I'm still learning shadows but what I've come to find is having the lights in my scene parented to a null on the floor.  Also for me the light that creates the shadow is a spotlight and is set at a higher value then the other lights.  I don't know if I explained this right or if it anwsers your question as I said I'm still working on shadows myself :0)

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