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The United States Supreme Court decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis could affect millions of employment contracts. The Court held that companies can use arbitration clauses in employment contracts to prohibit workers from banding together to take legal action over workplace issues. Davenport Evans lawyer Jean H. Bender and Summer Associate Benjamin G. Selbo explain.

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Davenport Evans is pleased to welcome its 2018 summer associate class, Caralyn E. Brown, Benjamin G. Selbo and Tracy G. Miller. Davenport Evans has a long history of hiring law students who participate in the firm’s summer associate program.

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Davenport Evans is proud to support the Sioux Falls SculptureWalk, sponsoring the installation of Dove Spirit, a bronze sculpture by Onley, VA artist David Turner, which appears before the Federal Courthouse on Phillips Avenue.

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Online marketing is growing in importance for many businesses in Sioux Falls and around the country. However, your digital marketing may be putting your company at legal risk. Find out how, by reading Five Ways Your Digital Marketing Might Be Missing the Legal Mark, an article by Davenport Evans lawyer Ashley G. Blake, published by SiouxFalls.Business.

With the passage of the 2017 Tax Act on December 22, 2017, the lifetime estate and gift tax basic exclusion amount was changed. The gift tax annual exclusion was not changed by the new act but was adjusted for inflation in 2018. See tables here from Davenport Evans lawyers.

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Davenport Evans lawyer Ashley G. Blake spoke at the 2018 Trendigital Summit, a Marketing Technology Conference January 19 in Sioux Falls. Her presentation was entitled, “Don’t Get Sued: How to Minimize Your Business’s Legal Risk for Its Digital Presence.”

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After over three decades with Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, attorney Rick W. Orr and his legal assistant Colleen Emmons both logged their last hour at the close of 2017. A celebration of their work with the firm was held with attorneys and staff.

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In December 2017, Prairie Business Magazine interviewed Davenport Evans lawyer Eric Schulte on trends in lawyer recruitment and the job prospects facing law school students in South Dakota.

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Davenport Evans lawyer Eric C. Schulte was selected as the 2^nd Circuit Bar Association Lawyer of the Year on November 10, 2017. Although the 2^nd Circuit Bar Association has honored a lawyer for pro bono service in the past, this was the first time the 2^nd Circuit Bar Association has awarded an all-around lawyer of the year award.

On Monday, July 10, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) released its Arbitration Agreements Rule (the “Arbitration Rule”). The Arbitration Rule prohibits providers of covered products and services from using pre-dispute arbitration agreements that bar consumers from filing class action lawsuits.  By July 20, however, measures to repeal the Arbitration Rule were introduced by lawmakers in both the House and Senate.