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"Are you a fan of Lady Gaga&amp;#x27;s super-creative, over-the-top nail designs? The woman behind the talon-art&amp;amp;#8212;Aya Fukuda&amp;amp;#8212;has been working with Gaga since December 2010 and has created some of the star&amp;#x27;s iconic fingerswagger for photoshoots and music videos (including &amp;quot;Born This Way,&amp;quot; below). So why is she being sued for $35,000 by her former employer? All the details after the jump. Michael Duenas, who founded Hair Room Service, a company that sends hair and makeup professionals on outcalls, is suing Fukuda for $35,000 because, he claims, Fukuda was first introduced to Gaga through the agency and was under a non-compete contract when she allegedly &amp;quot;poached&amp;quot; the star client. The New York Post reports:The lawsuit says Aya Fukuda signed on as an independent &amp;amp;#8220;nail artist&amp;amp;#8221; with the service in July 2010, agreeing to pay a 40 percent commission and that she would not &amp;amp;#8220;appropriate any client.&amp;amp;#8221; The company booked her for several appointments with Gaga until June 2011, when Fukuda&amp;amp;#8217;s lawyer told the company she wanted out of her deal. The company wouldn&amp;#x27;t sign off on her terms, the suit says. A company rep said they offered Fukuda a termination agreement in August, but it would have barred her from putting her hands on Gaga&amp;#x27;s digits, and Fukuda refused to sign it. Fukuda has continued to work with Gaga (and even did the nails for her video for &amp;quot;Marry the Night&amp;quot;). Duenas&amp;#x27; lawsuit seeks $35,000 and &amp;quot;a court order barring Fukuda from working with the superstar,&amp;quot; says the Post. What do you think about this whole situation? Should Duenas be able to ban Fukuda from working with Gaga? Photo credit: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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