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AK Stat § 45.50.566 (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. 45.50.566. Transactions and agreements not to use or deal in commodities or services unlawful.

It is unlawful for a person to lease or make a sale or contract for sale of goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities, or services, whether patented or unpatented, for use, consumption, enjoyment, or resale, or fix a price charged for it, or discount from, or rebate upon, that price, on the condition, agreement, or understanding that the lessee or purchaser will not use or deal in the goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodity or service of a competitor or competitors of the lessor or seller, if the effect of the lease, sale, or contract for sale, or of the condition, agreement, or understanding may be substantially to lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce.
AK Stat § 45.50.568 (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. 45.50.568. Mergers and acquisitions unlawful when competition lessened.

(a) It is unlawful for a person to acquire and hold, directly or indirectly, the whole or a part of the stock, or other share capital, or assets of any corporation after August 5, 1975 if the effect of the acquisition and holding may be substantially to lessen competition or to tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce in the state or in a section of the state. This subsection does not apply to persons purchasing such stock solely for investment if it is not used by voting or otherwise to bring about, or in attempting to bring about, the substantial lessening of competition. Nothing in this subsection prevents a corporation from causing the formation of subsidiary corporations for the actual carrying on of their immediate lawful business, or the natural and legitimate branches or extensions of it, or from owning and holding all or a part of the stock of the subsidiary corporation, when the effect of the formation is not substantially to lessen competition. (b) When the court finds that the effect of the holding of such stock, share capital, or assets is substantially to lessen competition or tends to create a monopoly and no other remedy will eliminate the lessening of competition or the tendency to create a monopoly, the court shall order the divestiture or other disposition of the stock, share capital, or assets and shall prescribe a reasonable time, manner, and degree of the divestiture or other disposition of it. (c) This section does not apply to mergers, acquisitions, or holding companies permitted by AS 06.05.235 or to a merger carried out in accordance with AS 21.69.590 - 21.69.600, or to mergers, acquisitions, or holding companies permitted and regulated by a regulatory agency of the United States having jurisdiction and control over those mergers and acquisitions.
AK Stat § 45.50.570 (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. 45.50.570. Interlocking directorates and relationships.

(a) It is unlawful for a person to be at the same time a director, officer, partner, or trustee in any two or more firms, partnerships, trusts, associations, or corporations or any combination of them engaged in commerce, if these firms, partnerships, trusts, associations, or corporations or a combination of them, are by virtue of their business and location or operation, competitors and if the effect may be substantially to lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly. (b) A person may not by the use of a representative accomplish the result prohibited in (a) of this section. (c) The validity or invalidity of an act of a director, officer, or trustee done by the director, officer, or trustee while occupying the position in violation of this section shall be determined by the statutory and common law of the state relating to corporations, trusts, or associations. (d) The attorney general may bring an action at any time to cause a director, officer, or trustee who may be occupying such a position in violation of this section to vacate the office or offices to effect the termination of the prohibited interlocking relationship. (e) A person affected by an act of a director, officer, or trustee may bring an action at any time to cause the director, officer, or trustee who may be occupying the position in violation of this section to terminate the prohibited interlocking relationship. (f) The court, upon finding that a director, officer, or trustee is holding office in violation of this section, shall order the person to terminate the interlocking relationship, and, in the case of a trustee, the court may, when it considers it appropriate, order the trustee to vacate the office of the trustee. A remedy provided in this section does not limit and is in addition to any other remedy available under another section of this chapter or another law.
AK Stat § 45.50.574 (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. 45.50.574. Contracts voidable.

A contract or agreement in violation of a provision of AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596 is voidable by either party as to future performance by either party; however, the court may, in its discretion, order payment for goods or services already received to prevent unjust enrichment.
AK Stat § 45.50.576 (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. 45.50.576. Suits by persons injured; treble damages; costs.

(a) A person who is injured in business or property by a violation of AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.570, or a person so injured because the person refuses to accede to a proposal for an arrangement that, if consummated, would be a violation of AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.570, may bring a civil action (1) for damages sustained by the person, and, if the judgment is for the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall be awarded three times the amount of damages sustained by the person, plus the costs of the suit, including reasonable attorney fees; and (2) to enjoin the unlawful practice, and, if the judgment is for the plaintiff, the plaintiff may be awarded costs of the suit, including reasonable attorney fees. (b) If a home rule or general law city or borough or other governmental entity is injured by reason of a violation of AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.570, it may maintain an action in the same manner as prescribed in (a) of this section for an injured person, and the city, borough, or other governmental entity is entitled to the same relief as provided in (a) of this section. (c) In a civil action brought under AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.570, if judgment is for the defendant, the defendant shall be awarded the defendant's costs of the suit, including reasonable attorney fees in accordance with rules adopted by the supreme court for awarding costs and attorney fees to prevailing parties in civil actions. If the plaintiff in a civil action brought under this section in which judgment is for the defendant is a class certified under Rule 23, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, any award of costs and attorney fees to the defendant (1) may be satisfied only through funds, if any, that the class has collected from settlements with or judgments against other defendants; and (2) is not a liability of any individual member of the class.
AK Stat § 45.50.578 (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. 45.50.578. Criminal and civil penalties.

(a) A person who violates AS 45.50.562 or 45.50.564 is guilty of a class C felony and upon conviction is punishable, (1) if a natural person, by a fine of not more than $1,000,000, notwithstanding AS 12.55.035, or by imprisonment as provided in AS 12.55, or by both; or (2) if not a natural person, by a fine of not more than $50,000,000, notwithstanding AS 12.55.035. (b) In addition to any other relief available, the attorney general may bring a civil action against a person who violates AS 45.50.562, 45.50.564, 45.50.568, or 45.50.570, or an injunction issued under AS 45.50.580, for a civil penalty of not more than (1) $1,000,000 if the person is a natural person; (2) $50,000,000 if the person is not a natural person.
AK Stat § 45.50.579 (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. 45.50.579. Proof of aggregate damages.

In a civil action brought by the attorney general under AS 45.50.577, the attorney general may recover aggregate damages by using statistical sampling or sampling methods, by the computation of illegal overcharges, or by a similar, reasonable system of estimating aggregate damages that the court, in its discretion, permits, without the necessity of separately proving the individual claim or amount of damage to governmental entities or persons on whose behalf the civil action was brought.
AK Stat § 45.50.580 (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. 45.50.580. Injunction by attorney general.

(a) In addition to any other relief provided by AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596, the attorney general may bring an action to enjoin a violation of AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596. This action may be brought as a sole action or in conjunction with another action that the attorney general is authorized to bring. (b) The court may make additional orders or judgments as may be necessary to restore to a person in interest any money or property, real or personal, that may have been acquired by an act prohibited by AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596, and as may be necessary to prevent continuing or future violations of AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596.
AK Stat § 45.50.582 (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. 45.50.582. Jurisdiction of court.

An action arising under AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596 shall be brought in the superior court.
AK Stat § 45.50.584 (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. 45.50.584. Consent judgment.

(a) In an action maintained under AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596, the parties to it may file with the court a consent judgment or decree. The consent judgment or decree shall set out the alleged violations, future obligations of the parties, if any, damages, or other relief, the defendant agrees to make, if any, and the reasons for entering into the consent judgment or decree. (b) A consent judgment or decree does not become final until 60 days from its filing. During the 60-day period an interested party may file verified exceptions to the form or substance of the consent judgment or decree, and the court, upon a full hearing on those exceptions, may approve or refuse to enter the consent judgment or decree.
AK Stat § 45.50.586 (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. 45.50.586. Judgment in favor of the state as evidence in another action.

