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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

Chambers and Kam think they know; YouTube’s algorithm, they believe, is discriminating against them.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2019

Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and 15 other U.S. business groups complained in a letter to President Barack Obama that "India is discriminating against a wide range of U.S. exports."

From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2013

He is hearty in appreciating talent of every kind, but he is discriminating in his judgment of ideas, and rarely sympathetic.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron