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AK Stat § 45.50.474 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.474. Required disclosures in promotions and shoreside sales on board cruise ships.

(a) A person may not conduct a promotion on board a cruise ship that mentions or features a business in a state port that has paid something of value for the purpose of having the business mentioned, featured, or otherwise promoted, unless the person conducting the promotion clearly and fully discloses in all written materials used in the promotion that the featured businesses have paid to be included in the promotion. If the value paid by the business is more than 10 percent of any single sale, the disclosure must also state that more than a 10 percent commission is being retained by the person making the promotion and that other alternatives may be available at a port of call; and the disclosure must provide the address, Internet website address, and telephone number of any existing visitors bureaus at each future port of call. (b) A person or other entity aboard a cruise ship conducting or making a sale of tours, flightseeing operations, or other shoreside activities to be delivered by a vendor or other entity at a future port of call shall disclose, in writing at the point of sale, (1) that the onboard sale is a retail-wholesale relationship between the cruise ship and the shoreside vendor that results in a percentage of the sale being retained by the cruise ship; (2) that other alternatives at different prices and with different features may be available at a port of call; (3) the address, Internet website address, and telephone number of the existing visitors bureaus at each future port of call; and (4) if the amount of commission or percentage of the total sale retained or returned to the person or entity making or attempting to make the sale exceeds 20 percent of the total cost of the services or goods provided by a shoreside vendor, that more than 20 percent of the total sale price is being retained as a commission by the person or entity making the sale. (c) A written notice of disclosure under (a) or (b) of this section must be in a type that is not less than 14-point typeface and in a contrasting color calculated to draw attention to the disclosure. (d) Each violation of this section constitutes an unfair trade practice under AS 45.50.471. (e) In this section, “cruise ship” means a ship that operates at least 48 hours in length for ticketed passengers, provides overnight accommodations and meals for at least 250 passengers, is operated by an authorized cruise ship operator, and is certified under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea or otherwise certified by the United States Coast Guard.
AK Stat § 45.50.477 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.477. Use of titles relating to industrial hygiene.

(a) A person may not use the title “industrial hygienist,” the initials “I.H.,” another term that includes the phrase “industrial hygiene” or similar words, or represent to the public that the person is an industrial hygienist, unless the person has a baccalaureate or graduate degree in industrial hygiene, biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, or a closely related physical or biological science from a college or university accredited by a national or regional accreditation association recognized by the Council on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation, or a degree based on equivalent academic training, and has acquired competence in industrial hygiene through special studies or work experience sufficient to provide the person with the ability and competence to (1) anticipate and recognize the environmental factors and stresses associated with work and work operations and to understand their effects on people and their well-being; (2) evaluate, on the basis of training and demonstrated work experience and with the aid of quantitative measurement techniques, the magnitude of the factors and stresses identified under (1) of this subsection in terms of their ability to impair human health and well-being; and (3) prescribe methods to prevent, eliminate, control, or reduce the factors and stresses identified under (a) of this subsection when necessary to alleviate their effects. (b) A person may not use the title “industrial hygienist in training,” the initials “I.H.I.T.,” another term involving the phrase “industrial hygienist in training” or a variation of those words, or represent to the public that the person is an industrial hygienist in training, unless the person is certified as an industrial hygienist in training by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. (c) A person may not use the title “certified industrial hygienist,” the initials “C.I.H.,” another term involving the phrase “certified industrial hygienist” or a variation of those words, or represent to the public that the person is a certified industrial hygienist unless the person is certified as a certified industrial hygienist by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. (d) A state or local government agency may not prohibit or restrict the practice of industrial hygiene by a qualified individual who complies with this section except to the extent that a state statute allows the agency to regulate a specific activity that may be included in the practice of industrial hygiene. (e) In this section, “industrial hygiene” means the science and practice devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of environmental factors and stresses arising in or from the workplace that may cause illness, impaired health or well-being, or significant discomfort among workers and may also affect persons outside the workplace.
AK Stat § 45.50.479 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.479. Limitation on electronic mail.

