Webinar Series - Commercial Litigation Outlook: Insights and Predictions for Litigation Trends in 2022

In the second annual installment of Seyfarth Shaw’s Commercial Litigation Outlook, our nationally-recognized team provides keen insights about what to expect in 2022. It will be a busy year that will call upon clients and their counsel to be flexible, creative, and proactive on many fronts.

As the pandemic morphs into an endemic, we are seeing overall litigation activity increase as court backlogs have cleared and trials have resumed. The drivers of increased litigation are many, and include vaccine availability, a more robust federal enforcement scheme, and impending court deadlines in cases that were either filed during the early stages of the pandemic or which had previously stalled due to restricted travel, inactivity, or court closures.

Join us for a two-part webinar series, where our subject matter experts will discuss a range of topics, including how the reliance on all things online, and remote workforces, has amplified the risks around cyberattacks and privacy and insurance premiums are increasing across the board for all lines of insurance, particularly as insurers adjust their risk to the increase in expensive ransomware attacks. Other key trends in the commercial litigation space addressed in these webinars are:

Antitrust
Bankruptcy
Consumer Class Action Defense
Consumer Financial Services Litigation
eDiscovery Litigation
Fair Credit Reporting Act
Franchise and Distribution
Health Care Litigation
International Dispute Resolution
Real Estate Litigation
Securities
Trial Outlook

Part 1: Commercial Litigation Outlook: Insights and Predictions for Litigation Trends in 2022

In the first session of the series, we provide insight on increased cyberattacks and how to avoid certain risks, as well as significant trends, predictions and recommendations in the following areas:

Bankruptcy
eDiscovery Litigation
Fair Credit Reporting Act
Franchise and Distribution
Privacy
Securities

Speakers

Scott Carlson, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Jay Carle, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

William Hanlon, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Esther Slater McDonald, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Catherine Schumacher, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

John Skelton, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Emily Dorner, Associate, Seyfarth Shaw

Moderator

Rebecca Woods, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Part 2: Commercial Litigation Outlook: Insights and Predictions for Litigation Trends in 2022

In the second session of the series, we dive into the world of Insurance and how the focus is turning to increased protection for potential cyber and data breach incidents, as well as key trends in the following areas:

Trial Outlook
Antitrust
Consumer Class Action Defense
Consumer Financial Services Litigation
Health Care Litigation
International Dispute Resolution
Real Estate Litigation

Speakers

Talat Ansari, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Kristine Argentine, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

David Bizar, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Jonathan Braunstein, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Tom Locke, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Christopher Robertson, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Caleb Schillinger, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Elizabeth Schrero, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Moderator

Shawn Wood, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw