Articles & Publications:

• Some Federal FLSA Requirements for Tipped Employees - Posted 9/23/22
• Balance Billing and Workers’ Compensation in Pennsylvania - Posted 9/23/22
• Life events that trigger the need to create or update your will - Posted 8/8/22
• Employee Retention Credit (ERC) Still Available for Small Businesses Affected by COVID - Posted 8/2/22
• The New Pennsylvania Corporate Tax Cuts - Posted 8/2/22
• Buy-Sell Agreements can be a useful tool for Family Businesses - Posted 8/2/22
• Rivas case emphasizes need for clear language regarding mediation clauses - Posted 6/27/22
• A Further Problem with Pennsylvania’s Recording of Surrender Documents from Oil and Natural Gas Lease Act - Posted 5/25/22
• Business Succession Planning - Posted 5/12/22
• Beware of the Use of “Proceeds,” “Gross Proceeds,” “Gross Sales Price,” or “Amount Realized” in Conjunction with “At The Wellhead” Language in Crafting a Gross Royalty Clause in an Oil And Gas Lease - Posted 4/27/22
• Progressive New Legislation in the State of Virginia prohibits “Pay-if-Paid” Clauses - Posted 4/7/22
• Additional Problems with Pennsylvania’s Recording of Surrender Documents from Oil and Natural Gas Lease Act - Posted 3/25/22
• Pittsburgh launches new Rental Registration Program - Posted 3/9/22
• Calculating the Lessor’s Percentage Interest on a Division Order - Posted 3/2/22
• The Corporate Transparency Act - Posted 2/14/22
• 2021 Child Tax Credit Update - Posted 1/20/22
• Are People with Long COVID eligible for Social Security Disability Benefits? - Posted 1/18/22
• The Market Enhancement Clause – Be Careful How You Word It - Posted 12/7/21
• Veterans’ Benefits Part II: Burial Allowances and Memorial Items - Posted 11/12/21
• Veterans’ Benefits Part I: Burial Benefits - Posted 11/12/21
• Do I have to pay tax on my Social Security Disability Benefits? - Posted 10/7/21
• Associational Discrimination is Prohibited by Title VII - Posted 10/7/21
• Act 65 of 2021 Amends PA Sunshine Act - Posted 10/7/21
• All Employers with 100+ Employees Will be Required to Ensure their Workers are Vaccinated or Tested Weekly - Posted 10/1/21
• Supreme Court Ends Eviction Moratorium - Posted 9/7/21
• Do Not Use the Recording of Surrender Documents from Oil and Natural Gas Lease Act - Posted 8/30/21
• Guidance for Condo Associations in Wake of Champlain Towers Collapse - Posted 8/12/21
• Pa Real Estate Owners May Have an Advantage in 2022 Tax Assessment Appeals - Posted 8/12/21
• Application of Pennsylvania’s Dunham Rule - Posted 7/30/21
• No need to fear the Probate Process in Pennsylvania - Posted 7/7/21
• “At the Wellhead” Language and Use of the Net-Back Method in Pennsylvania - Posted 6/28/21
• What do the new CDC Guidelines for vaccinated people mean in the Workplace? - Posted 6/1/21
• Satisfying West Virginia’s Requirements for Allocating Post-Production Costs to Lessors in an Oil and Gas Lease - Posted 5/24/21
• Estate Basics: Will and Testament - Posted 5/5/21
• Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law Does Not Apply to an Oil and Gas Company in a Typical Oil and Gas Lease Transaction - Posted 4/23/21
• March 31 is The Last Day to File Allegheny County 2021 Real Estate Tax Assessment Appeals - Posted 4/5/21
• PPP Loans Deadline to be Extended - Posted 3/30/21
• Base Lease v. Top Lease. Which Controls? - Posted 3/26/21
• IRS Extends Tax Filing Deadline for Individuals - Posted 3/23/21
• Is an S Corporation Election Right for Your Business? - Posted 3/15/21
• Biden Administration Changes to PPP Loans to Help Small Businesses - Posted 2/26/21
• There Is No Implied Right to Pool And Unitize an Oil And Gas Lease with Nearby Mineral Estates - Posted 2/26/21
• Calculation of Just Compensation In a Pennsylvania Federal Pipeline Condemnation Action - Posted 1/25/21
• Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofit and Venues Act - Posted 1/25/21
• Removal and Remand in an Oil and Gas Lease Case - Posted 12/22/20
• Pittsburgh passes COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Bill - Posted 12/21/20
• IRS Issues Guidance Regarding the Deductibility of Expenses Paid for with PPP Loan Funds - Posted 12/21/20
• Delay Rental Payments - Posted 11/24/20
• How to Stop the Transportation of Foreign Gas Across Your Property - Posted 11/3/20
