ZACHARY W. CARTER
   United States Attorney
   Eastern District of New York

   By:

   Assistant United States Attorney
   One Pierrepont Plaza, 14th Floor
   Brooklyn, New York 11201
   Tel.: (718) 254-7000

                        UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                        EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

                    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff,
                                     v.
              LAISSEZ FAIRE, INC., a corporation, Defendant.

                               99 Civ. 1624

                                 COMPLAINT

   Plaintiff, the United States of America, acting upon notification and
   authorization to the Attorney General by the Federal Trade Commission
   ("Commission"), for its complaint alleges that:

   1. Plaintiff brings this action under Sections 5(a)(1), 5(m)(1)(A), 9,
   13(b) and 16(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act ("FTC Act"), 15
   U.S.C. §§ 45(a)(1), 45(m)(1)(A), 49, 53(b) and 56(a), to obtain
   monetary civil penalties and injunctive and other relief for
   defendant's violations of the Commission's Trade Regulation Rule
   Concerning the Care Labeling of Textile Wearing Apparel ("Care
   Labeling Rule"), 16 C.F.R. Part 423, and for violations of Section
   5(a)(1) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)(1).

                          JURISDICTION AND VENUE

   2. This Court has jurisdiction over this matter under 28 U.S.C.
   1331, 1337(a), 1345, and 1355 and under 15 U.S.C.§§ 45(m)(1)(A), 49,
   53(b) and 56(a). This action arises under 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)(1).

   3. Venue is proper in the Eastern District of New York under 15 U.S.C.
   § 53(b) and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b)-(c) and 1395(a).

                                 DEFENDANT

   4. Defendant Laissez Faire, Inc. is a New York corporation with its
   office and principal place of business located within the Eastern

   ZACHARY W. CARTER
   United States Attorney
   Eastern District of New York

   By: ______________________
   Assistant United States Attorney
   One Pierrepont Plaza, 14th Floor
   Brooklyn, New York 11201
   Tel.: (718) 254-7000

                        UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                        EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

                    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff,
                                     v.
              LAISSEZ FAIRE, INC., a corporation, Defendant.

                               CONSENT DECREE
                                99 Civ. 1624

   WHEREAS: Plaintiff, the United States of America, has commenced this
   action by filing the complaint herein; defendant has waived service of
   the summons and complaint; the parties have been represented by the
   attorneys whose names appear hereafter; and the parties have agreed to
   settlement of this action upon the following terms and conditions,
   without adjudication of any issue of fact or law and without defendant
   admitting liability for any of the matters alleged in the complaint;

   THEREFORE, on the joint motion of plaintiff and defendant, it is
   hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED as follows:

   1. This Court has jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the
   parties.

   2. The complaint states a claim upon which relief may be granted
   against the defendant under Sections 5(a)(1), 5(m)(1)(A), 9, 13(b) and
   16(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 45(a)(1),
   45(m)(1)(A), 49, 53(b) and 56(a).

                               CIVIL PENALTY

   3. Defendant Laissez Faire, Inc., its successors and assigns, shall
   pay to plaintiff a civil penalty, pursuant to Section 5(m)(1)(A) of
   the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(m)(1)(A), in the
   amount of $30,000.

   4. Defendant shall make the payment required by Paragraph 3 within
   five (5) days of the date defendant receives notice from plaintiff of