By: Kristin Spallanzani On April 24, 2018, New Jersey Governor Phillip D. Murphy signed P.L. 2018, c.104, known as the Pay Equity Law. The new law introduces a series of changes to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”), including making it illegal to offer lower...
By: Marc D. Haefner In response to Walsh’s successful challenge to the prior administration’s 2017 refusal to reconsider the classification of marijuana, New Jersey’s Division of Consumer Affairs has announced that it will hear public comment on how marijuana should be classified under New Jersey’s Controlled...
Three Walsh attorneys from the Financial Services & Risk Management group participated as panelists in the 20th Annual William H. Gindin Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference on March 23, 2018. Stephen V. Falanga and Colleen M. Maker served on a panel with the Chief Judge Kathryn Ferguson...
NEWARK, NJ -- This year, three attorneys with Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP were named to the 2018 Super Lawyers® Rising Stars® list in a special section to be published in April by Thompson Reuters in New Jersey Monthly Magazine. Super Lawyers® is a rating service...
This fall, Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP donated $100,000 to Seton Hall Law to create a Bar Prep Assistance Fund that will provide financial assistance to recent graduates during their bar examination preparation. More information about this initiative is available here. For more information, contact Liza M....
On January 22, 2018, Hon. William J. Martini, U.S.D.J., declined to certify a prospective class of consumers who purchased Tropicana Pure Premium Orange Juice (“TPP”) holding that the Plaintiffs failed to allege that their purchasing decisions were influenced by TPP’s pasteurization claim. Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint,...
At the recommendation of the District Court Judges in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Liza Walsh has been appointed by Chief Judge D. Brooks Smith to serve on the Lawyers Advisory Committee (LAC) of the Judicial Council of the...
Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP is excited to announce that Commissioner Richard J. Badolato, who previously lead the State of New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance, has joined the firm. Mr. Badolato leads the newly created insurance practice which provides insurance and healthcare regulatory...
Stephen Greenberg, counsel with Walsh, and Yves Herinckx, together facilitated the successful mediation of a massive European recovery effort arising out of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis and involving Fortis, a European entity which is now called Ageas. The case arises from Fortis’ participation in...
The Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey (“HBA-NJ”) held its 38th Annual Installation and Swearing-In Ceremony of its Officers and Trustees at the Stone House at Stirling Ridge in Warren, New Jersey on November 9, 2017. The Honorable Jose L. Linares, Chief Judge of the...