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Faride Cuevas, a participant in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, talks to reporters Wednesday in Seattle as Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and other DACA participants look on.

States Sue To Block DACA Termination, Citing Trump's 'Racial Animus'

1:18pm September 07, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

State attorneys general also argue that the Trump administration's decision to phase out the Obama-era program violates due process rights of the immigrants by failing to protect their personal data.

Washington, D.C., lawyer Jeffrey Lovitky is suing President Trump over Trump's financial disclosure forms.

Lawyer Sues Trump, Saying He'd Rather Not

10:33am March 27, 2017

by Peter Overby

"I think people are afraid to put their name on a lawsuit against the president," Jeffrey Lovitky says. "There is a sense that Donald Trump can be very difficult on people who oppose him."

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A 69,000-person class action against the parent company of Kay Jewelers alleges widespread pay discrimination against female employees. The suit alleges that at the same time, the company failed to stop a pattern of unwanted sexual advances by male manage

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Parent Company of Kay Jewelers Accused Of Wage Discrimination Against Women

7:49pm March 01, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Some 69,000 employees are covered by a class-action lawsuit against the company. Hundreds of women have given newly released firsthand accounts of enduring unwanted sexual advances by male superiors.

Curt Freed (left) and his husband, Robert Ingersoll, after a November 2016 hearing before Washington state's Supreme Court.

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Washington State Court Rules Florist Broke The Law By Refusing To Serve Gay Couple

2:30pm February 16, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The state Supreme Court has ruled that a florist broke a state anti-discrimination law when she refused to provide flowers for a wedding between two men.

A new lawsuit alleges the public defender system for the the state of Louisiana has failed to provide effective representation to poor people.

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La. Governor Sued Over State's Alleged Failure To Provide Lawyers To Poor Defendants

5:27pm February 07, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

A lawsuit filed Monday describes defendants waiting months in jail before meeting a lawyer, and some defendants who don't get a lawyer at all. Similar suits are underway in at least six other states.

Physical therapy may not help a person with a progressive chronic disease become well, but it can help slow a decline.

Legal Dispute Continues Over Medicare Coverage Of Physical Therapy

1:09pm January 30, 2017

by Susan Jaffe

Under a settlement in 2013, Medicare was supposed to make clear to physical therapists that their services are covered even if beneficiaries aren't improving. But that hasn't been widely accepted.

A road through the Gila River Indian Community in 2014. The tribe is one of 17 tribal governments the U.S. government announced Monday it had settled lawsuits with, over alleged mismanagement of land and resources.

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U.S. Government To Pay $492 Million To 17 American Indian Tribes

6:48pm September 27, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The settlement resolves lawsuits alleging the federal government mismanaged tribal land, resources and money. The Obama administration says it has now settled more than $3.3 billion in such suits.

Native Americans march to a sacred site on Sunday that they say was disturbed by bulldozers working on the Dakota Access Pipeline, near the encampment where hundreds of people have gathered to join the Standing Rock Sioux tribe's protest.

Judge Rules That Construction Can Proceed On Dakota Access Pipeline

6:15pm September 09, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe had sought a temporary stop to work on the pipeline. But after the ruling, three U.S. agencies said work would halt in an area particularly sensitive to the tribe.

Former corrections officer Robert Fletcher says he bought this painting from artist Peter Doig in 1976.

Artist Peter Doig Says He Didn't Paint This, And A Judge Agrees

6:15pm August 23, 2016

by Andrew Limbong

A retired corrections officer says he bought the painting from Doig in 1976, but Doig (now a famous artist) says that wasn't him. So the retiree lawyered up and went to court.

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Ice Is Nice, But Do I Have To Say Venti To Get A Large Coffee?

8:39am May 07, 2016

by Lynn Neary

A woman is suing Starbucks for putting too much ice in her iced coffee. NPR's Lynn Neary wonders if asking the barista for light ice could fix things, then decries the Starbucks' naming conventions.

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