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Texas Rules Tax On Strip Clubs Constitutional

26 August 2011

You can leave your hat on. But bring your wallet. The Texas Supreme Court has determined that a $5 entrance fee to strip clubs in the Lone Star State is constitutional. The ruling comes after a protracted fight between strippers (I’m sorry, I meant “adult entertainers”) and the state. Three years ago, a Texas court [...]

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Strip Club Doesn’t Meet “Bare Minimum” in Court

14 June 2011

I’m often asked whether I want my kids to grow up to become lawyers. The assumption most people have, since I’m a lawyer married to a lawyer, is that I do. In fact, my routine response is that we tell the kids that they can be anything that they want to be with the exception [...]

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Is Stripping Art?

30 March 2009

A New York judge seems to think so. Administrative Law Judge Catherine M. Bennett has ruled that the eloquently named Nite Moves, a strip club in Albany, NY qualifies for the “dramatic arts” sales tax exemption under New York tax law. Why? The choreography, of course. It takes a simple stripper and makes her an [...]

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