MARY JO WHITE
United States Attorney
By: Aaron M. Katz
Assistant United States Attorney
1 Saint Andrew's Plaza
New York, New York 10007
Tel: 212-637-2200
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff,
v.
MILADY BRIDALS, INC., a corporation; and
EVE MUSCIO, individually and as an officer of Milady Bridals, Inc.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No.
COMPLAINT FOR
CIVIL PENALTIES, INJUNCTIVE, AND OTHER RELIEF
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), 16(a) and 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act ("FTC Act"),
15 U.S.C. §§ 45(a)(1), 45(m)(1)(A), 49, 53(b), 56(a) and 57b to obtain
monetary civil penalties and injunctive and other relief for
defendants' violations of the Commission's Trade Regulation Rule
Concerning the Care Labeling of Textile Wearing Apparel, 16 C.F.R.
Part 423 ("the Care Labeling Rule").
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
2. The 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), 56(a) and 57b. This action arises under 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)(1).
3. Venue in the Southern District of New York is proper under 15
U.S.C. § 53(b) and under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b-c) and 1395(a).
DEFENDANTS
4. Defendant Milady Bridals, Inc. is a New York corporation with its
SNIPPETS:
Assistant United States Attorney
Saint Andrew's Plaza New York,
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff,
MILADY BRIDALS, INC., a corporation; and EVE MUSCIO, individually and as an officer of Milady
CIVIL PENALTIES, INJUNCTIVE, AND OTHER RELIEF
Plaintiff, the United States of America, acting upon notification and authorization to the
Plaintiff brings this action under Sections 5, 5, 9, 13, 16and 19 of the Federal Trade
Inc. resides and transacts business in the Southern District of New York.
In connection with the matters alleged herein, Eve Muscio transacts business in the Southern
Individually or in concert with others, defendant Eve Muscio formulated, directed, and
The Care Labeling Rule, promulgated by the Commission on December 9, 1971, was amended by the
At all times during which the acts or practices complained of herein occurred, defendant
In numerous instances in the five years preceding the date of the filing of this complaint,
By the use of the above-described, or substantially similar, labels, defendants have failed
In particular, the dry cleaning instruction on the care label does not state at least one
IN VIOLATION OF THE FTC ACT
Each sale or attempted sale, during the five years preceding the filing of this complaint, of
Section 4 of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, 28 U.S.C. § 2461,
Order defendants to retain adequate records of the care instructions on each item of textile
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