Peter J. Pizzi
is the Managing Partner of the
firm's New York office and is
a business litigator with
substantial experience in a broad
range of subject areas. His practice
focuses on business litigation,
securities litigation and
arbitration, Internet and IP
litigation, internal
investigations, and labor and
employment law.
Mr. Pizzi has handled
matters on behalf of corporate
clients in a broad
array of industries, including
pharmaceuticals, finance services,
computer technology, cosmetics,
industrial equipment, and
foodservice and food processors. Within those industries, he is
experienced with contract claims,
tort actions, whistleblower and
discrimination claims, securities
and consumer class actions,
shareholder derivative suits,
minority shareholder disputes, and
copyright and trademark actions.
The Board of Trial Attorney
Certification of the Supreme Court
of New Jersey designated Mr. Pizzi a Certified Civil Trial Attorney in
1998. He was recertified in 2006.
He is a
member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s
Commercial and Federal Litigation
Section and Co-Chair of the Section’s Internet and
Litigation Committee. He also serves as Co-Chair of the
New Jersey State Bar
Association’s Internet and Computer Law Committee.
Mr.
Pizzi regularly lectures at CLE
programs, frequently writes on
issues relating to technology law,
and is often consulted by news media
for insight regarding
technology-related topics.
Represents multiple vendors joined in a
Fair Labor Standards Act suit against
Goldman Sach & Co.;
•
Succeeded in
obtaining a preliminary injunction
transferring sixteen domain names and
four Twitter accounts on behalf of
Long IslandMacArthur
Airport;
•
In July 2010, won the <quickchek.com>
domain for client Quick Chek Corp.;
•
In June 2009, won a federal jury trial
representing a Sardinian pecorino cheese
producer seeking to recover amounts due
for shipments claimed by the defendant
to be non-conforming;
•
Currently representing parties in the
Merrill Lynch Auction Rate Securities
litigation in Massachusetts state court
and in the Southern District of New
York;
•
Represents a defendant in an RICO MDL
proceeding in the District of
Connecticut involving pricing practices
in the food services industry;
•
Advises the Audit Committee of a public
company on compliance issues;
•
Led a team performing an internal
investigation of whistleblower claims by
a former employee of a large insurance and financial services
company;
•
Defended a consumer
class action which presented issues under the
Class Action Fairness Act and a class-action
waiver clause;
•
Obtained dismissal
of a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower
complaint;
•
Obtained a
favorable jury verdict defending a college
professor’s claims of sex discrimination;
•
Tried to a
favorable federal court jury verdict an unfair
competition case;
•
Succeeded at trial
in a minority shareholder’s squeeze-out
lawsuit;
•
Successfully
represented corporate officers in securities
class actions and related SEC investigations.
Speaker, New Jersey Business and
Industry Association (NJBIA) Seminar
“HR101: An Employment Law and HR Primer”
addressing
Limiting Your Risk from Lawsuits and
Government Investigations
(March 2010)
•
Speaker, New Jersey Business & Industry
Association (NJBIA) Seminar “Hot Topics
in Employment Law” addressing
Preventing Discrimination and Harassment
in the Workplace (October 2009)
Panelist, New York State Bar Association
Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Spring
Meeting, "Ethical Issues Presented by Ex Parte
Subpoenas To Unmask Anonymous Defendants" (2004)
•
Panelist, New Jersey ICLE Seminar, "Privacy
Issues in the E-Workplace: Individual Freedom of
Speech vs. The Company's Right to Protect
Itself" (2001)
•
Panelist, New Jersey ICLE Labor Law Forum &
Bench Bar Conference,"Cyber Smear"
Litigation, Privacy, The Internet and the
Workplace" (2001)
Town
of Islip, New York v. Black sheep
Television Ltd.
<macarthurairport.com>,
<islipairport.com>, <islipmacarthurairport.com>,
<islipairportonline.com>, <islipairportonline.net>,
<macarthurairportonline.com>, <macarthurairportonline.net>,
<ispairportonline.com>, and <ispairportonline.net>,National
Arbitration Forum, Claim Number:
FA1008001339861 (October 11, 2010)
Petter Rindforth, Arbitration Panelist.
Quick Chek Corp. v. Dynamo.com LLC,
<quickchek.com>
National Arbitration Forum, Claim
Number: FA1006001329173 (July 14, 2010)
Nelson A. Diaz, Arbitration Panelist.
