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Lectures and Published Topics

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.

Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. - Management Education Seminar: Avoiding E-Trouble, February 17, 2010.  Judah Lifschitz will conduct a seminar on what every business professional MUST KNOW to avoid the legal pitfalls and dangers associated with e-mail, e-documents, and e-data. Click here for registration form or register online at www.abcmetrowashington.org.

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

Effectively Resolving Local and Global Disputes Through Mediation, Arbitration or Litigation, AOD Conference, September 2008

The Case of the Missing Corpses, Washington Post, June 27, 2008

The Fog of Police Shootings, Legal Times, October 17, 2007

Ownership and Reuse of Design Professionals' Designs, Chapter 10 in Architect and Engineer Liability: Claims Against Design Professionals, Third Edition. Sido, Aspen Publications, 2006

Who Owns the Float?, Construction Briefings, 2005

Handling Environmental Incidents at the Jobsite/Edition II, Construction Briefings 2003

Tort Liability In Construction Contracting/Edition II, Construction Briefings, 2001

Maryland's Collateral Order Doctrine, PGCBA News Journal, February 2000

Mechanics' Liens/Edition II, Construction Briefings, 2000

Construction Business Review, Washington, DC Column, 1991 - 2000

Construction Trust Fund Statutes and the Misappropriation of Contract Funds/Edition II, Construction Briefings 99-12

Copyright of Construction Plans and Structures, Construction Briefings 99-10

Proving Claims Under the FIDIC Conditions of Contract, Hawksmere, Plc, 1994

Misappropriation of Contract Funds, Construction Briefings 90-10

Delay and Disruption in International Construction, Construction Briefings 86-9

Bid Rigging, Construction Briefings 85-9

Little Miller Acts, Construction Briefings 84-8

Mechanics' Liens, Construction Briefings 82-5

Contributing Editor of the Construction briefings Collection, Federal Publications, Inc., 1982 to present

National Property Law Digests is a monthly publication which, since 1976, has summarized court decisions of national significance that impact the law of real property. Ron Shapiro and Bob Foster were editors from 1986 - 1996. National Property Law Digests is now published by Strafford Publications, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia.

National Financing Law Digest is a monthly publication which, since 1988, has summarized court decisions of national significance that impact the law of banking and commercial finance. Ron Shapiro and Bob Foster helped create the publication and were editors from 1988 - 1996. National Financing Law Digest is now published by Strafford Publications, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia.

Ron Shapiro and Bob Foster helped create The Digest of Environmental Law of Real Property in 1987, and were editors from 1987 – 1996. The monthly publication summarizes state federal cases of national interest in the area of environmental law. It is now known as The Digest of Environmental Law and is published by Strafford Publications, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia.

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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?