Qualified immunity

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Kaskela Law LLC Announces Investigation of Immuneering Corporation (NASDAQ: IMRX) and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm

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Saturday, November 11, 2023

Kaskela Law LLC announces that it is investigating Immuneering Corporation (NASDAQ: IMRX) on behalf of the company’s investors.

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  • Kaskela Law LLC announces that it is investigating Immuneering Corporation (NASDAQ: IMRX) on behalf of the company’s investors.
  • Immuneering stockholders are encouraged to contact Kaskela Law LLC (D. Seamus Kaskela, Esq.
  • Kaskela Law LLC exclusively represents investors in securities fraud, corporate governance, and merger & acquisition litigation on a contingent basis.
  • For additional information about Kaskela Law LLC please visit www.kaskelalaw.com .

California Bill to Amend the “Bane Act” Will be One of the Most Powerful Law Enforcement Reforms in 2021

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

b"OAKLAND, Calif., April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Tom Bane Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code section 52.1, is California\xe2\x80\x99s most broadly applicable civil rights law \xe2\x80\x93 the state counterpart to the Federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.

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  • b"OAKLAND, Calif., April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Tom Bane Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code section 52.1, is California\xe2\x80\x99s most broadly applicable civil rights law \xe2\x80\x93 the state counterpart to the Federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.
  • The Bane Act forbids people from interfering with a person's constitutional rights by threat, intimidation, or coercion.
  • Importantly, qualified immunity, which undermines access to civil justice in so many federal claims, does not apply to violations of the Bane Act.
  • Unfortunately, as the federal civil rights act has come under sustained attack, so too has the Bane Act, leaving it inadequate redress many civil rights violations.

NCLA Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Undo Fifth Circuit’s Expansion of Qualified Immunity Doctrine

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Friday, February 12, 2021

NCLA represents Dr. Walsh, who was fired after a constitutionally inadequate Title IX university hearing on allegations that he sexually harassed a student.

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  • NCLA represents Dr. Walsh, who was fired after a constitutionally inadequate Title IX university hearing on allegations that he sexually harassed a student.
  • It also decided that his due process right was clearly established, negating qualified immunity for Defendants.
  • On appeal, the Fifth Circuit conversely held that university officials were entitled to qualified immunity.
  • Qualified immunity has become a caricature of fairness and justice, and the Court must restore sanity to this doctrine.

National Police Support Fund Releases Qualified Immunity Video, Continues Nationwide Awareness Campaign

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Political grassroots organization National Police Support Fund has just launched a video ad campaign focused on the latest political movement against police officers: qualified immunity.

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  • ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Political grassroots organization National Police Support Fund has just launched a video ad campaign focused on the latest political movement against police officers: qualified immunity.
  • This video is part of a larger nationwide initiative to raise awareness about qualified immunity and why it's so important to our nation's officers.
  • National Police Support Fund's Qualified Immunity video states "Repealing qualified immunity could result in even fewer people lining up to serve the public during these troubled times, knowing it could lead to personal and financial ruin."
  • For more information about qualified immunity and the work National Police Support Fund is doing to support and defend police officers within the political process, visit nationalpolicesupportfund.com/qualified-immunity-fact-page/
    National Police Support Fund is a national political organization organized under Section 527 of the IRS Tax Code.

National Police Support Fund Launches Series, Free Resources on Qualified Immunity

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

ARLINGTON, Va., July 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- National Police Support Fund launched an initiative today that will help educate and engage the public on the recently popular topic of qualified immunity for police officers.

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  • ARLINGTON, Va., July 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- National Police Support Fund launched an initiative today that will help educate and engage the public on the recently popular topic of qualified immunity for police officers.
  • National Police Support Fund is a grassroots political organization whose mission is to promote the interests and well-being of American police officers within the public policy process through grassroots political action.
  • National Police Support Fund launched the initiative to engage and build awareness on this topic with the Qualified Immunity Fact Page, which can be found here: https://nationalpolicesupportfund.com/qualified-immunity-fact-page/ .
  • National Police Support Fund is a national political organization organized under Section 527 of the IRS Tax Code.

NCLA Amicus Brief Asks Supreme Court to Summarily Reverse Decision Granting Qualified Immunity to Police Officers Who Stole Money While Executing Search Warrant

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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

They are appealing from a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that granted the officers qualified immunity from being sued on the theory that the officers may not have known that their conduct was unconstitutional.

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  • They are appealing from a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that granted the officers qualified immunity from being sued on the theory that the officers may not have known that their conduct was unconstitutional.
  • NCLA believes the Ninth Circuit misapplied the Supreme Courts Saucier standard for analyzing the qualified immunity defense, which follows a two-step process.
  • First, the court is supposed to ask whether the victim has alleged a harm to his or her actual constitutional rights.
  • The Supreme Court justices do not like to stoop to error correction, but the consequences here are just too dire.