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AK Stat § 45.50.830 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 6. Alaska Gasoline Products Leasing Act.|Sec. 45.50.830. Court to determine fair market value when parties cannot agree.

If under AS 45.50.820 the distributor or refiner has good cause and the distributor or refiner and the dealer cannot agree on the fair market value of the business, then either party may initiate an action in the superior court where the retail outlet exists. Reasonable attorney fees and the appraiser fees shall be awarded to the dealer if the amount awarded to the dealer by the jury or the court is 10 percent higher than the final offer, if any, made by the refiner or distributor before the filing of the lawsuit. If the amount awarded to the dealer by the jury or the court is 10 percent lower than the final offer, if any, made by the refiner or distributor before the filing of the lawsuit, reasonable attorney fees and the appraiser fees shall be awarded to the refiner or distributor.
AK Stat § 45.50.840 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 6. Alaska Gasoline Products Leasing Act.|Sec. 45.50.840. Definitions.

In AS 45.50.800 - 45.50.830, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “dealer” means a person primarily engaged in the sale of gasoline to the motoring public through a retail outlet leased from the refiner or distributor or its agent by the person and operated by the person; (2) “distributor” means any person or corporation other than a refiner engaged in the sale, assignment, or distribution of gasoline to four or more dealer-operated retail outlets; (3) “gasoline” means all products commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline; (4) “lease” means an oral or written contract or agreement or series of agreements, either express or implied, in which the dealer is required directly or indirectly to purchase 50 percent or more of the dealer's supply of gasoline from a distributor or refiner and in which the dealer is granted authority to occupy premises owned, leased, or in any way controlled, directly or indirectly, by the refiner or distributor; (5) “refiner” means a company, corporation, or individual who owns or controls, or controls through a substantially owned subsidiary, partnership, or joint venture, a refinery used for the production of gasoline, diesel, or other motor vehicle fuels.
AK Stat § 45.50.850 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 6. Alaska Gasoline Products Leasing Act.|Sec. 45.50.850. Short title.

AS 45.50.800 - 45.50.850 may be cited as the Alaska Gasoline Products Leasing Act.
AK Stat § 45.50.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 7. Sound Recordings.|Sec. 45.50.900. Reproduction and sale of sound recordings without consent.

(a) A person who (1) reproduces for sale, sells, offers for sale, or knowingly advertises for sale any sound recording that has been reproduced without the written consent of the owner or (2) advertises, offers for sale or resale, or sells or resells a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article on which sounds are recorded, without clearly and conspicuously disclosing on the outside cover, box, or jacket the actual name and full address of the manufacturer and the name of the actual performer or group, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by confiscation of the unlawful stock of the reproduced recording and by imprisonment for a period of not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both. In this subsection “owner” means the person who owns the original fixation of sounds embodied in the master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film, or other device used for reproducing sounds on phonograph records, discs, tapes, films, or other articles upon which sound is recorded, and from which the transferred recorded sounds are directly derived. (b) The prohibition contained in (a) of this section is not applicable to the reproduction of a sound recording that (1) is used, or intended to be used, solely for broadcast by commercial or educational radio or television stations; or (2) constitutes the verbatim transcript, or other public record, of the proceedings of a judicial, legislative, or administrative agency, department, or other public body for which a charge or fee may or may not be made or collected for the reproduced recording.
AK Stat § 45.50.910 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 8. Alaska Uniform Trade Secrets Act.|Sec. 45.50.910. Injunctive relief for misappropriation of trade secrets.

(a) A court may enjoin actual or threatened misappropriation of trade secrets. Upon application to the court, an injunction shall be terminated when the trade secret has ceased to exist, but the injunction may be continued for an additional reasonable period of time in order to eliminate commercial advantage that otherwise would be derived from the misappropriation. (b) If the court determines that it would be unreasonable to prohibit future use of a trade secret, an injunction may condition future use upon payment of a reasonable royalty for no longer than the period of time the use could have been prohibited. (c) In appropriate circumstances, affirmative acts to protect a trade secret may be compelled by court order.
AK Stat § 45.50.915 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 8. Alaska Uniform Trade Secrets Act.|Sec. 45.50.915. Damages.

(a) In addition to or in lieu of injunctive relief, a complainant may recover damages for the actual loss caused by misappropriation. A complainant also may recover for the unjust enrichment caused by misappropriation that is not taken into account in computing damages for actual loss. (b) If wilful and malicious misappropriation exists, the court may award exemplary damages in an amount not exceeding twice the damages awarded under (a) of this section.
AK Stat § 45.50.920 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 8. Alaska Uniform Trade Secrets Act.|Sec. 45.50.920. Preservation of secrecy.

In an action under AS 45.50.910 - 45.50.945, a court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means, which may include granting protective orders in connection with discovery proceedings, holding in-camera hearings, sealing the records of the action, and ordering any person involved in the litigation not to disclose an alleged trade secret without prior court approval.
AK Stat § 45.50.925 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 8. Alaska Uniform Trade Secrets Act.|Sec. 45.50.925. Limitation of actions.

An action for misappropriation must be brought within three years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.
AK Stat § 45.50.930 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 8. Alaska Uniform Trade Secrets Act.|Sec. 45.50.930. Effect on other laws.

(a) AS 45.50.910 - 45.50.945 displace conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other state laws pertaining to civil liability for misappropriation of a trade secret. (b) AS 45.50.910 - 45.50.945 do not affect (1) contractual or other civil liability or relief that is not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret; or (2) criminal liability for misappropriation of a trade secret. (c) AS 45.50.910 - 45.50.945 do not apply to investigations or actions by the attorney general under AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561 (Alaska Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act) or under AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596 (Alaska Restraint of Trade Act).
AK Stat § 45.50.935 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 8. Alaska Uniform Trade Secrets Act.|Sec. 45.50.935. Uniformity of application and construction.

AS 45.50.910 - 45.50.945 shall be applied and construed to make the law uniform with respect to trade secrets among states enacting similar provisions.
AK Stat § 45.50.940 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 8. Alaska Uniform Trade Secrets Act.|Sec. 45.50.940. Definitions.

In AS 45.50.910 - 45.50.945, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “improper means” includes theft, bribery, misrepresentation, breach or inducement of a breach of a duty to maintain secrecy, or espionage through electronic or other means; (2) “misappropriation” means (A) acquisition of a trade secret of another by a person who knows or has reason to know that the trade secret was acquired by improper means; or (B) disclosure or use of a trade secret of another without express or implied consent by a person who (i) used improper means to acquire knowledge of the trade secret; or (ii) at the time of disclosure or use, knew or had reason to know that knowledge of the trade secret was derived from or through a person who had utilized improper means to acquire it or who owed a duty to the person seeking relief to maintain its secrecy or limit its use, or was acquired under circumstances giving rise to a duty to maintain its secrecy or limit its use; or (iii) before a material change of the person's position, knew or had reason to know that it was a trade secret and that knowledge of it had been acquired by accident or mistake; (3) “trade secret” means information that (A) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and (B) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.
AK Stat § 45.50.945 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 8. Alaska Uniform Trade Secrets Act.|Sec. 45.50.945. Short title.

AS 45.50.910 - 45.50.945 may be cited as the Alaska Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
AK Stat § 45.56.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 1. Registration of Securities; Exemptions; Notice Filing of Federal Covered Securities.|Sec. 45.56.100. Securities registration requirement.

A person may not offer or sell a security in this state unless (1) the security is a federal covered security; (2) the security is registered under this chapter; or (3) the security or transaction is exempt from registration under AS 45.56.110 - 45.56.160.
AK Stat § 45.56.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 1. Registration of Securities; Exemptions; Notice Filing of Federal Covered Securities.|Sec. 45.56.140. Disqualifier.

Exemption from registration under AS 45.56.110 - 45.56.160 is not available for a security or transaction if the issuer, or any of its officers, controlling persons, or promoters, is subject to a disqualifier described in the regulations adopted under 15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(39) as of the date of the transaction or offer.
AK Stat § 45.56.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 1. Registration of Securities; Exemptions; Notice Filing of Federal Covered Securities.|Sec. 45.56.150. Waiver and modification.

