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Digital Files May Kill Credibility, Engineering News-Record, May 19, 2010 - Authored by James McMichael and Alexis Lockshin, this column provides practical and must-know advice for businesses to avoid the legal pitfalls and dangers associated with e-mail, e-documents, and e-data, and offers key steps to prevent the creation of damaging documents.

Power Owners in Strong Position to Collect Liquidated Damages, Managing Power, March 1, 2010 - Although law varies by jurisdiction, a recent case demonstrates arbitration panels' willingness to uphold liquidated damages clauses in power plant engineering, procurement, and construction contracts.

$26.9 Million in Liquidated Damages Not a Windfall to Power Plant Owner, ConstructionRisk.com Report, Vol. 12, No. 3, March 2010 - The decision in New Athens is particularly significant regarding the enforceability of liquidated damages provisions. Liquidated damages provisions are too frequently overlooked, but can - and will - be enforced, often without consideration of actual damages.

Green Building Projects Pose Special Risks for Contractors, Modern Contractor Solutions, February 2010

Owners Need Contract Protection When Building Green, Retail Law Strategist, December 2009

Liquidated Damages of $26.9 Million Held Enforceable and Not a Penalty (Athens Generating, L.P. v. Bechtel Power Corporation) , Construction Claims Advisor, Volume 7, Issue 46, November 23, 2009

The Green Building Movement: Minimizing The Risks, Sustainable Land Development Today, July 2009

Costly Litigation May Cause Green Bloom to Fade, Washington Business Journal, May 15, 2009

Gaining a Slice of Stimulus Pie, Engineering News-Record, May 6, 2009

Judd Lifschitz quoted in The Daily Record, As the green construction industry expands, litigation and arbitration might follow, April 6, 2009.

Aggregate View: Transitioning Business in a Troubled Economy, Concrete Construction Magazine, March 2009

Judd Lifschitz quoted in Accounting Today, Stimulus may stimulate accountants, Accounting Today, March 16, 2009

Reed Sexter quoted in GlobeSt.com, Owners To Tenants: Show Me The Financials, March 11, 2009

The Madoff Scheme: What Is A Defrauded Investor To Do?, Image Magazine, February 2009

Judah Lifschitz quoted in The Jewish Post, Living In Madoff’s Wake, January 15, 2009

Construction Firms: Stimulus-Ready?, The Washington Business Journal, January 2009

Judah Lifschitz quoted in Washington Jewish Week, What next?, December 24, 2008

Judd Lifschitz is quoted in a Washington Post article, Subcontractors Sue For Lack of Payment, The Washington Post, October 31st, 2008

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Members of the SLS trial group have tried in excess of 50 jury trials and 75 bench trials?

The SLS construction group has worked on sports stadiums across the country including Orioles Park in Baltimore and Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati?

The SLS construction group has worked on power plant projects across the country?

In 2007 SLS was selected for an Honorable Mention as one of the Best Places To Work in Washington DC?

Ron Shapiro, Steve Schram and Judd Lifschitz have all been selected as SuperLawyers by Law and Politics?

The SLS office building is an historic townhouse constructed in the late 1800s?

SLS has been selected by Martindale-Hubbell as a Preeminent Law Firm?

SLS trial lawyers have argued appeals in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal for the 4th, 5th, 9th, D.C. and Federal Circuit?

SLS trial lawyers have been lead trial counsel in cases in Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia, - to name just a few?

Virtually all the cases that SLS trial lawyers mediated have been favorably settled at mediation?

The transactional group at SLS was lead counsel on one of the largest, most complex mixed-use projects in downtown Washington, DC involving 4 lenders and 6 property owners?

In appreciation for the outstanding efforts of each of its employees during 2007, SLS gave everyone (attorneys, paralegals, and staff) a 4 day/3 night expense paid trip to Key West, Florida?

The transactional group at SLS has represented tenants in more than 200 retail leases in the Mid-Atlantic region?

Every attorney in the transactional group at SLS has at least 15 years experience?

The transactional group at SLS has represented developers in the purchase, construction, financing and/or sale of more than 75 multi-family apartment projects?

The transactional group at SLS has represented real estate investors and developers with respect to property in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Michigan and the U.S. Virginia Islands?

Attorneys in the transactional group at SLS have represented eight national banks in commercial real estate loans?

Attorneys in the transactional group at SLS have represented the FDIC, the Resolution Trust Corporation and several banking institutions in loan workout transactions throughout the Mid-Atlantic region?

The transactional group at SLS has represented homebuilders and commercial real estate developers in work-outs of individual loans and also for work-outs of large portfolios involving dozens of properties in several states?

The trial lawyers of SLS have numerous reported decisions to their credit?