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• Federal Lawsuit Accuses Atlanta's Pink Pony Of Taking Dancers' Tips Through 'House Fees' (blackenterprise.com) — A federal lawsuit claims the Pink Pony club in Brookhaven required dancers to pay steep nightly "house fees" from their tips, sometimes leaving shifts with no earnings. The case, filed in Atlanta's federal court, seeks to represent current and former dancers from the past three years and challenges how the Brookhaven venue classifies and compensates its workers under federal wage law.
   

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