CHRXS~I'OPHER S, P(~RR1N0ATTORNEY GENERAL ~F NF~V JERSEYDivision of L.ar~v1 2~€ Halsey Street - 5`~' I~IOOi•P,O. Box 45029Netivark, New Jersey Q71 a 1~lttorzaey for Plaintiffs

By: David M. Reap (025632012')Deputy Attorney Gez~et•alConsumer Fra~.td Prosecution Section(973} b4$-7819

CI-IRrSTUPHER S. PORRIN(a, Aitorney Gene~~alof the State of New Jersey, anc€ STEVE L. LSE,Director of the IVTe~~ Jersey Division of~ConsumerAffairs,

Plaintiffs,

JUST PUPS LLC; and VINCEI`~1T LOSACCU,Indivicival]y; and JANE and JOHN DC}FS 1-~d,individually acid as owners, officers, directors,shareholders, founders, managers, agents,employees, repz•es~ntatives and/or independentcontractors o E ,BUST PUPS LLC; and XYLCORPORATIONS 1-1 U,

De~'endants.

1111~N~~,AO~ W. T~SKOSJ.S.~o

SUPERIOR COURT, OF NEW JERSEYCHANCF_,RY DIV~~SInN,BERGEN CQUN~"YDQCKE~I' NO. BLR-C~ 184-16

Civil Action

FINAL CQ~1SC~`T .T~C_.lDCMENT

~l~he parties to this Action and Final Consent Judgment ("Consent ,T~tdgmcnt"} ~~•e plaintiffs

Chris~c~phez~ S. Po~~~•ino, Attort~eti~ Genet•ai afth~ State o~New Jersey ~"A.ttorney Gener~I"~, and St~v~

L. I.,~e, Uiz•ectoz• of the Ive~v .~ersey Division of t=;onsu~ner Affairs ("llirector'y} (collectively,

"Plaintiffs"j, and defend~~nts Just Pups I,LC ("Just Pups"} and ~lincent LoSacco ("LoSacGo"}

(collectively, "Def~;ndants") (cotlectively, "1'~rtics"}. As eviden~~d by Their si~;natcrres bGlo~~, the

Partic;s cons~r~t to the entry ot'tl.~is Consent .IUC~~Il7~I1~ ~t~t~ 1tS ~I•ovisions without trial or adjudication

of a~~}~ isst,e of fact o~- lativ, and tiWiE:~~ut Zn admission of any liability or ~vrongdoin~ of any kind.

PREL~I~Z~N~LIt`~' ~'~'~TF~'tF.N"~'

~'laincif is commenced t~~is Action oa July S, 20 ~ G, alle~i.n~ that Defendants ~riolated the New

Jersey Cons~imer Frltfd tact, N,.T.:S.A, Sh: B~ 1 ct seq, ("CF'A"), the ReguIatians Govcrnin~ the Sale of

Anii~z~ils, N.J.A.C. 13:~5~-3 2.1 of sec . ("pet I~e~ulati~ns"}, the Pet I'~ixcl7ase P~-otect~c~n .pct,

N.J.S.,~, Sb:B-92 ~t sect, ("PPPA"}, and the Regulations Governing General Ad~Tertising, ~1.J.A.C.

1 3:~SA-~).1 et scc . (<`Adve~•tisixlg I~e~;~~l~~tions"), at~iszz~~ from theiz~ tldv~rtiserrient, offer fox• Salc

a~~td~`or 5a1e of At~im~lls i~~ the State. Among ether things, Plai~~tiffs alleged that Defendants failed to

ce~mply ~viih the pr~~es5 sCt to~~t~~ in t~~~; Pet R.~~ul'd~lUi1S ili'IC~ ~I~~ PPP~1 W~1Cl•e~~3J co~Zsui~~c~s ~liay seek

Li•om Defe~~dar~ts refunds end/or reimburse~i~~nt for veterinary i:e~s t~~r Animals that thcy pure~~sed

from T)ef er~dants teat were su~~sequenily deemed by a veterinarian to i~~~ve been unfit for ptircliase,

due to ill~less or a congenital defect ~1lereafCer, "Ref.uncilT~.eimbLirsement Pt•ocess"), Throti~h their•

