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Under federal law and common law doctrines, it is well established that sovereign immunity exists for each of the 573 federally recognized Native American tribes, absent consent or an act of Congress. Although the Indian Civil Rights Act was adopted…

More and more businesses of all sizes are recognizing their names and logos as an asset to their operation. As an asset, protection by trademark is advisable. Trademarks serve multiple purposes, in that they distinguish goods or services of one…

When it comes to litigation, everything must be properly supported. What document supports what fact? Who can testify to what occurrence? The South Dakota Supreme Court recently made one thing clearer in Cooper v. Brownell: you are not an expert…

A new report from the nation’s largest education unions and the nation’s largest gun safety organization indicates that arming school district staff "increases risk and is overall an ineffective solution to gun violence." The report comes out amid a previous…

In the realm of employment discrimination, there are strict time bars to bringing claims of discrimination to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) or its state equivalent. When those deadlines are missed, employees will sometimes attempt to seek reinstatement in…

Jeanette McKee was a chief deputy clerk for the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Missouri. In 2014, she ran as a candidate to replace the outgoing clerk of court. Her opponent in the race, Michael Reuter, was ultimately elected. During…

By now, everyone is aware of the #MeToo movement, which began in October 2017 as a backlash against sexual harassment and sexual assault in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), created as part of the…

The IRS recently announced that individuals taking advantage of the increased exclusion amounts will not be adversely impacted when the exclusion amount is scheduled to drop to the levels they were at prior to 2018. The exclusion amount has been…

Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, P.C., is proud to announce that attorney, Jennifer S. Frank, is now a SHRM Senior Certified Professional. The National Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) provides HR professionals the tools they need to obtain certificates…

Eric Kerkvliet, an attorney in Lynn Jackson’s Sioux Falls office, has been selected as the South Dakota Chair of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA). Eric replaces Haven Stuck as the South Dakota Chair. Erika Olson, an attorney in…