Zach Schlein

August 16, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The Judicial Qualifications Commission has recommended a reprimand for Miami-Dade Judges Marcia Caballero, Rosa Figarola, Teresa Pooler, Mavel Ruiz and now-retired Judge Cindy Lederman, who allegedly advanced the corporate interests of a DCF contractor.

By Zach Schlein

4 minute read

August 15, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The appellate court ruled an order by former Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Ariana Fajardo Orshan, the current U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, erroneously levied sanctions against the defendant in a dissolution of marriage case.

By Zach Schlein

4 minute read

August 14, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The Third District Court of Appeal Wednesday ruled that statewide legislation preempted the city's law prohibiting vendors from selling or using plastic foam containers.

By Zach Schlein

5 minute read

August 13, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Litigator Brian Bieber got a round of applause during one of the comedian's sets at Miami's Olympia Theater on Saturday. Bieber represented Buress in Miami-Dade County Court and succeeded in having the disorderly intoxication charge against his client dropped.

By Zach Schlein

5 minute read

August 12, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Dolan Dobrinsky Rosenblum partner Randy Rosenblum and Gordon & Partners attorneys Gary Paige and Cassandra Lombard were part of the legal team that represented the estate of smoker Pamela Coyne in legal action against the tobacco company.

By Zach Schlein

7 minute read

August 09, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Leon Circuit Court Judge John Cooper ruled the Florida Legislature overstepped the state Constitution by enacting a bill only affecting Miami-Dade County by dismantling the Miami-Dade County Expressway, or MDX.

By Zach Schlein

2 minute read

August 09, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration and the Florida Department of Children and Families were named in a putative class action lawsuit accusing the organizations of abridging federal law and the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution by improperly stripping Florida residents of Medicaid benefits.

By Zach Schlein

5 minute read

August 08, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The Third District Court of Appeal found the lower court erred in denying State Farm's motion for appellate attorney fees. The underlying case concerned the insurance provider's allocation of PIP coverage of Hialeah resident Reynier Cordoves, who assigned his benefits to Caribbean Rehabilitation Center Inc.

By Zach Schlein

3 minute read

August 08, 2019 | Daily Business Review

On Monday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Fleischer Louis recommended that Llandel Veguilla Malave, better known as Yandel of Wisin & Yandel, be granted summary judgment on several claims in his legal battle with former manager Edgar Andino.

By Zach Schlein

5 minute read

August 07, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis formally placed the Martin County prosecutor on the probe in an executive order issued Tuesday. Colton has served as the state attorney of the 19th Judicial Circuit since 1985 and ran unopposed for an additional four-year term in 2016.

By Zach Schlein

5 minute read