Practice Areas & Industries: Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC

Practice/Industry Group Overview

For years Butler Snow has been advising businesses and individuals on the intricacies of federal and state antitrust and trade regulation law. In today's competitive environment, no well-run business can afford to be without competent, practical guidance on how best to navigate the complex laws regulating competition. Butler Snow's Antitrust and Trade Regulation Group offers a wealth of experience in federal and state antitrust litigation, transactional assistance, strategic counseling, and compliance programs in the field of antitrust and trade regulation.

Each member of the Group brings experience in a variety of matters relating to trade regulation and antitrust analysis. With the increasing variety of other federal and state laws dealing with unfair competition, trade secrets, interference with contract or prospective advantage, non-competition covenants, trade libel, intellectual property and other matters, the Group also draws upon the experience of other lawyers whose practice areas also touch upon these matters, including the Labor and Employment Group, the Intellectual Property Group and other experienced commercial litigators.

The firm's Antitrust practice has encompassed diverse commercial fields, from product distribution and marketing to real estate and natural resources to communications and healthcare services. This practice includes matters related to federal antitrust statutes such as the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Robinson-Patman Act, and the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, as well as state antitrust, unfair competition and consumer protection laws.