~ctior~, P~aiz~iifFs identified at least ttiver~ty (20) consumers wl~o they assert su~stanti.aily compliecl

~~vitll t11e nc~#ificatio~~ re~~«ircments of t11e ~tefund/~eimbw~semen! Process, aid «hose claims f'o~•

refu►~ds ~~~d/or z•~imbursemenf f~~r veterinary fees were reFt~sec~ acid/or not acic~~owlec~ged by

L7zfeciclants. L~etend~nts deny that they did not comply with. t~~e Refund/Reimburs~meilt Process.

Dti~•i~1;~ the ~~ndEncy of this Actin, Plaintiffs discovered that Defe~~.d~tn~s had engaged in

cunducr at their Pet Strop is~ Last T-Ianaver, 1~Te~~ Jersey, that Plain~itfs considered to const~~ute

additic7n~~l ~ic~lations of the l'et ~~e~;ulations anc~ the ~'PPA, Based on that conduct, Plainkiffs sott~ht

~7~t'TT115S)UIl ~TUT71 ~I1~ C011t•t t~ file a supplem~nlal plc~<~dz~~z~ pursuant to R. ~:9-4, asserting that they

no~~- l~~~cf grounds to allege, among other things, that Defe~~dants accepted depvs~ts an~~/o~~ other

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payments fo~~ Animals px'l01" f0 hclV1C1~ t~1~ /~l.I.ill'1~IS ~X~T3"t111t'C~ b~~ a veterinarian licensed to p~~actice in

the State, in violation of the PP~'~, and that D~~eiatiants included in animal history and health

certificates statements concerning the Animal's breec~~r that were false, in violation v~' the Pei

Re~ul~tians. Ue~'~ndants cier~y these allegations. 'I'I~er~~tfter, the Parties agreed to the terns of this

C'o~~s~nt J~ud~menl to resolve Pla.intif'~s' cl~.ims a~~jifist Defe~~dants, incltadino those claims that

Plaintiffs we~•~ seeking to include thi~ou~ll a supplemental ~leadir~b.

Tl~e- Court has revie~ved t11e terr~is aF this Consent Judgment and based upon the Panties'

agreement ~nc~i fox• gao~~ c~~i~se sl~~wn:

IT IS HEREBY QKllEREI~, AD,TU~GED AND .GREED AS FOLL~~VS:

~. Jviz~s~.~c~~~o~

i ,1 Tla~ Ya~-ti~s adi~~it jtt~'15C~i~tI017 t~~' this Court avEr Ehc subj~~;t ~~~atter at;~l ~v~r tllz

~'arties fog' tI1~ ~JL1Tpc~se of e~~t~rin~; into tk~is Consent 3ud~i1lei~t. The C~ourt•t retains jurisclicti~~i foe• tl-~e

p~.~z~~ose oFenablin~ the Pax-ties to apply to the Court ~~t piny time for such further orc~c~~•s and relie~as

tnay be n~cess~r~~ for the construction, modification, er~forcem~nt, exec~~tion or satisfaction of thzs

Consent JLid~met~t.

2. VENLIF

2, l Purs~~ant t~ N.,).S.A. 56:8-8, VL't1UG' ~s t« ail mattc;rs between t~~e Parties hereto

retatinb to o~• at'15]Il~ OUt Of ~l"lIS COI1S~.t1~ JUC~~i2leIlf '~ViI~ I1~ ~YCIUS[~~~ely 11] t~'lE Sl~~7eTlgi' CUL1Tt O~~~e~~

J~rs~y> Chancery Division, F3crgen Co~mty.

3. EFFE',CTTV~ llA`1`G

3.1 This Cvnserlt ,ludgrnent is cf#'ective on the date that it is entered with the Caizrt

("Effective Date"},

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As used iz~ this Consent Judgment, the follo~~ii~g eapitaliz~d wa~•ds or terms have the

foll~r~~in~, m~anin~;~, ti4~hich meanings apply «~herever the ~~~ords and te~•~lls ~ppe~r in this Consent

.Tudgment.

