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The Detroit News Detroit&nbsp;— Federal officials were barred Monday from enforcing a regulation that had kept&nbsp;strip club owners from obtaining&nbsp;emergency loans during the COVID-19 outbreak.U.S. District Judge Matthew Leitman issued a preliminary injunction&nbsp;barring the U.S. Small Business Administration from enforcing provisions that prohibited sexually oriented businesses from obtaining loans through the&nbsp;federal Paycheck Protection Program.The provisions&nbsp;prohibited loans to businesses that provide live performances of a&nbsp;“prurient sexual nature." On Monday, Leitman said the SBA exceeded its authority and that Congress intended such businesses to be included among those eligible for emergency loans."There is a substantial risk that plaintiffs will lose their businesses if they do not obtain PPP loans now," Leitman wrote.&nbsp;The legal fight in federal court in Detroit was prompted by businessman Jason Mohney, who oversees a national strip club empire. His lawyer filed a lawsuit last month&nbsp;alleging the SBA regulation discriminates against an $8 billion industry that includes thousands of strip clubs nationwide and more than 57,000 employees. The discrimination was happening at a time when strip clubs have been shuttered during the COVID-19 global pandemic, according to the lawsuit.&nbsp;The lawsuit was filed on behalf of his Flint topless club, Little Darlings, against the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza and&nbsp;Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin."We are pleased with the result," said Bradley Shafer, attorney for the Little Darlings club.The judge's order comes amid a shrinking pool of money remaining to help businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately $125 billion is left from two rounds of funding that totaled $659 billion."We are concerned about the closing of the program impacting on the relief we have been able to obtain," Shafer added.rsnell@detroitnews.comTwitter:&nbsp;@robertsnellnews&nbsp;

The Detroit News Detroit&nbsp;— Federal officials were barred Monday from enforcing a regulation that had kept&nbsp;strip club owners from obtaining&nbsp;emergency loans during the COVID-19 outbreak.U.S. District Judge Matthew Leitman issued a preliminary injunction&nbsp;barring the U.S. Small Business Administration from enforcing provisions that prohibited sexually oriented businesses from obtaining loans through the&nbsp;federal Paycheck Protection Program.The provisions&nbsp;prohibited loans to businesses that provide live performances of a&nbsp;“prurient sexual nature." On Monday,...

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