Equal Pay: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act provides protection against pay discrimination, but the protection is useless if suits must be brought before employees know of the discrimination.

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If state suits were allowed, tort lawyers would argue the old product is defective.

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If the suits are moving elsewhere, the artisans, producing everything from furniture to special effects for films, are more than making up for them.

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