=~. 1 "Action" ret~trs !o the; matter titled Porrirl~, ~i al. v. TL1S(: PIi~S, et al.; S~~pe~'30C C:ULlI'~ 0~

Ne~v .~ei•sey, Chancery Uivisic~n, Bergen County, Docket Nn, BER-C- ~ ~~-.l ~, and all ple;adinbs anc~

prt•oceedin~s related the►•eto, I~1CIL3C~t1~~ ~h~ Cutllp~r~ll~t., fiilecl Jiily ~, 201G, the Ans~~er, tiled Au~~ist

15, 2f)16, and the rust Ainellded Gornplaint, filed Septembe~~ 27, 20 i 6.

4.2 ".~dvertiseme»t" is defined in accord~~~~ce r~~ith N..~.S.A. S~:~i-I(c}, T~~is cleiinition

applies to c~tl~~r forms of tl~e tivarcl "Ad~le~•~isement,'' Including "Ad ~°ertist~."

~.3 "Ar~tr~~~l" is ~l~'ir7C~1 (a} f~t~ pu~'poses ~f' t~~e PeC Regulatiutis, in uccurclance with

N.J.~1.C. 13;45A-12, i; and (bj foi~ purposes of the .E'l.'1'A, in accorti~.i~ce ~~titl~. N.J.S.A. 56:8-93.

~.~ "~lttort~ey General" re3:ers to the Attorney Cre~~e►•al cif the State of Ne« ,~e~~sey a~~d tl~c

Ot`fice off' tt~e Attorney Ger~~r~al o~ t~~~ ~t~te of Ne~v Jersey.

4,5 "Breeder" is deti~led in accordance with N.J.S.A. SCi:B-93.

4.0 ``Broker" is defined its acc~~t-cf~nce tivith N..~.S.A. SEi:8,93.

4.7 "C:onsutnct'' rcfe~•s to any Pe~•son whu is offered Me~•chanc~ise i`t~~• Sale. "Gonstt~n~~"

is also defined {a) for p~~rposes of the Pet Regttl~tions, in accord~~nce with N.,T,A,~'. 13:45A-t2, l;

and (b) for ~~u7•p~s~s of the PPPA, in ~cc~~rdance tivitl~ ~z.J.S,A. S~:S,93.

~,$ "IncluclinQ" IS t;0I15~:fU~t~ `c1S ~7road[y as possible and met~~~s "~vithtzut ~izn[tatian,"

4.9 "1{.en~~el" is de; f.ined in accordance r~vitl~ N.J.A.C;. 13 ;=~~A- (2,1. ,

~, t 4 "lvl~reh~ndisc;" is defined in accordance wfith N.J.S.~1. 56:8-1(c), and shall Include

A.~~iz~~al s.

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~.1 1 "Pct S}1o~~" is CI~~~t17~C~ {ct~ ~OI~ purposes of the Pet Regulation, in accorctanc~; ~~ith

N..i.A.C. 13 ;~-5A,1 '7.1; a~~d (l~~ for• pu~~~oses of~ the PPPA, in acca~~danc~ with N..~.S.A. Sb:B-93.

~l. l 2 "S~l~" is defined in accoi•d~~nce with N..T.S.A. 56:8-1(c).

~.1 ~ "St~~te" a~~d "I~'ew Jersey" shall refer to the State ofNev~- Jersey.

5. ZNJU~IC:1"PVT RFL,IEF ANI~ RFQUIRE~ BiJSIi~1~SS P~2ACTZC~S

S. ~ Just l~'ups is pet-~z~a~l~ntly enjoined from cc~nc~uctij~~; atly operatiol~s in the State,

In.cludirla Adve~-tisiz~~, offe~•i11~ fo~~ Sate ~~r~d;or yelling Aniin~ls its the State, InclrGdrn~ ley: {a}

o~vT~i►1~ ar~d/o►~ opeT-atin~ a Pet Shoff iz1 the State; (b) ow't1111fj ~112CII(71~ ~pet~atizlg ~~ Ker~a~~l in the State;

(c} acting a.s a ~3z•eed~r in the State; and/o~~ (ci) acting acs a Bz~oker ir1 tl7e State.

