A January 1 repeal of the federal estate tax and generation-skipping transfer tax may be short-lived, according to Sarah Richardson Larson, a trust and estate planning attorney at Davenport Evans.

A circuit court judge has ruled the Sioux Falls School District and Southeast Technical Institute (STI) acted properly when it terminated the former registrar of STI.

Adopting standards for determining when misconduct of an adverse party is a basis for overturning a jury verdict, the South Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in an appeal handled by Davenport Evans.

Property owners will soon receive notice of the assessed values of their real property for property tax purposes but again will have only a small window of opportunity to challenge them.

Robert E. Hayes of Davenport Evans has been elected a fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the premier organization of U.S. real estate lawyers.

Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP has announced the recipients of the 2010 Davenport Scholarships, awarded annually to area high school students.

Kathy Ford of Davenport Evans was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Brandon Community Foundation.

Davenport Evans is pleased to welcome four summer associates for 2010.

Three members of the Davenport Evans litigation section were elected to leadership positions of state organizations during the State Bar Convention.

Brendan Reilly, one of the real estate lawyers at Davenport Evans, recently discussed the status of commercial leasing in the Sioux Falls market with the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

Davenport Evans litigators Melissa Hinton and Eric Schulte recently conducted a demonstration of the effective use of courtroom technology during a mock mini-trial conducted by the Judge Karen E. Schreier, chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

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