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Several Vietnamese American-owned nail salons in Orange County have sued California, alleging the state’s labor code is discriminating against their businesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
Bolliger, Miller and Smith are suing the coffee behemoth as part of a $5-million class action alleging that Starbucks is discriminating against them and other lactose-intolerant customers by charging extra for nondairy milks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
"We think it's discriminatory, that it is discriminating against foreign producers in relation to U.S. producers," said European Commission spokesperson Miriam Garcia Ferrer.
From Reuters ● Aug. 11, 2022
“I don’t think coronavirus is discriminating based on income. Hehehe!”
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2020
This is not done with ostentatious pomp, as the hyperbolical heroes of vulgar novelists are painted, but always with taste, which though lavish is discriminating.
From Milton by Mark Pattison
