Brian Wallach 

Partner – Washington
T.+1 202 862 2332
brian.wallach@cwt.com
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006 V-CARD

Brian Wallach has litigated some of the largest commercial and antitrust cases to be tried in state and federal courts. These cases have concerned a broad range of issues, including contract disputes, commodities litigation, antitrust and class action litigation, civil RICO, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, business torts, dealer terminations, theft of trade secrets, false advertising and defamation. Brian has been recognized as a leading antitrust litigation and business litigation lawyer in Washington, DC by Super Lawyers magazine from 2014-2022 and by Lawdragon in 2022, 2024 and 2025 as one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America. He is also named in the inaugural edition of the 2025 Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Antitrust & Global Competition Lawyers and has been recognized by Legal 500 US for Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions in the 2022 and 2023 editions.

His experience includes representation of a major brewer in a wide variety of complex commercial, antitrust and class action matters; the nation's largest dairy cooperative in litigation relating to commodities transactions; a multinational food and beverage manufacturer in trade secrets and business tort matters; a financial services company in antitrust and class action matters; and a software manufacturer in trade secret and employment litigation.

Brian is a graduate of Emory University and the Georgetown University Law Center. He is admitted in New York and the District of Columbia, before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Third, Sixth and Eighth Circuits, and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Representative Highlights:

  • Wholesaler Equity Development Corp. v. Crown of Everett. Secured preliminary injunction on behalf of minority owner against majority owner, based on breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract.
  • In re ATM Fee Antitrust Litigation. Summary judgment for First Data Corp. in putative antitrust class action challenging setting of interchange fees in the ATM industry.
  • PSW VISA, et al. Dismissal of all antitrust claims brought against clients First Financial Bank and First Data Merchant Services.
  • In re Milk Products Antitrust Litigation. Denial of class certification on behalf of Land O’Lakes in a class action alleging price-fixing.
  • Pizza Hut, Inc. et al., v. Dairy Farmers of America. Represented nation’s largest dairy cooperative on claims related to allegations of manipulation of spot cheese market and milk futures contracts.
  • Voeks Pilot Travel Centers. Dismissal of class action damages claim on the pleadings.
  • Whetstone Candy Co. v. Nestlé, U.S.A., Inc. Summary judgment for Nestlé on claims of theft of trade secrets, breach of contract, fraudulent inducement and negligent misrepresentation.
  • Danz Nestlé S.A. Successful defense of Swiss parent in jurisdictional challenge in Texas state court action.
  • In re Baby Food Antitrust Litigation. Summary judgment for Nestlé in a nationwide class action alleging price-fixing.
  • MicroStrategy, Inc. v. Business Objects, S.A. Injunction issued against the client's competitor after an eight-day trial in which the court found theft of trade secrets.

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Brian Wallach 

Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center
    J.D., 1989
  • Emory University
    B.A., 1986