NAIOP Awards Banquet Sponsor

We are proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of NAIOP’s Awards Banquet coming up on March 6. If you’re involved in commercial real estate and interested in attending visit NAIOP's website for more info.

Essential Employee Handbook Updates

Updating your employee handbook? Here are a few items you'll want to include, "Updating Your Employee Handbook: The Essentials".

Licensing Intellectual Property

Here are a few helpful tips from Inc. related to intellectual property, "10 Tips For Licensing Intellectual Property".

Interplay Between Indemnification Provisions and Insurance Clauses

Vickie Gesellschap and Ronald Hicks, Jr. recently wrote "The Interplay Between Indemnification Provisions and Insurance Clauses in Contracts for Goods and Services" for the March 2014 issue of ACC Docket. You can download the full article by clicking this image below.

Natural Gas Title Washing

Ronald Hicks, Jr. and David Oberdick recently wrote "Debunking The Myths Surrounding Natural Gas Title Washing" for Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly. You can read the full article here or by clicking this image.

Evening of Excellence

We are a proud sponsor of the upcoming Construction Industry Evening of Excellence hosted by the Master Builders’ Association of Western PA on February 27.

Employees Working From Home

Beth Slagle’s recently wrote an article that appeared in Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News. You can view it at "Employees Working from Home Increase Employers’ Liability".

New Partners Announced

Meyer, Unkovic & Scott has named attorneys Jason Mettley, Andrew Noble, Sarah Reigle and Jason Yarbrough as new partners at the Pittsburgh-based law firm.

Jason Mettley works with clients on matters related to employee benefit plans, including plan design and drafting, fiduciary responsibility, plan governance and contributions collections. He has litigated a broad range of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) cases and has extensive experience working with employers and labor organizations on collectively bargained retirement plans. Mettley graduated from Allegheny College and Widener University School of Law. He currently resides in Squirrel Hill.

Andrew Noble is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation, Tort Litigation and Intellectual Property Groups. He has represented large corporations and small businesses in both state and federal courts in cases involving breach of contract, copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, insurance coverage, oil and gas leases and commercial landlord-tenant disputes. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Noble is a resident of Oakmont.

Sarah Reigle is a member of Meyer, Unkovic & Scott’s Real Estate & Lending and Corporate & Business Law Groups. She focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions, advising clients on the purchase, development, use and sale of real estate.  Reigle also represents landlords and tenants in leasing transactions involving industrial, retail, office and mixed-use properties.  In addition, she represents borrowers and lenders in connection with commercial financing transactions. Reigle graduated from Franklin & Marshall College and Cornell Law School. She resides in Franklin Park.

Jason Yarbrough is a member of Meyer, Unkovic & Scott’s Construction Law, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Creditors' Rights Groups. Yarbrough represents corporations, officers, individuals and family-owned businesses in a variety of complex commercial, construction and real estate litigation matters.  Yarbrough serves on the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Construction Council, and has represented owners, contractors, engineers, and code enforcement officials in disputes arising out of both public and private construction projects. He also frequently litigates claims involving contractual disputes, commercial landlord-tenant matters, claims arising out of the sale or lease of commercial and residential real estate, and real property tax assessments. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Yarbrough lives in Hampton Township.

Helpful Estate Planning Tips

Here are a couple of helpful estate planning tips to make things easier for your survivors, "Ways To Make Things Easier For Your Survivors".