S.2 ~..o,Sacco is nerm~~«ently enjoined from At~vertising, affe~,in~ fox sale and/ur selling

~~r1im~~jJ lil lCl~ Jlc~~~, ~nc~utlin~ by: (a) ownir~~, r7~anagirr~, aii~iui~ opr;~°~~cir~~ a Aet S1~c~p iry tl~~ State;

(b) owning, man~~in~, anti/a~~ ope7~a~ing a fennel in the Sta#'c; {c) acting as a Breeder in the State;

al~d/a1- {d) acting as a ~3t~oker in the State,

5,3 LoSacco is perr~lane~ltly ettjoixled fx•om set~ving as all employee, advisor, cons~~ltant,

i17de~3ei~dent Cc7ntl•actor ~nc1!or ~,~ei~t c~f'any ~'et Shop, I{ennel, Breeder and/or Brolcer in the State,

whether Stich position is p~lid o~• Linpai~I.

~~. SETTLEMENT AVl~t1N'~`

~>. l r['l1e Pa~-~ies have agreed to a s~ttleme~~t of thy: Action in the amount af'I'hi•ee 11~indred

~I'tiventy Six ~l'holisand Forty and 21/10{} Dollars ($32C,0~0.21} (:`Settlement Amat~~lt"). The

~ettici~ient Amount is CU171~t~ised of Tr~vo Hui7drec~ Ninet~~ Thousand and OO/l0U Dolla~•s

($2~}0,()Oi).(}U}iii civil p~naltie;s, pursuant to N.3.S.A. 56:8 I3, Thirty Th~usa~~d One r~ii~ndred Sixty-

Th~~ce az~c~ 73!1 Q4 Dolla~•s (~3U,1 G3.73) in t~estitution, ~ursu~nt to N.,I.S.II. 5~;8-8, and Five

Tholisa~~d Ei~11t Hundred Sevent}~ Six and ~~8/1 ~0 Dollat•s ($5,~~6.4$) in reim~urse~nent of

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I'lainti#ts' 1t1V~Sfl~i].~3Ve Cc)StS~ pursuant to I~.J.S.11. 5~:8-1 I .

6,2 Thi;-~y~Six Thousand ~iorty and 21/] Q~ Dolla~•s ($36,0=X0,21} of` thc; Settlement

Arnc~~int ("Seiticment Payment") shall be paid as follo~r~~s:

(a} {Un or before the Effective Date, Thit-tyr Thous~~nc~ Une ~-~uridred Sixty-Th~-~e a~1d73/~ 00 ~~oIlars {30,1 f~3.73); and

fib) Uc~ or before Macy j 1, 2(31 K, Five 1'housane~i Eight Hu~~d~•ec~ Seventy Six ~z~d 48/100T~ollars (~S,S7~,~8)

6.3 I~efendants shall make the Settlement Payment z•ef`ercl~ccd in Sectiotl 6.? by' ~,~ire

transfer, cei~ti#ied oi• cashier's cl~ec;k, money) orcic~• or credit card r~~~c~e payable to "New re~~sey

1~ivision of ConsLi~zler .~ffaii•s" and forwaF•cied lo;

Gasc Manageme~lt Tracki~~gDivision ot'C'onsum~t~ ~Fiairs1 2~ Halsey-~ Street~'.U..Box ~5U2SN~war•lt, l~Te~v J~rse}~~ a71 Q 1,~ttentic~n; Vats titallett, Lead Itivesti,~dtor

6.~ UPon making the Sutticrne,nt P~~yment, T)~fendants shall irnr~~ediately be fully

di~~estec~ o#'any i~ltel•est in, c~a~ ov~Inership ~f, the monies paid and all intel•est irl tl~e monies, and ai~.y

subse~~Li~nt interest or income; d~riv~d therefrom, s}call i~~u~~c entirely t~ the benefit of the Pl~intif~Is

pLtrsuai~t to the terms herein.

