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A 2021 law allows people to sue for damages when private detention center operators fail to follow the care standards laid out in their contracts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Those who remain alive might well be bluffing, projecting resolve even if they would privately prefer to sue for peace.

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2026

The New Mexico measure would let citizens sue for violations of the law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

He asks her to sue for divorce, but Aurora refuses, raging that doing so would mean her life as she knows it would be over.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025

With that, he became the first person to legally stake a claim to his own tissue and sue for profits and damages.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot


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