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PORTLAND, ME – A federal court has entered a consent order requiring three sports bars to pay $51,775 in back wages to 47 employees, and $31,436 in civil money penalties, resolving the U.S. Department of Labor’s case alleging the employers violated federal wage and child labor law.Entered on June 4, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, the consent judgment and order resolve the department’s case alleging that three sports bars in Biddeford, Scarborough, and Westbrook – Cowbell Rock Row LLC operating as Cowbell Rock Row, Cowbell Hospitality LLC operating as Cowbell Biddeford, and Cowbell Hospitality 2 LLC