In the span of just a few weeks in February and March, qualified immunity made headlines in three very different ways. A civil-rights organization publicly urged New York's governor to abolish it ...

Originating from a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court opinion regarding the termination of government employees in retaliation for speaking out about the Nixon Administration, the doctrine of qualified immunity ...

AND SHOWING OBSCENE MATERIAL TO A CHILD. THE FAMILY OF A YOUNG MAN KILLED BY OSCEOLA COUNTY DEPUTIES IN A TARGET PARKING LOT HAVE NOW SCORED A MAJOR LEGAL VICTORY. THE FAMILY AND OTHER YOUNG MEN WHO ...

The Fifth Circuit ruled that the TVPA does not waive foreign official immunity for a former Nigerian governor accused of ordering killings, affirming immunity under common law. On May 29, 2025, in ...

Almost 40 years ago, the federal government granted vaccine manufacturers immunity from people who might otherwise like to sue those companies for vaccine injuries. Now pesticide companies are trying ...

In a case of first impression in New Jersey, the Supreme Court held that while the Emergency Medical Services Act (EMS Act) and Good Samaritan Act provide immunity to officers and members of a rescue ...

A judge’s recent order denying qualified immunity to two law enforcement officers in a federal wrongful death lawsuit marks ...

On October 9, 2025, the Washington Supreme Court held that tribal sovereign immunity cannot be abrogated through in rem jurisdiction over tribally owned non-reservation lands to vest the court with ...