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BRIAN WAINGER Soundbite: Corporate litigation today
Debbie Burke
When it comes to corporate litigation, one question looms large: How to stay out of court? There is a simple answer, according to Brian Wainger, principal at Kaleo Legal (Virginia Beach and Richmond): “Do your best to work out your problems amicably without calling one of us!”
Wainger attended the University of Virginia and University of Richmond School of Law and has 25 years of experience. Initially a prosecutor, he says that it was “tough to make a career” that way and soon came to the realization that commercial litigation was a “natural career move for me.”
The most common types of cases under this umbrella in Tidewater are business disputes that companies have with competitors, vendors, employees, etc.
In addition, corporate litigation has definitely felt the effects of the pandemic in ways that might not be immediately apparent through “the effect of COVID on case filings, docket pace, and management, and the reliance on alternative dispute resolution methods such as arbitration,” Wainger says.
According to the American Bar Association, the Lex Machina 2022 Law Firms Report points to other current trends that business owners should be aware of, such as employment and civil rights cases involving the ADA, remote employment, changing government mandates regarding the vaccine, whistleblower retaliation, lack of protective equipment, and product liability, among others.
For more information, visit americanbar.org and search for “2022 litigation trends report.”
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