~,S Based air Defendants' ~~r~enren# to the p~imanent illjunc~ive Z~~li~f yet Earth in

Sections 5.1 to 5.3, as well as their rr~pre.sentations ~•~gardin~ their• current financial condition, the

portiol~ ot'the Settlement Amou~lt compr~iscd of Two I I~.tndred Ninety Thous~nci ~~nci OQ/I UO Dollars

($29U,UOU.O(1) i~~ civil pc~lalties s11a1i be suspended ("Stts}~ende~l Penalty''), provided;

(a) la~icnd~~nts disclosed X11 assets, liabilities end ~t.l~er financial in-form.ation onthe tinancial disclosure forms attached as Exhibit A;

{b) Detenda~lts comply ~~-ith the pertn~ule~lt i~1~Junct~i~~e reliefset forth ire SectionsS.l to and 5.3; ar~c~

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(c} Defendants make the Settlement Payment in the manner• r~c~uir~d underSection Ei.2.

6.b. ~f 1'lairltiffs discover that Iae.i`enc~lnts ii~tcntionally nr otherwise kna~ti~ingl~~ fail.et~ to

c~iscI~se ~,riy material assts or sotirc~s of i~~com~, matel-ially mis~~epresented the value ofany ~~ssel or

sota~•ce ot~ incc~nle ~r made any other material i~.-~~srepresentafiiai~ in, or omission fz•om, the ~inanci~l

c~isclusure forms, ~'laiz~tifts may move on NU~ice o~ Motion or by Order to Shaw Cause #o Piave a

judgment entered for the Suspended Penalty.

C.7 1n the went that Dcf~ndants fail to cc~mpty ~virh the permanent ii~junct~ve relief set

fal~cl~ in S~ctian 5.2, ~.3 az~d/or 5.~, ~'laintiffs may move on Notre o~'Motio~i oi• by (Jrdcrto Sho~~r

Cause to hf~ve a ji~d~aner~t e~~te~~ed for the Suspended PeY~aliy, Gas well as a~~y other ap~~ropriate relief.

6.8 In l'r~c: ~;~~~;nt li~ai ~ i~[enc~~inls (~iil to comply ~,~rith the S~ttlen7~;nt Payme.rit se~hcdule as

set #`ortl~ in Sectio~l 6.2, Plaintiff#s «~il~ ~~rovide Defendants with notice seelca~~~ payment o~ the

Suspeticled Yer~alty, ~s well as any ~~r~paid p~~rti~n c~fthe Settlement P~~yment. D~fcnda~~ts shall ~~

a~'i~orded a fr~teen (l S} d~iy Period tro~~~ receipt of such. notice ~vithii~ tivhich to curs ~~ny

nunc~mplia~~ce ("Cure ~'e~•ioc~"). In t~~e event that Defenc~at~ts cure the nor~com~~liance within the

Cu~~~ Period, the s~ispe~ade~) portion al,the Settlement Amount shall retL~rn to its suspended stat~is. In

t~~e event that Defencl~nts tail to curs; the nancc~m~liancc ~,vitliin the Gu7~e Pe~~iad, Pl~~intif~s may

1-rl~vc: o~~ Nonce of Motion or by {girder• t~~ Sho~tr Cause to h~~ve ~~ judgment cnt~;~~ed .Cor the Suspended

Penalty, as well as any unpt~id po~-tiun of t~~e Settlement Payment.

6.9 Defendants ackt7owled~;e t~i~zt il~.e Settlement Amo~.tnt is a nondisc~argeable debt

under 11 U.S.C. ~5Z3(a}(7).

