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Zach Schlein

Zach Schlein

Zach Schlein is a writer based in Miami. Originally from Montville, New Jersey, he holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Florida and is the litigation reporter for Daily Business Review. He can be reached at his email address, [email protected]

August 24, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Florida Bar International Law Section's Trip to Cuba Canceled After Open Letter From CABA

The trip, which had been scheduled to take place on Oct. 19-22, was canceled after the tour's provider, Cuban Cultural Travel, pulled out in light of the Cuban American Bar Association's open letter.

By Zach Schlein

4 minute read

August 23, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Grace Robson Channels Her Fierce Work Ethic and Love of Law Into Pro Bono Work

"When you have a question, or clients are disagreeing and contentious, Grace is the person I would want on the other side of a case," said Patricia Redmond, a shareholder at Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson.

By Zach Schlein

7 minute read

August 23, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Grand Juror Who Used Facebook to Tip Off Suspect Gets Her Own Prison Time

Leslie Lynn Heburn will serve one year and one day in prison after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice. She was charged after she leaked details of an indictment to a defendant's girlfriend while serving on a grand jury.

By Zach Schlein

4 minute read

August 22, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Here Are the Surveillance Videos from Day of Parkland School Shooting That Officials Fought to Keep From Public

By refusing to hear the appeal, the Florida Supreme Court allowed to stand two lower court rulings that ordered the release of surveillance footage from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The footage came from multiple cameras on Feb. 14, the day shooter Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

By Zach Schlein

2 minute read

August 22, 2018 | Daily Business Review

South Florida and Chicago Law Firms Ally in Class Action Against Drug Manufacturers

Jordan A. Shaw, partner at Fort Lauderdale-based firm Zebersky Payne, and Ashley Keller, founding partner at Chicago litigation firm Keller Lenkner, filed a putative class action lawsuitalleging several pharmaceutical companies caused the price of medical insurance to rise in Florida due to their misconduct.

By Zach Schlein

6 minute read

August 21, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Prominent McGlinchey Stafford Attorney Accused of Fraud

Well-respected real estate attorney Manuel "Manny" Farach, along with his former firm Richman Greer, have been sued by South Florida tech company CR Technologies. The suit alleges that Farach knowingly committed fraud on behalf of a client by withholding a reservation of rights letter during prior litigation with CR Technologies.

By Zach Schlein

4 minute read

August 20, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Miami Named by AG Jeff Sessions in Program Targeting Crime-Ridden Cities

Miami and four other cities were selected as new sites to join the Trump administration's 2017 initiative extending federal resources to state and local law enforcement officials.

By Zach Schlein

2 minute read

August 20, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Who Are the Best Judges in Miami-Dade, According to the Cuban-American Bar?

The association released its biennial assessment of its members' feelings on the state of the judiciary in advance of this month's primary election.

By Zach Schlein

6 minute read

August 17, 2018 | Daily Business Review

South Florida Attorneys Beat Back Criminal Contempt Charges Against Them

Tromberg Law Group attorneys Yacenda Hudson and Amina McNeil faced charges of indirect criminal contempt, stemming from their representation of major mortgage lender Ditech in a foreclosure suit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.

By Zach Schlein

6 minute read

August 16, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Attorneys Weigh in as Judge in Parkland Shooting Case Threatens to Hold Sun Sentinel in Contempt

Broward Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Scherer is presiding over the case of confessed shooter Nikolas Cruz, charged with the February mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. She threatened to hold two journalists and a newspaper in contempt for publishing information that the court had ordered redacted, but which was visible by pasting into another file.

By Zach Schlein

7 minute read