An estate administration is the process of winding up a decedent’s affairs. On a basic level, that entails gathering the decedent’s assets, satisfying the decedent’s debts and obligations, filing [...]
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Many of our esteemed attorneys have been named and recognized as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and as Pennsylvania’s Best Lawyers in their respective fields this year. John O’Keefe Jr. PA Super [...]
Part II: A Design Professional’s Perspective in Drafting Specifications This is the second in a series of posts that address the issues that arise when design specifications are inconsistent with [...]
On April 24, 2019, the FTC issued an Order requiring ClixSense, a rewards website that pays users to click ads, take surveys, or complete other tasks, to implement robust security, audit, and [...]
On April 17, 2019, the U.S. Department of Treasury (“DOT”) issued its long-anticipated second set of regulations with respect to Qualified Opportunity Zones. According to the DOT, the second set [...]
As sure as rain showers, April in Allegheny County brings with it school district real estate tax assessment appeals. Many districts routinely review actual sales data for prior years and, if the [...]
Member Barry Friedman was selected by Best Lawyers for their Lawyer of the Year Awards in Copyright Law. Barry is one of only two attorneys being honored in the state of Pennsylvania in the [...]
A Metz Lewis represented a US-based subsidiary of SFS Group AG in its acquisition of Pittsburgh-headquartered Triangle Fastener Corporation. In addition to Chris and George, the deal team [...]
Starting a business with family members or a collection of close friends always seems like a good idea at first. But both success and adversity can lead to contentious disputes over control and [...]
The Irrevocable Spousal Trust (“IST”) is an irrevocable trust created for the lifetime benefit of the grantor’s spouse, and then typically for the benefit of children or grandchildren. The IST is [...]