• Simpler PPP Loan Forgiveness for Loans of $50,000 or Less Now Available - Posted 10/21/20
• SBA Issues Procedural Notice Regarding Change of Ownership of PPP Loan Borrowers - Posted 10/21/20
• Expert Testimony in a Federal Condemnation Case - Posted 9/29/20
• Class Action Arbitration in Oil And Gas Leases - Posted 8/26/20
• Cross-Unit Drilling for Unconventional Wells in Pennsylvania - Posted 7/27/20
• Landlords, Lenders May Receive Direct Payments from CARES Act Relief Programs - Posted 7/8/20
• Covid-19 Relief for PA Small Businesses - Posted 7/6/20
• The Rule of Capture is Still Alive in Pennsylvania - Posted 7/6/20
• Supreme Court Holds That Title VII Prohibits Discrimination Against LGBTQ Employees - Posted 6/23/20
• PPP Loans – Loan Forgiveness and SBA Review Procedure - Posted 6/2/20
• Covid-19 Email Caused Illegal Firing, University Director Says - Posted 5/20/20
• Abandonment of an Oil and Gas Lease - Posted 5/20/20
• The Rule of Capture is Still Alive in Pennsylvania - Posted 5/19/20
• Lawyer or Lender? Whom Should Borrowers Turn To For PPP Loan Advice? - Posted 5/19/20
• PPP Loan Update – Safe Harbor Extended and Automatically Granted to Loans Under $2 Million - Posted 5/19/20
• What does moving to the “Yellow Zone” entail? - Posted 5/19/20
• Coronavirus Resource Center - Posted 5/18/20
• Asserting a Claim for Bad Faith Pooling - Posted 4/30/20
• COVID-19 Guide: Scenarios & Benefits Available Chart - Posted 4/30/20
• Coronavirus Frequently Asked Questions by Small Business Owners and Organizations - Posted 4/30/20
• PA Department of Health Issues New Order - Posted 4/30/20
• A Notice for those who were on Light Duty/Modified Workers’ Compensation and laid off due to COVID-19 - Posted 4/30/20
• Workers’ Rights During COVID-19 - Posted 4/30/20
• Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Is Now Available for Pennsylvania Workers - Posted 4/30/20
• Ruling that COVID-19 is a Natural Disaster Affects Business Contracts - Posted 4/30/20
• Guidance for Governing Your Condominium or Homeowners Association in a Post COVID-19 World - Posted 4/30/20
• Pennsylvania Construction Industry Goes Back to Work May 1, 2020 - Posted 4/30/20
• Rothman Gordon: Coronavirus Resource Center - Posted 4/10/20
• Resources for the Self-Employed - Posted 3/31/20
• Coronavirus Financing Options for Small Businesses and Non-Profit Organizations - Posted 3/31/20
• CARES Act: Paid Leave and Unemployment - Posted 3/31/20
• Unemployment Insurance Benefits in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, And Economic Security (CARES) Act: A Guide For Employees - Posted 3/31/20
• Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh extend Personal Tax Filing deadline - Posted 3/31/20
• Employment Aspects of Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) - Posted 3/31/20
• The Shut-In Clause: Keeping an Oil And Gas Lease In Effect - Posted 3/31/20
• Coronavirus Questions And Answers: What Do Employees Need To Know? - Posted 3/31/20
• Availability of Tax Credits Under The Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Posted 3/31/20
• Wolf Announces Changes to Business Closure Mandate - Posted 3/31/20
• Paid Leave and Tax Credits under The Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Posted 3/31/20
• Finally Some Good News! Tax Day is moved to July 15, 2020 - Posted 3/31/20
• OSHA Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 - Posted 3/31/20
• Rothman Gordon Will Continue to Serve Clients Remotely - Posted 3/31/20
• Workers’ Compensation and the Coronavirus - Posted 3/31/20
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court closes courtrooms statewide - Posted 3/31/20
• Looking at the Impact of the Coronavirus on Business Contracts - Posted 3/31/20
• Coronavirus Update: Pittsburgh Paid Sick Days Act - Posted 3/31/20
• Governor Suspends waiting week for unemployment compensation - Posted 3/31/20
• Coronavirus and the ADA - Posted 3/31/20
• Rothman Gordon’s Response To Covid-19 Virus Outbreak - Posted 3/31/20
• Third Circuit Sets the Standard for Calculation of Damages in a Federal Pipeline Condemnation Action in Pennsylvania- Posted 1/27/20
• Landowners and Royalty Owners: Beware Of The Market Enhancement Clause- Posted 1/2/20
• EQT Prod. Co. v. Crowder and its Effect in Pennsylvania- Posted 1/2/20
