A comprehensive Northern Virginia attorney's guide to subcontractor and prime/subcontractor disputes in federal contracting for primes and subs in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Covers FAR Part 44 subcontract administration, consent-to-subcontract under FAR 52.244-2, mandatory and discretionary flow-down clauses, the Christian Doctrine, the Severin pass-through and sponsorship claim framework, teaming agreements and joint ventures, mentor-protege arrangements, payment disputes under the Prompt Payment Act and the pay-when-paid versus pay-if-paid distinction, subcontract termination, dispute resolution mechanisms, and the practical questions primes and subcontractors face when relationships go sideways.
