August 18, 2022
A year after the Arizona Supreme Court said sovereign immunity shields the Grand Canyon State from Fair Labor Standards Act claims, the Fifth Circuit has raised the possibility that qualified immunity protects state officials from such claims. Here Law360 explores these defenses and their role in the Arizona and Fifth Circuit cases.
August 20, 2021
The state of Arizona is protected by sovereign immunity from federal labor lawsuits because it hasn't consented to letting workers file such suits, the state Supreme Court ruled in response to a question from the Ninth Circuit.