(a) A person may not send unsolicited commercial electronic mail to another person from a computer located in this state or to an electronic mail address that the sender knows is held by a resident of this state if the commercial electronic mail contains information that consists of explicit sexual material that another law provides may only be viewed, purchased, rented, leased, or held by an individual who is 18 years of age or older, unless the subject line of the advertisement contains “ADV:ADLT” as the first eight characters. (b) In (a) of this section, (1) “commercial electronic mail” means electronic mail consisting of advertising material for the lease, sale, rental, gift, offer, or other disposition of real property, goods, or services, including an extension of credit; (2) “explicit sexual material” means material that visually or aurally depicts conduct described in AS 11.41.455(a), but is not limited to conduct engaged in by a child under 18 years of age; (3) “unsolicited commercial electronic mail” means commercial electronic mail sent to a person who (A) does not have an existing personal or business relationship with the sender; and (B) has not given permission for or requested the sending of the commercial electronic mail.
AK Stat § 45.50.481 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.481. Exemptions.

(a) Nothing in AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561 applies to (1) an act or transaction regulated by a statute or regulation administered by the state, including a state regulatory board or commission, unless the statute or regulation does not prohibit the practices declared unlawful in AS 45.50.471; (2) an act done by the publisher, owner, agent, or employee of a newspaper, periodical, or radio or television station in the publication or dissemination of an advertisement, when the owner, agent, or employee did not have knowledge of the false, misleading, or deceptive character of the advertisement or did not have a direct financial interest in the sale or distribution of the advertised product or service; (3) an act or transaction regulated under AS 21.36 or AS 06.05 or a regulation adopted under the authority of those chapters. (b) The exemption in (a)(3) of this section does not apply to an act or transaction between a bank and its borrowers, depositors, or other customers or potential customers. (c) The exemption in (a)(1) of this section does not apply to an act or transaction listed in AS 45.50.471(b) or regulated under AS 06.60.
AK Stat § 45.50.491 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.491. Regulations.

The attorney general, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), may adopt regulations interpreting and forms necessary for administering the provisions of AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561.
AK Stat § 45.50.495 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.495. Investigative power of attorney general.

(a) If the attorney general has cause to believe that a person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in a deceptive trade practice under AS 45.50.471, the attorney general may (1) request the person to file a statement or report in writing, under oath, on forms prescribed by the attorney general, setting out all facts and circumstances concerning the sale or advertisement of property by the person, and other information considered necessary; (2) examine under oath any person in connection with the sale or advertisement of property; (3) examine property or sample of the property, record, book, document, account, or paper that the attorney general considers necessary; (4) make true copies of records, books, documents, accounts, or papers examined under (3) of this subsection, which may be offered in evidence in place of the originals in actions brought under AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561; and (5) under an order of the superior court, impound samples of property that are material to the investigation and retain the sample until proceedings undertaken under AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561 are completed. (b) The attorney general, in addition to other powers conferred by this section, may issue subpoenas to require the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents or other physical evidence, administer oaths, and conduct hearings to aid an investigation or inquiry. Service of an order or subpoena shall be made in the same manner as a summons in a civil action in the superior court.
AK Stat § 45.50.501 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.501. Restraining prohibited acts.

(a) When the attorney general has reason to believe that a person has used, is using, or is about to use an act or practice declared unlawful in AS 45.50.471, and that proceedings would be in the public interest, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state against the person to restrain by injunction the use of the act or practice. The action may be brought in the superior court in the judicial district in which the person resides or is doing business or has the person's principal place of business in the state, or, with the consent of the parties, in any other judicial district in the state. (b) The court may make additional orders or judgments that are necessary to restore to any person in interest any money or property, real or personal, which may have been acquired by means of an act or practice declared to be unlawful by AS 45.50.471.
AK Stat § 45.50.511 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.511. Assurances of voluntary compliance.

In the administration of AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561, the attorney general may accept an assurance of voluntary compliance with respect to any act or practice considered to be violative of AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561 from a person who has engaged or was about to engage in such an act or practice. The assurance shall be in writing and shall be filed with and is subject to the approval of the superior court in the judicial district in which the alleged violator resides or is doing business or has the principal place of business in the state. The assurance of voluntary compliance is not considered an admission of violation for any purpose. Matters closed in this way may at any time be reopened by the attorney general for further proceedings in the public interest, under AS 45.50.501.
AK Stat § 45.50.521 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.521. When information and evidence confidential and nonadmissible.

(a) [Repealed by § 6 ch 53 SLA 1974.] (b) Subject to the provisions of AS 45.50.501(a), the attorney general may not make public the name of a person alleged to have committed an act or practice declared unlawful in AS 45.50.471 during an investigation conducted by the attorney general under AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561, nor are the records of investigation or intelligence information of the attorney general obtained under AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561 considered public records available for inspection by the general public. However, the attorney general is not prevented from issuing public statements describing or warning of a course of conduct or a conspiracy that constitutes or will constitute an unlawful act or practice, whether on a local, state, regional, or national basis.
AK Stat § 45.50.531 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.531. Private and class actions.

(a) A person who suffers an ascertainable loss of money or property as a result of another person's act or practice declared unlawful by AS 45.50.471 may bring a civil action to recover for each unlawful act or practice three times the actual damages or $500, whichever is greater. The court may provide other relief it considers necessary and proper. Nothing in this subsection prevents a person who brings an action under this subsection from pursuing other remedies available under other law, including common law. (b) [Repealed, § 4 ch 31 SLA 1987.] (c) Upon commencement of an action brought under this section the clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the complaint or other initial pleading to the attorney general and, upon entry of an order or judgment in the action, shall mail a copy of the order or judgment to the attorney general. (d) [Repealed, § 4 ch 31 SLA 1987.] (e) A permanent injunction or final judgment against a person against whom an action was initiated under AS 45.50.501 is prima facie evidence in an action brought under this section that the person used or employed an act or practice declared unlawful by AS 45.50.471. (f) A person may not commence an action under this section more than two years after the person discovers or reasonably should have discovered that the loss resulted from an act or practice declared unlawful by AS 45.50.471. (g) [Repealed, § 6 ch 96 SLA 1998.]  (h) If the basis for the action is the fault of the manufacturer or supplier of the merchandise, the manufacturer or supplier who is at fault is liable for the damages awarded against the retailer under this section. (i) If a person receives an award of punitive damages under (a) of this section, the court shall require that 50 percent of the award be deposited into the general fund of the state under AS 09.17.020(j). This subsection does not grant the state the right to file or join a civil action to recover punitive damages.
AK Stat § 45.50.535 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.535. Private injunctive relief.

(a) Subject to (b) of this section and in addition to any right to bring an action under AS 45.50.531 or other law, any person who was the victim of the unlawful act, whether or not the person suffered actual damages, may bring an action to obtain an injunction prohibiting a seller or lessor from continuing to engage in an act or practice declared unlawful under AS 45.50.471. (b) A person may not bring an action under (a) of this section unless (1) the person first provides written notice to the seller or lessor who engaged in the unlawful act or practice that the person will seek an injunction against the seller or lessor if the seller or lessor fails to promptly stop the unlawful act or practice; and (2) the seller or lessor fails to promptly stop the unlawful act or practice after receiving the notice.
AK Stat § 45.50.536 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.536. Mediation.

Notwithstanding the other provisions of AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561, a civil action under AS 45.50.531 or 45.50.535 may be submitted to mediation under the Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure. The mediation must begin within 30 days after the court's order for mediation. During mediation, the court may, if it is determined appropriate by the court, enjoin the defendant from engaging in the act or practice that is the subject of the civil action.
AK Stat § 45.50.537 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.537. Attorney fees, costs, and damages.

