The company is legally shielded from liability for what users post.
In New York, meanwhile, only wetlands 12.4 acres or larger are legally shielded from development.
This was the core of the complaint some lawmakers made against Mr. Sessions on Tuesday: Internal executive branch information is not legally shielded from Congress by default; rather, the president chooses whether to invoke it in a particular instance.
Though discussions to hire Pulskamp were secret, personnel decisions are legally shielded until being finalized.
Although its launch was delayed by litigation, it has since been the subject of recurring controversies and is now legally shielded from performance audits by the state's auditor.
Apple is hardly unique in seeking to legally shield tens of billions in profits from tax collectors in the United States and overseas, even if its tactics may have been unusually aggressive.
Among them is Henry Camferdam Jr., an Indiana millionaire, who contends that in 1999 he paid a total of $7 million, including several million dollars to Jenkens & Gilchrist, for a tax shelter that the law firm said would legally shield $70 million in profits from taxes.
And, it said, the site's terms of service could not be enforced against Wagner because of another recently enacted law, the Consumer Review Fairness Act, that legally shields individuals who share their "honest opinions" about a business online.
Although the manager receives these high communication signals, all other components are shielded from unnecessary communication overhead.
While some doubt remains about whether the president has the authority to pardon himself, a self-pardon is most likely legally ineffective from shielding a president from future federal prosecution.
Third parties are legally able to "shield the audience information", thus depriving the artist from potentially lucrative contacts.
