Honorable Freda L. Wolfson, U.S.D.J. appointed Joel A. Pisano, a retired United States District Court Judge, as Special Master to oversee the discovery process and any related disputes in more than 2,000 cases alleging that Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder causes ovarian and uterine cancer. The...
Walsh’s Joseph L. Linares was installed as President of the Young Lawyers Division (“YLD”) of the Hispanic National Bar Association (“HNBA”) on September 9, 2017, at the organization’s 42nd Annual Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. As President, Mr. Linares will oversee YLD groups within HNBA’s...
Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga is pleased to announce that M. Trevor Lyons, a partner in the firm, has been included in the list of Best Lawyers® 2018 in the subject matter specialty Labor Law - Management. In addition, Liza M. Walsh received a listing in the...
The Defense Counsel Journal, a law review of the International Association of Defense Counsel, published Connected Cars and Automated Driving: Privacy Challenges on Wheels, written by Walsh’s Peter Pizzi CIPP/US. In the piece, Pizzi explores the impact of data flows associated with autonomous vehicles on...
At the IADC Annual Meeting in Quebec on July 11, 2017, Peter J. Pizzi, CIPP/US, moderated a panel on Smart Products: Evolving Liability And Coverage Issues. “Connected cars,” which are on the road today, merge the driver’s digital world and means of transport. Self-driving vehicles,...
The May 2017 edition of Abogados, The Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey’s bi-annual publication, featured an article by Walsh’s Joseph L. Linares and his take on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals precedential opinion on inflated tuition claims. The proposed class consisted of Widener...
The May 2017 edition of Abogados, The Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey’s (HBA-NJ) bi-annual publication, featured a spotlight on Walsh’s Hector D. Ruiz, highlighting his involvement, leadership and future plans within the Association. Ruiz spoke highly of the HBA-NJ stating: “I quickly realized the...
On May 4, 2017, Hon. Kevin McNulty, U.S.D.J., granted the motion to dismiss filed by Sanofi, Sanofi US Services Inc., Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLC and three individual defendants, in a purported class action asserting violations of various state consumer protection and unfair practice statutes, unjust enrichment,...
The Spring Business Edition of Best Lawyers announced the “2017 Women of Influence” and named founding partners, Liza M. Walsh and Tricia B. O’Reilly to the list for Commercial Litigation, ERISA and Intellectual Property Law in New Jersey. The full issue is available here. ...