Employment Law

Join us for the 2017 Davenport Evans Employment Law Update, Wednesday, September 20, at the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Sioux Falls. The free annual seminar draws human resources professionals, managers, and small business leaders from across the region. Online registration is open now.

Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith LLP has been named a Top Ranked Leading Firm by Chambers USA, which ranks the nation’s leading law firms and lawyers. In South Dakota, rankings are given in four main categories: Corporate/Commercial Law, Labor & Employment, Litigation, and Real Estate. Click here to find a roster of ranked Davenport Evans lawyers.

Davenport Evans employment and litigation attorney Sandra Hoglund Hanson spoke April 13 in Watertown, SD at the Northeast South Dakota affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM.) Hanson presented, “The ADA Road to Compliance: A Practical Approach to Reasonable Accommodation.”

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Davenport Evans lawyer Ashley G. Blake spoke on cyber law at the Trenditigal Summit, a Marketing Technology Conference January 20. Click here for full video and an interview with Keloland TV.

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On November 22, a federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction, delaying the implementation date of the new overtime rule. Davenport Evans employment lawyer Ashlee A. Wendt provides answers to the question, “What now?”

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Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP is pleased to announce the addition of a new attorney to the firm, Ashley G. Blake.

Davenport Evans workers’ compensation attorney Rick Orr recently appeared on NBC affiliate KDLT to raise awareness for Kids’ Chance of South Dakota.

Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith LLP is pleased to announce the firm’s selection by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers for inclusion in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^©. Davenport Evans was named a Tier 1 firm in 16 practice areas.

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When inquiries about website accessibility compliance skyrocketed this year, Davenport Evans partnered with Click Rain, a Sioux Falls marketing technology agency, to investigate what was behind this trend—and whether their clients needed to worry. Together, the two companies created a tool that aims to help businesses control their risk.

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Does your business have a plan for the December 1 onset of the new overtime rule? Don’t count on the recent litigation filed by a number of states or the bill passed last month by the U.S. House of Representatives to provide a reprieve from the new salary requirements. The new rule is estimated to impact 4.2 million workers across the country. Davenport Evans lawyer Jean Bender explains.