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Davenport Evans Emmy Winners Share Awards Night Picks

Davenport Evans Emmy Winners Share Awards Night Picks

With the 74th Annual Emmy Awards airing tonight on NBC, Davenport Evans thought it might be fun to introduce you to our two Upper Midwest Regional Emmy® Award-winning lawyers, Dillon Kober and Joel Rische. We asked them about their award-winning projects and their...

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Cramming Down Interest Rates in an Era of High Inflation

Cramming Down Interest Rates in an Era of High Inflation

In 2004, the United States Supreme Court was faced with the question of whether a debtor could “cram down” the interest rate applicable to a secured creditor’s claim by using a “prime-plus” formula approach. In Till v. SCS Credit Corp., a Chapter 13 case, the debtors...

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Best Lawyers® 2023 Recognizes 17 Davenport Evans Lawyers

Best Lawyers® 2023 Recognizes 17 Davenport Evans Lawyers

Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP in Sioux Falls, SD is pleased to announce that 17 Davenport Evans lawyers were listed in Best Lawyers® 2023 for South Dakota, in 22 different practice areas. In addition, three Davenport Evans lawyers were named 2023 Best...

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Davenport Evans Welcomes Dillon D. Kober

Davenport Evans Welcomes Dillon D. Kober

Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP is pleased to announce the addition of a new attorney, Dillon D. Kober, to the firm. A native of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, Dillon Kober is a member of the Davenport Evans Transactions and General Business practice group. Dillon...

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Why Should Employers Review Their Website Accessibility?

Why Should Employers Review Their Website Accessibility?

Employers are often familiar with Title I of the American with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment. But many are not as familiar with Title III of the ADA, which prohibits discrimination in places of...

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Succession Planning: Worth the Work

Succession Planning: Worth the Work

Every closely held business should have a succession plan in place. While many owners of small businesses may not find it pleasant to think about a time in which they are no longer able to work, employees and family members are depending on them to develop a careful...

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About Cryptocurrency… It’s Not Going Away.

About Cryptocurrency… It’s Not Going Away.

Fans of the Harry Potter books will recall the first book when young Harry was living with his muggle (non-wizard) family and he started receiving letters from Hogwarts, the wizard school, inviting him to attend during the next school session. At first his muggle...

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AI and Employment Decisions: Avoiding Discrimination

AI and Employment Decisions: Avoiding Discrimination

As new technologies continue to emerge, changes to the ways companies hire and work are a natural consequence. Artificial intelligence (AI), and the software applications that utilize it, are finding an increasingly larger role in the workplace. Employers can use...

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Davenport Evans Lawyers Ranked Tier One by Chambers 2022

Davenport Evans Lawyers Ranked Tier One by Chambers 2022

Lawyers from Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith LLP in Sioux Falls, SD have again been ranked Tier One by Chambers USA. In South Dakota, rankings are given in five categories: Corporate/Commercial Law, Corporate/Commercial: Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Labor &...

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Davenport Evans Welcomes 2022 Summer Associates

Davenport Evans Welcomes 2022 Summer Associates

Davenport Evans is pleased to welcome its 2022 summer associate class, (as shown, left to right:) Nicholas R. Walter, Carsten M. Archer, Preston J. Tetzlaff, and Pedro Negrão de Assis. Davenport Evans has a long history of hiring law students who participate in the...

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Announcing 2022 Davenport Evans Scholarship Recipients

Announcing 2022 Davenport Evans Scholarship Recipients

Davenport Evans has announced its 2022 scholarship recipients. For over 35 years, the firm has awarded eight annual scholarships totaling $20,000 to be used at institutions of higher learning in the state of South Dakota. Scholarships are awarded through the Sioux...

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Highlights from the 2022 South Dakota Legislative Session

Highlights from the 2022 South Dakota Legislative Session

The 2022 South Dakota legislative session ended March 28, 2022, with 245 bills passed and signed by the Governor. All told, there were 340 House Bills, 14 House concurrent resolutions, three House Joint resolutions, five House resolutions, 213 Senate Bills, 8 Senate...

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Remote Work Considerations for South Dakota Banks

Remote Work Considerations for South Dakota Banks

Over the past several years, employers have worked to provide flexible work environments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Employees have taken advantage of these opportunities and are likely to continue to request flexible work environments in the future,...

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