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The Washington Department of Corrections has agreed to a court order requiring it to address the problem of staff sexual misconduct against women supervised by the Department.  The settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit, know as Jane Doe v. Clarke, filed in July 2007 by Columbia Legal Services and the Public Interest Law Group on behalf of current and former female prisoners who alleged they were sexually assaulted by prison guards. (more)

A group of manufactured housing tenants, assisted by CLS attorneys, settled with a manufactured housing industry group who agreed to strip language from their standard rental agreements that appeared to violate state laws governing the frequency of rent increases. This article from the Seattle PI describes the case.