7. l)tSiVI,ISSAL C3~' ACTiON

7,1 The entry of this Consent J~~d~;rnent constitutes a dismissal with prejudice c~~' this

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Action,

8, GEirIE~Ai, PRQVISI~NS

~.1 This Consent Jti~.gmcnt is entered into by the: Parties as their own free anc~ vt~l~inCar•y

act and with f'u(1 lc~~owle~~g~ ~lnc3 iindcrsta~~din~ of tl~~ obligations ~ncl cluti~s imposed by this Consent

J~~d~ment.

8.2 This Consent Juc~~;me17t shall be ~,o~'erned by, and e~~nsh-tied and e~~for•ceci itt

accordance ti~ith, the laws o~ the State.

8.3 TL~e Parties ha~~e nc:~~tiateci; jointly drafted and full~~ a~eviewed the tez•rns of ti~is

Consent Jtid~m~nt anci the ~-~~le ~ht~t ~incertainty oz• ambiguity is to be construed against the dr~ftex~

dial l not apply to tl~e cc~ustructio~i or interpretation of this Consent .~udginer~t,

8.~ ThiS consent .Tuc~~m~ryt c~nf~ains t~~e ~nlire ~i~r~ement arnvn~ tale Farfiies. Except as

otherwise pravidec~ l~et•ein, this Consent Judgment shad be n~uditicd o~1I~T by ~ v~~ritten instrument

si~,n~~i b}~ or can behalf of the Plaintiffs ~u1ci Defendants.

$.5 Except as ~tl~er~~vise explicitly ~ravi~~ed f'or in this Consent .~ud~;me~~t, Nothing herein

tihali be const.~ruec~ to limit the at~tl~c~rity ~f the Attorney Gen~;ral to p~•otect the interests of the Sate ~r

the people t~f~ tht State.

8,6 I~'any portion of this ~;onsent .Tlit~b~ncnt is hcid i27valict or unen~'oxceab~e by operation

of Ia~v, the remainiti~ terms of this Consezat Juc~~;r».ent sl~ail not be affeet~tl.

8.7 "I'l~is CtnnS~nt iuc~lgm~nt shall be binding upon the Parties anci their s~~ccessors in

interest. In na event shall a5si~n.merlt of any right, power or authority ti1.nc~er this ~onsc~~t Jt~d~i~~ent

a~Tc~icl compliance ~vith this Cons~:nt Judgment.

8.8 This Consent Judgment is agreed to by the Parties and en~ereci into ~o~ settle~x~ent

~~urposes only, N~ithet• the fact ~f; nor any provision contained in this ~'ons~nt Juctgm.e~ll nog• any

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actin t~lten here~~tlder shah constitute, ar be const~•ued as: (a} an approval, s~~nction or authorization

by the AEtorney Genera[, the I7ivisi~c~, or ~~r1}~ other bo~~eri~t2ienf~Yl t~~~it cif the St~t~ of~ any act or

practice of I]efend~rats; or (b} a~~ adrnissio7~ by vefendz~nts that any of their acts oi° pr~etic:es

described in oc• p~~ohibitecl b~~ this Consent Judgment a~~e unfair or deeep~ive or violate the CFA, the

I'et Regulations and/~Y• the PPPA.

8.9 This Consent Judgment is nc~t intended; and s11all not be deesnec~l, to c:anstitute

evidence or precedent o~ any kix~d except i~l: { l) any action ur proceedit~~ by one of the Parties to

eniorcz, rescind o~~ otherwise implementor affirm any or all of the tct~ms ofthis Cans~nt Jiict~ment;

oz• {b) an}r action o~ p.rocceding involving a Released Claim {as defined i~l Section 9) to su~~art a

defense ot~ ~•cs j~~dicata, cc~ll~teral estoppel, rcle~se or other theoz•y o~ claim p~~cclusion, issue

p~•eciusio~~ or other similar defense.

8,10 Nothing c~~~tain~d in this Conse~~t Judgrneilt shall be construed io li~l~it or atherwisc

ai~fe~t t~~c ~•ights of any Persons who are not P~~-ties to t~iis Ca~~sent .~uciginenl ~ti'i1~3 I•espect to anal of

the ~r~atters contained het•eit~.

b, l i "1'1ie P~~•ties re}aresent and waY-~•ant that their signatories to tl~~s Canse~lt J ~id~ment have

autho~•ity to act for and bind the resp~cttve Parties.

