Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act The Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA) was implemented on March 15, 2020. The PSDA applies to employees working within the geographical boundaries of the City of Pittsburgh, even if the business has an office located outside of the City. Amendment Increases Paid Sick Time Effective January 1, 2026 Effective […]
Taxpayers have a limited window each year to file an annual property tax assessment appeal for their commercial, industrial, income producing, and residential property to seek a significant reduction in assessed value and property taxes. Make sure you know the deadline for your county. Property owners must file 2026 tax assessment appeals as early as
The deadline to file a 2026 annual property tax assessment appeal in Allegheny County will come one month earlier this year. All 2026 Allegheny County property tax assessment appeals must be filed by September 2, 2025. Property owners will benefit from an even friendlier “common level ratio” (“CLR”) in 2026, which will drop from 52.7%
Americans love to proudly show off their red, white and blue. Businesses, too, love to adopt the flag for logos and marketing, but there are limits to what they can do with that symbol. U.S. law is clear that any trademark which “consists of or compromises” the American flag or any other state, municipality or
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Congratulations to Jason Yarbrough on his election to Vice Chair of the Allegheny County Bar Association (ACBA) Construction Law Section. The intended purpose of the Construction Law Section is to provide a forum for information, education, development, and encouragement of professional relationships among the members of the bar association in the area of construction law, among other things,
Pittsburgh, PA, May 22, 2025–Meyer, Unkovic & Scott today is pleased to announce that Super Lawyers® has named nine of its attorneys to the 2025 list of top attorneys in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® list includes the following Meyer, Unkovic & Scott attorneys: Super Lawyers®, a Thomson Reuters business rating service, evaluates outstanding lawyers
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Pittsburgh, PA, May 22, 2025 –Meyer, Unkovic & Scott is pleased to announce that Super Lawyers® recently named four of its attorneys to the 2025 list of “Rising Stars” in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® “Rising Stars” list includes the following Meyer, Unkovic & Scott attorneys: Super Lawyers®, a Thomson Reuters business rating service, evaluates
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This Thursday, April 10, 2025 Dennis Unkovic will be a panelist at the Meritas Annual Meeting in Mexico City, New Mexico. Dennis will serve as a panelist for the program, “Spotlight: Asia Navigating the New Era of “Re-Globalization”: Impact on Business and Opportunities for Law Firms.” The discussion will review how Asia is facing an
This Friday, March 7 at the ICSC+Law Symposium OH/KY/IN/MI/PA in Columbus, Ohio, two Meyer, Unkovic & Scott attorneys will be presenting on the legal issues impacting the Marketplace Industry today, covering financial, leasing, and other real estate topics that affect developers, owners, lenders, tenants, leasing agents, and managers: Kevin F. McKeegan: Roundtable leader – “Questions
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Latest Updates The endless saga with the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) continues. Here’s the background on what has happened so far this year: Next Steps While both FinCEN and the Treasury Department have stated that they will not enforce penalties against reporting companies for failing to comply with CTA reporting deadlines, the CTA itself has
Update: March 2, 2025 On March 2, 2025 The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it will not enforce any penalties or fines for failure to file BOIRs under FinCEN’s existing deadlines, nor will it “enforce any penalties or fines against U.S. citizens or domestic reporting companies or their beneficial owners after the forthcoming
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Meyer, Unkovic & Scott’s membership in Meritas means its clients can access quality legal expertise around the world Pittsburgh, PA – February 18, 2025 – Meyer, Unkovic & Scott announced that it has been awarded recertification in Meritas, the premier global alliance of independent business law firms. Meyer, Unkovic & Scott joined Meritas in 1999
Dennis Unkovic was on “Our Region’s Business” to talk about the proposed tariffs against Canadian and Mexican imports, how they would impact local businesses, and how CEOs and Boards of Directors should prepare. This really affects all kinds of companies in our region, particularly smaller companies. … For small companies with narrow margins, they are,
It is no secret that the work from home trend, space optimization efforts and suburban office competition have caused, and are continuing to cause, rising vacancies in downtown and central business district office markets. To protect their investments, landlords of office buildings must rethink their leasing strategies to maintain occupancy rates and stabilize rental income.
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Pittsburgh, PA – February 7, 2025 –Meyer, Unkovic & Scott is pleased to announce that that Maxwell Briskman Stanfield has been named a Co-Chair of the firm’s Associates Committee. Maxwell joins Antoinette C. Oliver and Patricia E. Farrell as Co-Chairs. The Associates Committee is responsible for overseeing the firm’s Associates group. In that capacity, the
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