(a) In an action brought by a private person under AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561, a prevailing plaintiff shall be awarded costs as provided by court rule and full reasonable attorney fees at the prevailing reasonable rate. (b) Unless the action is found to be frivolous, in an action brought by a private person under AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561, a prevailing defendant shall be awarded attorney fees and costs as provided by court rule. If the action is found to be frivolous, the attorney fees to be awarded to the defendant shall be full reasonable attorney fees at the prevailing reasonable rate. (c) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, in an action brought by a private person under AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561, if the plaintiff is not the prevailing party and if the court finds that the action was brought by the plaintiff to obtain a competitive business advantage, the court shall award a prevailing defendant costs as provided by court rule, full reasonable attorney fees at the prevailing reasonable rate, and any damages suffered by the prevailing defendant as a result of the plaintiff's allegations. (d) In an action brought by the attorney general under AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561, if the attorney general prevails, the state shall be awarded its actual attorney fees and costs, including costs of investigation, to the extent those fees and costs are reasonable. (e) In this section, “frivolous” means (1) not reasonably based on evidence or on existing law or a reasonable extension, modification, or reversal of existing law; or (2) brought to harass the defendant or to cause unnecessary delay or needless expense.
AK Stat § 45.50.541 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.541. Nonnegotiability of consumer paper.

(a) If a contract for sale or lease of consumer goods or services on credit entered into between a retail seller and a retail buyer requires or involves the execution of a promissory note or instrument or other evidence of indebtedness of the buyer, the note, instrument, or evidence of indebtedness shall have printed on its face the words “consumer paper,” and the note, instrument, or evidence of indebtedness with the words “consumer paper” printed on it is not a negotiable instrument, within the meaning of AS 45.01 - AS 45.08, AS 45.12, AS 45.14, and AS 45.29 (Uniform Commercial Code). (b) Notwithstanding the absence of such a notice on a note, instrument, or evidence of indebtedness arising out of a consumer credit sale or consumer lease as described in this section, an assignee of the rights of the seller or lessor is subject to all claims and defenses of the buyer or lessee against the seller or lessor arising out of the sale or lease. An agreement to the contrary has no effect in limiting the rights of a consumer. (c) The assignee's liability under this section may not exceed the amount owing to the assignee at the time the claim or defense is asserted against the assignee.
AK Stat § 45.50.542 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.542. Provisions not waivable.

A waiver by a consumer of the provisions of AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561 is contrary to public policy and is unenforceable and void.
AK Stat § 45.50.545 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.545. Interpretation.

In interpreting AS 45.50.471 due consideration and great weight should be given the interpretations of 15 U.S.C. 45(a)(1) (§ 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act).
AK Stat § 45.50.551 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 3. Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection.|Sec. 45.50.551. Civil penalties.

(a) A person who violates the terms of an injunction or restraining order issued under AS 45.50.501 shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for each violation. For the purposes of this section, the superior court in a judicial district issuing an injunction retains jurisdiction, and, in these cases, the attorney general acting in the name of the state may petition for recovery of the penalties. (b) In an action brought under AS 45.50.501, if the court finds that a person is using or has used an act or practice declared unlawful by AS 45.50.471, the attorney general, upon petition to the court, may recover, on behalf of the state, a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 and not more than $25,000 for each violation. (c) [Repealed by § 21 ch 166 SLA 1978.]
AK Stat § 45.50.562 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 4. Monopolies; Restraint of Trade.|Sec. 45.50.562. Combinations in restraint of trade unlawful.

Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce is unlawful.
AK Stat § 45.50.564 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 4. Monopolies; Restraint of Trade.|Sec. 45.50.564. Monopolies and attempted monopolies unlawful.

It is unlawful for a person to monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with another person to monopolize any part of trade or commerce.