff.
These new requirements are part of a five-page checklist from the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development under a plan released by Gov. Janet Mills on Friday that eased restrictions on retailers and restaurants in 12 mostly rural counties and excluded Cumberland, York, Androscoggin and Penobscot.
Mainers eager to dine out once again may flock to restaurants in rural areas allowed to reopen on May 18, but the new norm likely will raise some eyebrows and eateries will be limited due to health requirements.
A relicensing of the Lower Barker Mill Dam on Little Androscoggin River could lead to the creation of urban kayaking events in downtown Auburn.
Owner Dennis Fogg said Friday he’ll keep the diner open until the end of May for takeout.
Alexander said she's still in shock that someone would complain about her trying to make ends meet.
The lawsuit is asking a federal judge to issue an injunction ordering the governor to allow businesses to reopen immediately.
A group of Maine business owners on Friday sued Gov. Janet Mills over her shutdown orders to limit the spread of the coronavirus claiming they are unconstitutional.
The state will ease some business restrictions on Friday, allowing retail establishments and restaurants to open in a mostly rural group of counties that have not seen community transmission of the new coronavirus, Gov. Janet Mills said Friday.
Maine's agriculture commissioner has called on the federal government to loosen the rules about the interstate shipping of meat during the coronavirus pandemic.
Maine’s maple industry now seeks to regroup from the cancellation of Maine Maple Sunday and the marketing momentum it provides in its aftermath.
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