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• Contractual Indemnification in District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia: Are Subcontractors Required to Indemnify the General Contractor?
• Lien Law & Notice Requirements: District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia
• Prompt Payment for Commercial Construction in DC/MD/VA
• Retainage Laws in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia for Private, State and Federal Projects
• 50-State Reference on Validity of Disclaimers and Exculpatory Clauses under Spearin 2015

Shannon J. Briglia

• Geotechnical Risk Allocation on Design-Build Construction Projects: The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree (Journal of the American College of Construction Lawyers, Vol. 11 No. 2, Summer 2017, Shannon J. Briglia and Michael C. Loulakis)
• Bond Requirements (State and Local Construction Projects: An Attorneys’ Handbook, ABA Forum on Construction Law, Am. Bar Assoc. 2017, Marilyn Klinger, Shannon J. Briglia, Kevin P. Gilliland, Lauren P. McLaughlin)
• “Proving and Defending Quality of Work Issues” (Managing and Litigating the Complex Surety Case, Third Ed., ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, Tracey L. Haley and Christopher R. Ward, eds., 2018)
• Managing and Litigating the Complex Surety Case: Chapter 7 – Proving and Defending Quality of Work Issues

Lauren P. McLaughlin

• Mechanical Electrical Plumbing (MEP) Trades Divisions 15 and 16 (American Bar Association, Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, Mid-Winter 2016)
• Best Practices For Managing Expert Witnesses, Rules of Engagement, Exploring Expert Opinions During Discovery, Witness Stand Considerations (Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting 2017 Construction Law Section, June 2017)
• Recent Developments in Construction and Public Contracts Law in Virginia (34^th Annual Construction & Public Contracts Law Seminar: Virginia Continuing Legal Education, November 2013)
• Bond Requirements in State and Local Construction Projects: An Attorneys' Handbook, (ABA Forum on Construction Law, Am. Bar Assoc. 2017, co-author)

Shoshana E. Rothman

• A Maryland Federal Court Evaluates Who Really Bears The Risk Of A Wildly Inaccurate GMP (Fidelity & Surety Law Committee Newsletter, Winter 2015)
• Waiver Of The Statute Of Limitations IN Indemnity Agreements? Not So Fast. (Tort Trial & Insurance Practice, Fidelity & Surety Law, Winter 2018)
• When Spearin Won’t Work: How Contractual Risk Allocation Often Undermines This Landmark Ruling (35-SUM Construction Law. 39, Construction Lawyer, Summer 2015, Am. Bar Association, Lauren P. McLaughlin, Shoshana E. Rothman)