• Fracking of Other Properties From West Virginia Land - Posted 11/26/19
• Surface Owner's Use Burdened by Horizontal Wells - Posted 11/21/19
• Non-Surface Use Lease - Posted 10/24/19
• Minimum Distance Between Gas Wells - Posted 9/24/19
• Oil And Gas Companies And Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices And Consumer Protection Law - Posted 9/24/19
• The Drilling Permit Application Process - Posted 8/20/19
• Plugging an Oil And Gas Well - Posted 7/23/19
• Marking a Plugged Well On Your Property - Posted 7/23/19
• Charitable Giving Strategies at Any Age - Posted 7/16/19
• Recording of Surrender Documents from Oil and Gas Natural Gas Lease Act - Posted 6/18/19
• Who can terminate your oil and gas lease? - Posted 6/6/19
• If the Term of Your Oil and Gas Lease Expires, Does it Terminate? - Posted 4/9/19
• Can You Initiate a Class Action Arbitration If You Have a Dispute with Your Oil and Gas Company Over A Lease Matter? - Posted 12/17/18
• Inflation adjusted annual increases to the federal gift and estate tax exemption - Posted 12/17/18
• I have a child with special needs. If I want to provide for him in my Will, is there a proper way to do this? - Posted 12/17/18
• In West Virginia, Can Post-production Costs Be Deducted From a Flat Rate Lease? - Posted 11/16/18
• Can You Lease Your Oil And Gas Rights If Not All Of The Owners Join In? - Posted 8/31/18
• Resolving A Dispute With Your Oil And Gas Company - Posted 8/14/18
• How Do I Find Out If My Royalty Is Correct? - Posted 7/5/18
• In Pennsylvania the Rule of Capture Does Not Preclude Liability for Trespass Due to Hydraulic Fracking - Posted 6/27/18
• Class Action Waivers in Employment Agreements Sanctioned by the U.S. Supreme Court - Posted 6/14/18
• US Department of Labor launches a pilot program for potentially resolving overtime and minimum wage violations - Posted 3/26/18
• Reviving Expired Oil And Gas Leases In Pennsylvania - Posted 3/21/18
• How Will Tax Reform Impact Seniors and Persons with Disabilities? - Posted 3/6/18
• 529 Plans for Elementary or Secondary Education - Posted 3/6/18
• Apportionment of Oil and Gas Royalties in Pennsylvania - Posted 2/23/18
• Pennsylvania Pipeline Condemnation or Eminent Domain - Posted 2/6/18
• Bad Faith Pooling in Pennsylvania - Posted 2/6/18
• Sexual Harassment - Posted 11/20/17
• Privacy in the Pennsylvania Workplace - Posted 11/20/17
• Your Oil and Gas Royalty Statement - Posted 10/31/17
• Are Oil and Gas Real Property? - Posted 8/22/17
• CFPB Makes It Easier To File Class Action Suits Against Financial Companies - Posted 8/9/17
• New LLC Form in Pennsylvania - Posted 8/9/17
• Trump Administration Rolls Back New Overtime Rules: Secretary of Labor Says Revised Rules Will Be Issued - Posted 8/1/17
• Can a Landowner Pursue a Nuisance Claim Against an Oil and Gas Company for its Activities? - Posted 8/1/17
• Inspection of Records and Freedom From Retaliation - Posted 6/15/17
• The Landowner and Setback Requirements for Oil and Gas Activities - Posted 5/23/17
• Boilermakers Local Lodge No. 154 Is the Victim in Ventrone Investigation - Posted 5/10/17
• What If Someone Else Owns the Oil and Gas Under Your Property? - Posted 4/25/17
• The Landowner, Water Pollution and Oil and Gas Operations: Concerns About Water Can Be Addressed in an Oil and Gas Lease - Posted 2/27/17
• The Landowner vs. the Owner of the Oil and Gas: Surface Use Agreements Can Protect Landowners When They Do Not Own the Subsurface Estate - Posted 2/22/17
• Oil and Gas for Landowners - Posted 1/17/17
• Texas Federal Court Strikes Down Overtime Regulations - Posted 11/29/16
• Inflation adjusted annual increases to the federal gift and estate tax exemption - Posted 11/15/16
• Does A Landowner Have To Pay Delinquent Real Estate Taxes When The Landowner’s Oil And Gas Rights Are Sold? - Posted 10/19/16
• Proposed changes to gifting interests has major repercussions for family owned businesses - Posted 9/19/16
• Can I Get Rid of My Oil and Gas Lease? Can I Terminate My Oil and Gas Lease? - Posted 4/25/16
• Surface Use or Land Use Agreements - Posted 11/24/15
• Pipeline Right-of-Ways: The Basic Components
• The Pennsylvania Fair Share Act: Keeping Damages in Proportion
• Change in Smoothing Rule for Private Unitrusts Presents Timely Opportunities for Net Income Trusts in Pennsylvania

