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...
By: Peter J. Pizzi The June 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act, which becomes effective in 2020, merits attention given the size and scope of the California economy and the pattern by which that state has served as a bellwether for all things digital. After all, California...
For six years, Walsh attorneys Marc D. Haefner, along with colleagues Eleonore Ofosu-Antwi, Joseph L. Linares, Zahire Estrella, and Colleen Maker, have represented LOG-NET, Inc., an international supply chain technology company against Air Express International, which does business as DHL, the global freight company, in...
On appeal, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey has ruled that a case which was originally dismissed can be revived. The case alleges that prison officials disregarded complaints in which female inmates alleged sexual and physical abuse by a prison guard...
On June 25, 2018, the FDA approved marijuana based Epidiolex, a drug targeting severe forms of epilepsy. Whereas other synthetic marijuana drugs are already on the market, Epidiolex marks the first cannabis plant derivative to receive FDA approval. Although marijuana remains a Schedule I substance...
By: Peter J. Pizzi To facilitate more effective governmental response to data security threats against New Jersey residents, the State’s Attorney General Gurbir Grewal revealed on May 7, 2018 his plan to establish the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity (“DPC”) Section within his office. The DPC Section,...
Every lawyer who has ever taken the bar exam will tell you that preparing for the test is a full-time job. Yet, for many recent law school grads, this is not financially feasible. For deserving graduates of Seton Hall University School of Law, this economic...
By: Peter J. Pizzi Citing a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects U.S. citizens from “unreasonable search and seizure,” on June 22, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the burglary conviction of Timothy Carpenter. Carpenter v. United States, 16-402 (2018). The Court opined that the...