For any security or transaction or any type of security or transaction, the administrator may by order, waive, withdraw, or modify any of the requirements or conditions of AS 45.56.110 - 45.56.160.
AK Stat § 45.56.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 1. Registration of Securities; Exemptions; Notice Filing of Federal Covered Securities.|Sec. 45.56.160. Denial, suspension, revocation, condition, or limitation of exemptions.

(a) Except with respect to a federal covered security or a transaction involving a federal covered security, an order under this chapter may deny, suspend application of, condition, limit, or revoke an exemption created under AS 45.56.110(3)(C), (7), or (8), 45.56.120, or 45.56.130, or an exemption or waiver created under AS 45.56.150 with respect to a specific security, transaction, or offer. An order under this subsection may be issued only under the procedures in AS 45.56.230(d) or 45.56.690 and only prospectively.  (b) A person does not violate AS 45.56.100, 45.56.170 - 45.56.190, 45.56.210, 45.56.230, 45.56.550, or 45.56.720 by an offer to sell, offer to purchase, sale, or purchase effected after the entry of an order issued under this section if the person did not know and, in the exercise of reasonable care, could not have known, of the order.
AK Stat § 45.56.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 1. Registration of Securities; Exemptions; Notice Filing of Federal Covered Securities.|Sec. 45.56.210. Viatical settlement interests.

(a) Before the sale of a viatical settlement interest, an issuer shall provide a prospective buyer with information that is sufficient to make an informed investment decision. The issuer shall also provide the information to the administrator upon request if the issuer is not otherwise required to file the information with the administrator. In this subsection, “information that is sufficient to make an informed investment decision” includes state-mandated disclosure forms and a disclosure of any significant factors that may affect the outcome of the investment. (b) Except as may be required in the course of conduct of the responsibilities of the administrator, an issuer of a viatical settlement interest may not disclose to another person the identity of the viator or insured of the insurance policy that is the subject of the viatical settlement interest. The viator may waive this prohibition against disclosure if the waiver is in writing and signed by the viator. (c) The administrator shall regulate transactions between a viatical settlement provider or person acting as an agent of a viatical settlement provider and a subsequent investor, while the authority of the director of the division of insurance extends to the regulation of viatical settlement contracts under AS 21.96.110.  (d) In this section, (1) “viatical settlement contract” has the meaning given in AS 21.96.110(h);  (2) “viatical settlement interest” (A) means the entire interest or any fractional interest in a life insurance policy or in the death benefit under a life insurance policy that is the subject of a viatical settlement contract; (B) does not include the initial purchase from the viator by a viatical settlement provider; (3) “viatical settlement provider” has the meaning given in AS 21.96.110(h);  (4) “viator” has the meaning given in AS 21.96.110(h).
AK Stat § 45.56.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 1. Registration of Securities; Exemptions; Notice Filing of Federal Covered Securities.|Sec. 45.56.220. Waiver and modification.

The administrator may waive or modify, in whole or in part, any or all of the requirements of AS 45.56.170 and 45.56.190 or the requirement of any information or record in a registration statement or in a periodic report filed under AS 45.56.190(i).
AK Stat § 45.56.340 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 2. Broker-Dealers, Agents, Investment Advisers, Investment Adviser Representatives, and Federal Covered Investment Advisers.|Sec. 45.56.340. Investment adviser registration requirement and exemptions.

(a) A person may not transact business in this state as an investment adviser unless the person is registered under this chapter as an investment adviser or is exempt from registration as an investment adviser under (b) of this section. (b) The following persons are exempt from the registration requirement in (a) of this section: (1) a person without a place of business in this state that is registered under the securities act of the state in which the person has the person's principal place of business if the person's only clients in this state are (A) federal covered investment advisers, investment advisers registered under this chapter, or broker-dealers registered under this chapter; (B) institutional investors; (C) bona fide preexisting clients whose principal places of residence are not in this state if the investment adviser is registered under the securities act of the state in which the clients maintain principal places of residence; or (D) exempted by a regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter; (2) a person without a place of business in this state if the person has had, during the preceding 12 months, not more than five clients that are resident in this state in addition to those specified under (1) of this subsection; or (3) any other person exempted by a regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter. (c) An investment adviser may not, directly or indirectly, employ or associate with an individual to engage in an activity related to investment advice in this state if the registration of the individual is suspended or revoked or the individual is barred from employment or association with an investment adviser, federal covered investment adviser, or broker-dealer by an order under this chapter, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a self-regulatory organization, unless the investment adviser did not know and, in the exercise of reasonable care, could not have known of the suspension, revocation, or bar. Upon request from the investment adviser and for good cause, the administrator may by order, waive, in whole or in part, the application of the prohibitions of this subsection to the investment adviser. (d) An investment adviser may not employ or associate with an individual required to be registered under this chapter as an investment adviser representative who transacts business in this state on behalf of the investment adviser unless the individual is registered under AS 45.56.350(a) or is exempt from registration under AS 45.56.350(b).
AK Stat § 45.56.360 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 2. Broker-Dealers, Agents, Investment Advisers, Investment Adviser Representatives, and Federal Covered Investment Advisers.|Sec. 45.56.360. Federal covered investment adviser notice filing requirement.