News & Articles

2022

• James W. Ummer Honored for 50 Years of Practice - Posted 9/27/22
• Former Judge Bill Ward Appointed as Representative to the Behavioral Health Commission for Adult Mental Health - Posted 9/23/22
• Rothman Gordon Attorneys Named to the Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch - Posted 8/23/22
• Louis Kushner Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award - Posted 7/28/22

2021

• Rothman Gordon Hires Two Associates - Posted 11/5/21

2020

• Rothman Gordon Participates in Primerus’ Global Day of Service - Posted 1/5/20
• Employment Lawyer Mary Roman Joins Rothman Gordon - Posted 1/5/20
• RG Report Fall 2020 - Posted 11/24/20
• Gaitens and Jordan Promoted to Non-equity Partners at Rothman Gordon, P.C. - Posted 10/26/20
• Rothman Gordon Offering Virtual Mediation - Posted 6/16/20
• Mark Vuono and Louise Vuono Retained as Special Estate Counsel to Rothman Gordon - Posted 5/21/20
• Raymond M. Roberts Named Chair of the Estates, Trusts & Taxation Practice - Posted 4/30/20
• Mark Vuono and Louise Vuono Retained as Special Estate Counsel to Rothman Gordon - Posted 5/19/20
• Raymond M. Roberts Named Chair of the Rothman Gordon Estates, Trusts and Taxation Practice - Posted 4/29/20
• Robert J. Waine Joins Rothman Gordon - Posted 3/11/20

