NEWARK, NJ, May 2, 2019 – Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP announced that Chambers and Partners has recognized founding partner Liza M. Walsh in its Chambers USA 2019 Guide. Walsh was ranked as a Leading Lawyer in the Litigation: General Commercial (New Jersey) category. Chambers and...
NEWARK, NJ, March 28, 2019 – Firm founder Liza M. Walsh and several other leading lawyers recently participated in the NJSBA Women’s Leadership Forum where they discussed solutions to ensure women have an equal chance at leadership opportunities. Over 100 lawyers, judges and other professionals...
Drawing upon Walsh’s experience in New York employment and contract law matters as well as in the handling of close corporation shareholder disputes, the firm’s client prevailed in a four-year battle against a former employee who claimed entitlement to an equity interest in the client’s...
NEWARK, NJ, March 19, 2019 – Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP announced that Partner Hector D. Ruiz will be honored by ALIANZA at their Defensores De La Justicia banquet to be held March 25 at Rutgers University Camden Campus. Now in its 16th year, the award...
By: Joseph L. Linares and Selina M. Ellis Marijuana laws are changing at a rapid pace across all 50 states. Currently, 40 states permit some form of medical access to marijuana. One of the many thorny issues they must negotiate is whether a prospective or current...
By: Joseph L. Linares and Selina M. Ellis New Jersey lawmakers and citizens appear to favor marijuana legalization for recreational use, and approval of recreational cannabis in the Garden State seems inevitable. What remains undecided, however, is the form, scope and timing of any legalization legislation. While...
NEWARK, NJ, February 22, 2019 – Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP announced that Partner Liza M. Walsh was presented with the 2019 James J. McLaughlin Award by the Civil Trial Bar Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association on February 21. Named in honor of...
As reported in Law360, a proposed class of diabetes patients who say three major insulin manufacturers caused them to overpay for the medication can’t pursue Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act claims against the drugmakers, a New Jersey federal judge said Friday, because the consumers didn’t...
NEWARK, NJ, February 14, 2019 – Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP is co-sponsoring a free seminar for the parents of special needs children. Entitled Navigating the Bureaucracy of the Special Education System: Practical Strategies and a Primer on Legal Rights, Partner Thomas J. O’Leary, will...
The following article originally appeared on Law360. Clarifying State Consumer Fraud Act At NJ High Court Partner Hector D. Ruiz authored an article on the New Jersey Supreme Court’s treatment of CFA claims in the context of business-to-business transactions involving custom-made goods. This article examines the New Jersey...