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 12, 2022
The Fifth Circuit held in a matter of first impression that qualified immunity might shield a department head at a Texas university from a former employee's retaliation suit, instructing a district court to determine whether that immunity applies to federal law.