Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC

With 175 attorneys, Butler Snow attorneys are consistently ranked by respected national consultants among the best nationwide in client service - in anticipating needs, in a commitment to help, in providing value and in overall client satisfaction. A driving principle and core value is the commitment that the greatest measure of the firm's success is client satisfaction. With this foundation firmly in place, Butler Snow has developed into a regional firm with national scope, regularly providing legal services to diverse clients from Fortune 100 companies to emerging-technology start-ups.

Butler Snow's practice areas include the full range of business law and litigation services. We offer the depth to represent a broad spectrum of national and regional clients in a variety of legal areas, including:

Appellate and Written Advocacy

Commercial Litigation

Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare

Product Liability

Tort, Transportation and Insurance Litigation

Investigations

Labor and Employment

Corporate and Securities

Banking, Real Estate and Financial Services

Government and Environmental

Public Finance and Incentives

Taxation.

NLRB Publishes Final Rule Amending Election Case Procedures - Senator Promises Challenge To “Ambush Election Rule”
J. Wilson Eaton,Bart N. Sisk,Jeffrey A. Walker, January 3, 2012
The National Labor Relations Board on December 22, 2011 published its final rule amending its representation case (i.e. “election”) procedures. The final rule is due to take effect on April 30, 2012.

Rapanos for Dummies: 3rd Circuit Clears Up Confusion About Scope of the Corps’ Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
James R. Farrell, November 22, 2011
It only took five years, but courtesy of the Third Circuit in United States v. Donovan, we now have a straightforward and wellreasoned opinion that appears to have cleared up the murky wetlands jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In June 2006, the Supreme Court decided Rapanos v....

End of Year Tax Planning: Taking Advantage of Expiring Tax Incentives
Ronald I. Loeb,W. Jeff McGoff,Samantha R. Moore,John B. (Jack) Nichols,Kurt G. Rademacher,Phillip (Seth) Rowland,J. Paul Varner, November 14, 2011
With year end quickly approaching, taxpayers should be aware of expiring federal income tax incentives. This summary highlights several of these tax incentives that expire at the end of this year and ways in which taxpayers can utilize them before they disappear.