2019

• Rothman Gordon Participates in Primerus’ Global Day of Service through “#SeasonOfGiving” - Posted 12/17/19
• Rothman Gordon Recognized by U.S. News- Best Lawyers® 2020 Edition of Best Law Firms - Posted 11/5/19
• Salpietro Re-Elected to Rothman Gordon Executive Committee; Lestitian Re-Elected Managing Shareholder - Posted 10/14/19
• Seventeen Rothman Gordon Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America - Posted 8/20/19
• Attorney Paul Yagelski Appointed to PBS’s Shale Energy Law Committee - Posted 6/4/19
• Former Judge Bill Ward Reappointed to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency - Posted 3/25/19

2018

• Joseph H. Bucci Joins Rothman Gordon - Posted 4/24/18

2017

• Patti Monahan Joins Rothman Gordon as Office Manager - Posted 11/27/17

2016

• Nine Rothman Gordon Lawyers Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers - Posted 5/23/16
• Former Judge Bill Ward Appointed to Accountability, Conduct and Ethics Commission of Allegheny County - Posted 12/5/16
• Rothman Gordon Chosen as one of Pittsburgh’s Top Workplaces for Sixth Straight Year - Posted 8/18/16
• Sixteen Rothman Gordon Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America© - Posted 8/18/16
• Lestitian Re-Elected as Managing Shareholder and Jordan Re-Elected to Rothman Gordon Executive Committee - Posted 6/8/16
• Rothman Gordon Helps Pittsburgh Celebrate 200 Years as a City - Posted 3/23/16
• Former Judge William F. Ward Joins Board of Directors of the Autism Connection of Pennsylvania - Posted 3/9/16
• Judge William F. Ward Joins Rothman Gordon - Posted 1/27/16

2015

• Salpietro Elected to Rothman Gordon Executive Committee - Posted 11/2/15
• Rothman Gordon Chosen as one of Pittsburgh’s Top Workplaces for Fifth Year
• Sixteen Rothman Gordon Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2016
• Roberts Promoted to Partner at Rothman Gordon Law Firm
• Ten Rothman Gordon Attorneys Recognized by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
• Rothman Gordon Welcomes New Attorney
• Rothman Gordon Attorney Appointed to Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Shale Energy Law Committee

2014

• Rothman Gordon Welcomes New Attorney
• Rothman Gordon Chosen as one of Pittsburgh’s Top Workplaces for Fourth Year
• Rothman Gordon Attorney Recognized as a Distinguished Toastmaster
• Rothman Gordon Attorney Named The Best Lawyers in America© 2015 Pittsburgh Employment Law-Individuals “Lawyer of the Year”
• Rothman Gordon Attorney Selected for Autism Center Board
• Frank Salpietro Named Equity Shareholder of Rothman Gordon

2013

• Rothman Gordon Welcomes New Associate
• Rothman Gordon Managing Shareholder Joins Board of Seton-La Salle High School
• Rothman Gordon Chosen as One of Pittsburgh’s Top Workplaces
• Rothman Gordon Welcomes New Attorney
• Fourteen Rothman Gordon Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® 2014
• Rothman Gordon Attorney Appointed to PBA Shale Energy Law Committee
• Thirteen Rothman Gordon Attorneys Named to the Best Lawyers In America
• The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Announces Rothman Gordon Attorney Inducted as Fellow

2012

• Rothman Gordon Again Chosen as one of Pittsburgh’s Top Workplaces
• Rothman Gordon Attorney Named Best Laywers’ 2013 Pittsburgh Employment Law – Individuals “Lawyer of the Year”
• Corporate Attorney Joins Rothman Gordon, P.C.
• Salpietro and Ramage Johnston Named to Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Head of the Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Named at Rothman Gordon, P.C.
• Litigator Labovitz Joins Rothman Gordon, P.C.
• Two Rothman Gordon, P.C. Shareholders Recognized as “Five Star Professionals” in Pittsburgh Magazine
• Two Attorneys Join Rothman Gordon as Associates
• Rothman Gordon Recognized as one of Fortune’s 2012 Top Ranked Law Firms

2011

• Attorney Puzzuole Elected Chair of  PAACC'S Board of Directors
• Rothman Gordon Advises Wheeler Bros., Inc. Through $180 Million Acquisition Deal
• Rothman Gordon Chosen as One of Pittsburgh’s Top Workplaces