Almost one year after arguing for the reclassification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled in favor of Walsh attorneys on Tuesday, opining that the State must revisit the drug’s legal standing. The three-judge panel voted 2 to 1...
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is to publish a Code of Practice for E-Discovery. Peter Pizzi coauthored an overview available here. For more information, please contact Peter at (973)757-1100 or ppizzi@walsh.law ...
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 August 2017 edition of New Jersey Business quotes Walsh’s Caitlin Cascino in an article focusing on the legal implications of interview etiquette and best practices in today’s job market. The article, titled “Interview Protocol: To Ask or Not to Ask? That is the Question,”...
Continuing in the Walsh tradition of service to the federal bar, Walsh attorney Sydney J. Darling has been appointed by Chief Judge Kathryn Ferguson to serve on the Lawyers Advisory Committee (LAC) for the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. As set forth in...
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...