Legal Insights

Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the issue of whether an employer must pay overtime to certain employees who work beyond their normal work schedule can, at…

Alfred C. Maiello and David Raves have been named Pennsylvania Super Lawyer as one of the top attorneys in Pennsylvania for 2010. Only five percent of lawyers in the state…

The University of Pittsburgh Small Business Development Center has partnered with Maiello, Brungo & Maiello and Agora Group to present The Next Step – Managing Employees to be held May 21…

As an employer, you are responsible for paying Social Security and Medicare (FICA) in addition to federal and state unemployment taxes for each employee.  Because independent contractors are responsible for…

The Pittsburgh law firm of Maiello Brungo & Maiello was unanimously appointed Solicitor for the Allegheny County North Tax Collection Committee (TCC).   Lawrence J. Maiello, Michael L. Brungo and Falco…

Email is the fastest and least expensive means of communication but also the one that creates a large threat to a business.  Employers have legitimate concerns regarding employee use of…

On February 5, 2010 the White House proposed the expansion of two Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs to help increase small business working capital and help small businesses refinance…

As if keeping a project on budget and on time is not enough, more and more in today’s economic climate the proverbial monkey wrench of bankruptcy is being thrown into…

When reviewing your commercial general liability coverage with respect to premises liability concerns, check for the assault and battery exclusion, and whether this is a concern with respect to your…

The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (“EGTRRA”) provided, among other things, that unless Congress took action prior to January 1, 2010 Federal Estate and Gift Tax…

Roger W. Foley, Jr. has joined Maiello, Brungo & Maiello, LLP as an associate. He has fifteen years experience and will focus his practice on litigation, school and municipal law,…

The Pittsburgh law firm of Maiello Brungo & Maiello was unanimously appointed Solicitor for the Westmoreland County Tax Collection Committee (TCC).   Partners Lawrence J. Maiello and Michael L. Brungo and…

As you are aware, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered that Allegheny County perform a County-wide reassessment.  The Supreme Court remanded the matter to the Court of Common Pleas to work…

We’ve all cringed when we hear the sound bite for the evening news promising to give the juicy details of a scandal involving a local school district.  You hold your…

Russell Lucas of MB&M’s School Law Group will be one of the three faculty members for a seminar to be offered in Pittsburgh on April 16, 2010 entitled “School Law…