$. l 2 Y1~lless otherwise prohibitr;d by lati~r, a~~~r si~;t~~~tures Ley the Parties required for entry of

this Consent Judgment may be execz~icd in cozi~~terparis, each of which shall be deemed an ori~in~.l,

but all of WI11C~1 SI1~lI~ ~.U~B~~1G1~ he one and the same Consent ,~udgm~cat.

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9.1 I3~ c;onsic~c~~alion c~ftl~e inj~~nc~i~-~ a•c;licf; payments, undertal.<ix~tgs, rn~ct~ral pr•ornises and

obligations provided for in this Consent JLtc~~ment and conditi~ncd on Defend~.nts ~nakin~ the

Set€lenient. Payment in the C~"I~IlI'1~I' specified in Se~tic~~i f, Plaintiffs hereby agree tv release

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Dcte~ld~nts fi'QI71 ̀ ~Il~' ~111C~ ~~I C1V11 CIa1111S UI' CUl1SLiIT]~T• related administrative claims; to tf~c extent

pei-~~~itted b~~ Statc l~~v, ~~l~icl~ Che Plaintiffs coL~ld Dave brought prior to the affective Date ~~ainSt

Defenc~t~~►~ts f~~r ~riolations of the CIA, the Pet Re~ul~.tions, Che P~'PA and the Advertising

Regulatio►ls, pis well as the matters specifically addi-essec~ in thc~ Consent Judgment, Including

("Released Cl~it»s").

9.2 ~tot~vitl~sl~ndin~ a~~y term of phis Consent Judgment, the ~o[~owin~; coo not comprise

Released Claims: {a) private rights of ~.ctioza, provided, hovr,~c~~cr, that nothXY~g hez•ein s1~a11 prevetlt

D~fr;nda~~ts fi•oin raising the defense of set-off against a C'onsutner ~vh~ has a•eceivcd restitution

t}Z►•oug11 this Consent Judgi~leni; (b} actions tc~ enfoice this Co1~s~r1t 3udgment; anc] Vic} an}•' claims

against T~efienciar~ts icy an~r othet~ agency or subdivision of the State,

l ~. i' i~Jiv ~1If~i Ti E~ i3~~. AiL~J~ r i v ~`~}' I~vlFi.i'

1 ~, 1 TI~e Altorncy General (or design~tcd representative) sh~ilI have the ~~uthority to

enforce the provisions ai' this Consent Juc~gnlent, seek sanctions for violations off' this Consent

J~3d~7ment or both.

10.2 The I'ai•ties abree that any fiuture violations by Defendants of Sec#ion 5 of this

Grn~sent J4id~;mer~t, t11~ CFA, the Pet Regulations and/oi• the PPPA shall constitute a second or

s~tccecdin~ ~~iolatior~ pLlrsi~nn~ t~ N.J'.S.~l. SC~:4-13, and that l~e~end~nts may be liable; for enhanced

civil Pena(tics as p~•ovided therein.

11. C't)I~~1YLlANCr ~VITII AL1, L A~'YS

1 1. I Except as provided in this Consent Jttd~n~ent, no provision heY•ein shall be construed

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(aj R~lievin~ Ucfenc~ants of their obligations to cumply ~.~vith X11 State 1~4vs,regulations or rules, as now constituted or as may ~~ereafter be amended, or' asgrantinb permissive Eo en~abe zn any acts ar practices prohibited by any SuchEa~vs, t•egulations or rules; or

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(b) Limiting ~~• expanding any right Plaintiffs may athez-wis~ have to obtaininformatio~l, documents or testimony from Defendants pursuant to any StateIa~v, re~itlation or rule, as no~v constituted ot~ as may ~~e~~eafter be amended, arlimitinb or expanciin~ any ~•ight Defendants n~.ay otherwise hive pursuant toany State law, t•egu~atio~a or rule, to oppose any process empIoy~d byPlaintiffs to obtain such information, documents or testimony.

