By: Hector D. Ruiz In a pair of recent decisions issued a week apart, the United States Supreme Court refined jurisprudence surrounding the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA or Act), 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, and addressed the gateway question of a court’s primary power to determine whether...
By: Hector D. Ruiz On January 10, 2019, the New Jersey Supreme Court made clear that consumers will not be compelled to arbitrate claims of consumer fraud and other wrongs where the contract provision is misleadingly labeled and otherwise fails to convey clearly that arbitration would...
NEWARK, NJ, January 10, 2019 – Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP, a leading women-owned law firm in the Mid-Atlantic region, today announced four new partners: Sydney J. Darling, Selina M. Ellis, Eleonore Ofusu-Antwi and Katelyn O’Reilly. Their promotions were effective January 1. “Each is an extraordinary...
NEWARK, NJ, December 13, 2018 - Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP recently announced two new certifications which will enable the firm to better support the needs of organizations that champion a continuous commitment to supplier diversity. These endorsements provide opportunities for Walsh to serve business...
NEWARK, NJ, November 2, 2018 – Walsh’s Hon. Joel A. Pisano was honored by the Boy Scouts of America at the Patriot’s Path Council’s 2018 Legal Services Awards Dinner in Newark, NJ on November 1, 2018. The event recognized Joel and four other outstanding members of...
On October 10, 2018, Hon. William H. Walls, U.S.D.J. granted summary judgment to New York Life Investment Management LLC (“NYLIM”) on all claims in a suit challenging the reasonableness of the fees charged by NYLIM, the investment advisor and manager to four sub-advised mutual funds,...
NEWARK, NJ, October 11, 2018 The New Jersey Commission on Professionalism presented the Daniel J. O’Hern Award to Walsh’s Richard Badolato at its annual luncheon at the Pines Manor in Edison, New Jersey. More details are available here. ...
In a precedential opinion filed on September 26, 2018, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit examined when a plaintiff’s allegations of a RICO injury are extraterritorial – and thus barred – or based in the United States and thus proper under the statute. ...
Newark, New Jersey, September 24, 2018 – The New Jersey State Bar Association announced that Walsh’s Richard J. Badolato will be presented with The O’Hern Award by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism at the organization’s annual luncheon on October 11, 2018. Named for the...
Following a two-day trial in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Essex County, a Newark jury found in favor of a physician and his medical practice accused of age discrimination. The physician, who specializes in endocrinology and internal medicine, was accused of engaging...