(a) Except with respect to a federal covered investment adviser described in (b) of this section, a federal covered investment adviser may not transact business in this state as a federal covered investment adviser unless the federal covered investment adviser complies with (c) of this section. (b) The following federal covered investment advisers are not required to comply with (c) of this section: (1) a federal covered investment adviser without a place of business in this state if the only clients of the federal covered investment adviser in this state are (A) federal covered investment advisers, investment advisers registered under this chapter, and broker-dealers registered under this chapter; (B) institutional investors; (C) bona fide preexisting clients whose principal places of residence are not in this state; or (D) other clients specified by a regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter; (2) a federal covered investment adviser without a place of business in this state if the person has had, during the preceding 12 months, not more than five clients that are resident in this state in addition to those specified under (1) of this subsection; and (3) any other person excluded by a regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter. (c) A person acting as a federal covered investment adviser not excluded under (b) of this section shall file a notice, a consent to service of process complying with AS 45.56.650, and the records that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under 15 U.S.C. 80b-1 - 80b-21 (Investment Advisers Act of 1940) as required by a regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter and shall pay the fees specified in AS 45.56.410. (d) The notice under (c) of this section becomes effective upon filing.
AK Stat § 45.56.370 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 2. Broker-Dealers, Agents, Investment Advisers, Investment Adviser Representatives, and Federal Covered Investment Advisers.|Sec. 45.56.370. Registration by broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser, and investment adviser representative.

(a) A person shall register as a broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser, or investment adviser representative by filing an application and a consent to service of process complying with AS 45.56.650 and by paying the fee specified in AS 45.56.410 and any reasonable fees charged by the designee of the administrator for processing the filing. The application must contain (1) the information or record required for the filing of a uniform application; and (2) upon request by the administrator, any other financial or other information or record that the administrator determines is appropriate. (b) If the information or record contained in an application filed under (a) of this section is or becomes inaccurate or incomplete in a material respect, the registrant shall promptly file a correcting amendment. (c) If an order is not in effect, and a proceeding is not pending under AS 45.56.440, and the administrator has not initiated an investigation, registration becomes effective at noon on the 45th day after a completed application is filed, unless the registration is denied. A regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter may set an earlier effective date or may defer the effective date until noon on the 45th day after the filing of any amendment completing the application. (d) A registration is effective until midnight on December 31 of the year for which the application for registration is filed. Unless an order is in effect under AS 45.56.440, a registration may be automatically renewed each year by filing the records required by a regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter, by paying the fee specified in AS 45.56.410, and by paying costs charged by the designee of the administrator for processing the filings. (e) A regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter may impose other conditions, not inconsistent with 15 U.S.C. 77b, 77c, 77e, 77f, 77r, 77z-3, 77ddd, 78b - 78d, 78g, 78h, 78n, 78o, 78q, 78bb, 78ee, 78kk, 78mm, 80a-2, 80a-3, 80a-6, 80a-12, 80a-24, 80a-26, 80a-27, 80a-29, 80a-30, 80a-34, 80a-51, 80a-54, 80a-60, 80a-63, 80b-2, 80b-3a, 80b-5, 80b-10, 80b-18a, and 80b-20, and 29 U.S.C. 1002 (National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996). An order issued under this chapter may waive, in whole or in part, specific requirements in connection with registration that are in the public interest and for the protection of investors.