I2. NOTICES UNI3F~R THIS CONSENT ~UDGM.TN'~'

1 2.1 Except as othex•wise p~•ovided herein, a,ny noCices ar other documents required to be

sent to the Parties pursuant to this Consent Judgment shall be sent vy the United States Mail,

Certified Mail Return Receipt R~c~uested, ar other nationa~I~ recognized cottriex service that provides

fot• tracking sez~vices and identificafiion of the person signing for the docurnet~ts. Thy notices and/or

documents shall be sent to fhe following addresses:

For Plaintiffs:

David M, Reap, Deputy Attorney GeneralConsumer Fraud Prosecution SectionState of New JerseyOI'xice of the Attorney GeneralDepartment of I,aw azld Pudic Sa~'etyDivision pf Lawl24 ~aisey St~~et - 5 h̀ FloorP.O. Box X5029Newaz~k, Neer Jersey 071 Q 1

For Defendants;

Anthony X. Arturi, Esc.Arturi, D'~1.rgenio, Guag~ardx & I4lelifii, LLPMack Center ~36S West Passaic Street — ~tiite 130Rochelle Park, New J~~•sey 07b62

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.1~TNT'I.,Y APPROVED ANDSt.lBMITTFI.7 FUZZ .~;NTRY;

FOR ̀I'~~E PLAINri'I~,FS;

C̀ ~~1zISTOPHER S. PO~ZIZiNOATTURN~;Y G-EN~RAZ. OF NE~~' JERSEY

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~y:~avicj 1~'I. RcapDeputy 11ttc~~•ney GeneralCo»sumer rraud P~•c~secution Section

12~ ~~laisev Street - 5`~' FloorI'.O. Rox 4SQ29Ner~vark, Nc~v Jersey' U71 O l

I~OR DEI~EI'vTDKNTS BUST PUPS LLC~INI.~ ViNCEN'1' LUSf1CC0

ART[JRI, D'ARCiENIU, GUAGLA.K.DI c~ N1ELI"1~I, LLP

By:AI7tI1011_y X. AI'tlli'l, Esil.

N1~ck Center I36S W'cst Passaic Street —Suite 13~Rochelle Park, Netiv Jersey 07662

JLJS"I~ PUYS LLC

13}x;~jincent i,aSacco, C)~vner

112 Ackc~•man AvenueEmerson, New Jerky 07b3Q

rBated: ~ , 2Q 17

Dated:

DaCed:

2U17

2017

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1~~NTLY APPRQVED l~.NDSUBMITTED F4R ENTRY:

FQR THE PLAINTIFFS:

G~-l~R1S`I'UI'HER S. POI~RINOATTORI'~LY GENERAL CaF ~I~W J'ERSEY

T.~avid M. Rea~~Deputy ~.ttorney G~ne~~alConsurrie~• Frain P~•~sec;ulion Section

X24 1-~a~sey Street - SE', Floor•P,O. Box ~5U29Netiva~•lc, Neer .1ers~}~ Q7101

FOR DLFEND~I~TS J~,`ST PUPS LLC~.i~~D VIT~ICENT L,os~cco

Dated: , 2U17

A(:`I~UR_I, D'nRGENIO, GU~GLt~I~I & N~E~.ITT, LLPr~

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MG~cic Center IDES 1~est !'assaiG street —Suite 13~P~ocl~ell~ Pari<, New Jersey g76b2

JUST PUPS LLC

BY; ~~ l/1~, Dated: ~., , ?Ol"!Vinc~~~t T aSacco, O~vnez~

1 12 Ackerm~.n AventiGEme~~son, New Jersey 076 0

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Vincent L~Sac,co

1 I2 ~ckerm~ln Aven~~eEmerson, New Jersey 07630

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A.t~ach~nents to Fi~an~ial I~~s~losu~~e Statementt~m.itted

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