A legal challenge to a new rule requiring certain businesses with federal government contracts to use an electronic system to verify their employees are eligible to work in the U.S. has led the government to delay the rule until February 20, 2009.

Implementation of a new rule requiring businesses with certain federal government contracts to use an electronic system to verify their employees are eligible to work in the U.S. has again been delayed, this time until May 21, 2009.

The federal government has delayed implementing a rule requiring employers to use a new I-9 form, the document all employers must fill out for new employees to verify their identity and eligibility to work in the United States.

Roberto Lange has been recommended by U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson to serve as a U.S. District Court judge for South Dakota.

Mark Marshall is leaving the law firm after being appointed a magistrate judge in Rapid City.

Sandra Hoglund Hanson last week successfully defended a racial discrimination claim brought against a local family-owned and operated business.

DEHS business lawyer Tiffany Miller is among 10 individuals named "promising Up and Comers" in Sioux Falls.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has released a new handbook for employers for filling out I-9 employment verification forms.

Effective April 3, all U.S. employers must begin using a revised version of the I-9 form,the document used to verify the identity and employment eligibility of new employees.

For the third time, regulations requiring businesses with certain federal government contracts to use an electronic system to verify their employees are eligible to work in the U.S. has been delayed, this time until June 30, 2009.

Four $2,500 scholarships and five $1,000 scholarships are awarded to area high school students.

Eight members of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP, are named in the 2009 edition of Great Plains Super Lawyers.

The federal government has announced it is again delaying implementation of regulation requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to begin using the E-Verify system, this time until Sept. 8, 2009.

Tom Frankman was elected to the Board of Directors of the South Dakota Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates at the organization's annual meeting June 18.

A unanimous South Dakota Supreme Court has ended a three decade old challenge to South Dakota's insurance premium tax statutes in a case handled by DEHS.

Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith has received the top ranking from Chambers USA for both its both business and litigation practices with more than half its lawyers individually recognized.

Nearly two years after they were issued, the Department of Homeland Security is going to rescind regulations dealing with Social Security "no-match" letters but intends to move forward with regulations requiring certain federal contractors to use the federal E-Verify system.

Two DEHS lawyers, Mitch Peterson and Shane Eden, recently obtained a $250,000 jury verdict in favor of a law firm client.

Almost two years to the day after they were first issued, the Department of Homeland Security has formally announced it's intent to rescind regulations dealing with Social Security "no-match" letters.

Jennifer Keating has joined Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith as its newest associate.

With a federal court decision issued this week, a regulation requiring certain federal contractors and subcontractors to use the federal government's E-Verify program is set to go into effect September 8.

Seventeen members of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith were selected by their peers to appear in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

The Washington Pavilion of Arts and Sciences has honored Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith for 10 years of support for the facility and its programs.

Roberto Lange was confirmed by a unanimous U.S. Senate Wednesday as the newest federal district judge for South Dakota.

Kathryn Ford has joined Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith as its newest associate.

Five DEHS lawyers presented a mock trial at the annual South Dakota Emergency Medical Technicians’ Association Conference held recently in Sioux Falls.

Roberto Lange has resigned from the law firm to assume his position as South Dakota's newest federal district judge.

Staff and attorneys at Davenport Evans are again participating in a program designed to help Sioux Falls families have a Christmas they might not otherwise have.

Davenport Evans Hurwitz & Smith, LLP was voted best law firm in the Sioux Falls Business Journal's Readers Choice Awards.