Litigation: General Commercial
USA Guide 2024 : Tennessee
Band 3
Contact number
(901) 680 7200About
Provided by Butler Snow LLP
Our Commercial Litigation team handles complex disputes arising from contract and business arrangements for businesses nationwide. Our commercial litigation practice is led by some of the firm's most experienced trial lawyers who have gained regional and national reputations for successfully handling complex commercial litigation, class actions and mass tort matters.
Our experience encompasses a wide range of commercial disputes, including business and shareholder disputes, real estate and oil and gas litigation, insurance claims and coverage, director and officer liability and failed financial institution litigation, breach of contract, breach of warranty, consumer protection, unfair competition, UCC and sales litigation, administrative bid protests, RICO, securities and bankruptcy cases, as well as related class actions.
Recent Work Highlights
- We represent a private prisons owner with inmate lawsuits concerning alleged violations of the First and Eighth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
- We represented a retailer in a multi-million dollar data privacy action. The retailer suffered data security breaches after a criminal hack of its payment-card network. Card brands levied assessments against the payment-card processor, who withheld funds due to the retailer to reimburse itself. The retailer sued the processor for breach of contract.
- We represent a children’s hospital in the $8 billion expansion of its research facility providing construction litigation counseling services.
Chambers Review
Butler Snow demonstrates considerable experience in class action claims, breach of contract and antitrust disputes, with particular strengths defending pharmaceutical businesses against product liability claims. Its client base also includes financial institutions, medical device companies and manufacturing businesses. The firm is further active on intellectual property and construction disputes.
Work Highlights
- Butler Snow acted as national counsel for Teva Pharmaceuticals against claims pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia that its Paragard intrauterine device has a propensity to break upon removal.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Butler Snow is top-tier for its responsiveness and enthusiasm for service."
"I have no doubt that Butler Snow is capable of undertaking the most complex matters and handling every aspect of litigation in a strategic and efficient manner. They have tons of talent, and are very effective at coordinating across their offices to ensure the best lawyer for any given piece of litigation is brought to bear."
"The team at Butler Snow is consistently able to understand business needs related to complex matters and present appropriate resources. There is solid internal depth to the team and its lawyers are quick to recommend external resources in matters that cannot be addressed internally."
"I appreciate the experience of the attorneys I've dealt with at Butler Snow, their decisive nature of providing recommendations and the success we've experienced as a result."
"Butler Snow handles a lot of work for us. It is very organised, detail-oriented and has endless people that can do high-level work. I really like working with them."
"Butler Snow is top-tier for its responsiveness and enthusiasm for service."
"I have no doubt that Butler Snow is capable of undertaking the most complex matters and handling every aspect of litigation in a strategic and efficient manner. They have tons of talent, and are very effective at coordinating across their offices to ensure the best lawyer for any given piece of litigation is brought to bear."
"The team at Butler Snow is consistently able to understand business needs related to complex matters and present appropriate resources. There is solid internal depth to the team and its lawyers are quick to recommend external resources in matters that cannot be addressed internally."
"I appreciate the experience of the attorneys I've dealt with at Butler Snow, their decisive nature of providing recommendations and the success we've experienced as a result."
"Butler Snow handles a lot of work for us. It is very organised, detail-oriented and has endless people that can do high-level work. I really like working with them."
Notable Practitioners
Of counsel Gayle Malone is a highly experienced attorney who is particularly noted within the market for his work as a mediator.