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Raychel Lean

Raychel Lean

Raychel Lean is ALM's Florida bureau chief, overseeing the Daily Business Review. Email her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter via @raychellean.

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July 13, 2022 | Daily Business Review

State Seeks to Scuttle Challenge to Insurance Law

Roofing claims have been a key issue as lawmakers and other state leaders have grappled with widespread problems in the property-insurance system that have included insurers dropping customers and seeking large rate increases.

By Jim Saunders

5 minute read

July 13, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Fried Takes Aim at Law on Guns, Medical Marijuana

Nikki Fried's lawyers on Friday filed an amended complaint focusing heavily on a Supreme Court ruling that struck down a New York law that placed strict limits on carrying concealed weapons in public.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

July 13, 2022 | Daily Business Review

'Help Wanted' Ads No Longer Cut It: Attracting and Retaining Staff in Today's Market

"It's not just about: everybody wants to work from home. It's: people want more autonomy of how they work, when they work, rather than where they work," said ADP's chief economist Nela Richardson.

By Raychel Lean

5 minute read

July 12, 2022 | Daily Business Review

South Florida Law Firm Accepting Cryptocurrency in 'Leap of Faith' Sparked by Client Desire

"We've already gotten a few nice paychecks out of being able to accept cryptocurrency, so that's music to a managing partner's ears," says Agentis Law's Jacqueline Calderín.

By Raychel Lean

6 minute read

July 12, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Abortion Law Foes Object to Fast-Tracking Case

The state's lawyers pointed to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, writing that in the past, "the Florida Supreme Court has relied on the U.S. Supreme Court's abortion decisions in reasoning that Florida's privacy clause 'implicate(s)' the right to abortion."

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

July 12, 2022 | Daily Business Review

State Tries to Shield Former Education Commissioner in 'Intellectual Freedom' Case

As education commissioner, Corcoran was a member of the Board of Governors and helped oversee the state college system, which is under the State Board of Education and the Department of Education.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

July 11, 2022 | Daily Business Review

South Florida Class Action Against Law Firm Tiffany & Bosco Heads to Federal Court

This lawsuit was surfaced on Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

By ALM Staff

1 minute read

July 11, 2022 | Daily Business Review

This Law Firm Is Ditching Partner and Associate Titles. Will It Improve Team Culture?

"Rob and I aren't kings of the universe. We don't run everything and we certainly don't know everything," says Marbet Lewis of Spiritus Law.

By Raychel Lean

6 minute read

July 11, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Educators, Student Allowed to Challenge Race Instruction Law

The law, which was heavily debated during this year's legislative session, lists a series of race-related concepts that would constitute discrimination if taught in classrooms or in required workplace-training programs.

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

July 11, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Transgender Treatment Rule Draws Raucous Response

Critics of the proposal warned that it could have deadly effects on transgender Floridians and is based on politics rather than policy.

By Dara Kam

6 minute read