A final judgment rendered in a civil or criminal action brought by the state under AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596 is prima facie evidence against the defendant in any other action under AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596 brought by another party, or by the state, a city, a borough, or other governmental entity; however, this section does not apply to consent judgments or decrees entered under AS 45.50.584.
AK Stat § 45.50.588 (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. 45.50.588. Limitation of actions.

An action to enforce a claim arising under AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596 is barred unless commenced within four years after the claim accrues, except that when an action is brought by the attorney general under AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596, the running of this period of limitation, with respect to every private right of action for damages that is based in whole or in part on a matter complained of in the action by the attorney general, shall be suspended during the pendency of the action brought by the attorney general. For the purpose of this section, a claim for a continuing violation is considered to accrue at any time during the period of the violation.
AK Stat § 45.50.590 (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. 45.50.590. Powers of the attorney general.

If the attorney general determines, upon complaint or otherwise, that a person has engaged in, or engages in, or is about to engage in an act or practice prohibited or declared unlawful by AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596, or that a person has assisted or participated in a plan, scheme, agreement, or combination of the nature described in AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596, or when the attorney general believes it to be in the public interest, the attorney general may commence an investigation. The attorney general may compel production of documentary material and take testimony, under oath, before the institution of an action under AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596.
AK Stat § 45.50.594 (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. 45.50.594. Investigatory demand for attendance of witness.

(a) In connection with an investigation authorized by AS 45.50.590, the attorney general may issue an investigative demand compelling the attendance of a person for examination under oath before the attorney general or before a court of record. (b) Each demand shall (1) state the specific statute the alleged violation of which is under investigation, and the general subject matter of the investigation; (2) state the date, time, and place at which the examination is to take place. (c) A demand may be served by the attorney general, or a designee, in accordance with the procedures prescribed in AS 45.50.592(d). (d) If a person ordered to attend the inquiry fails to attend without good cause, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. If a person in attendance at the inquiry refuses to answer a question on the ground that the person may be incriminated by the answer, and if the attorney general, or a designee, in a writing directed to the person being questioned orders the person to answer the question, the person shall comply with the order. After complying, and if but for this section the person would have been privileged to withhold the answer given, the person may not be prosecuted for an offense or subjected to a penalty or forfeiture for or on account of a transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person gave evidence. However, the person may nevertheless be prosecuted or subjected to penalty or forfeiture for a perjury, false swearing, or contempt committed in answering or failing to answer. If a person refuses to testify after being granted immunity from prosecution and after being ordered to testify, the person may be adjudged in contempt and committed to jail until the time the person purges the contempt by testifying. A grant of immunity does not prevent the attorney general from instituting civil contempt proceedings against a person who violates any of the above provisions.
AK Stat § 45.50.596 (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. 45.50.596. Definitions.

In AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596, (1) “asset” includes any property, tangible or intangible, real, personal, or mixed and wherever located, and any other thing of value; (2) “documentary evidence” includes an original or copy of a book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, map, chart, photograph, mechanical tabulation, magnetic tape, or other computer data storage system, or other tangible document or recording; (3) “trade” and “commerce” include trade in goods, merchandise, natural resources, whether or not severed, extracted, harvested, or produced, agricultural products, produce, choses in action, commodities, and any other article of commerce; “trade” and “commerce” include trade or business in service trades, transportation, banking, lending, advertising, bonding, and any other business whether or not that business furnishes a personal service.
AK Stat § 45.50.598 (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. 45.50.598. Short title.

AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.598 may be cited as the Alaska Restraint of Trade Act.
AK Stat § 45.50.600 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 5. Deceptive Advertising of Civil Defense Aids.|Sec. 45.50.600. Power and duty of director of civil defense.

The state director of civil defense (1) may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) defining fair standards in the advertising and sale of civil defense aids; and (2) shall prohibit unfair or deceptive practices.
AK Stat § 45.50.601 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 5. Deceptive Advertising of Civil Defense Aids.|Sec. 45.50.601. Content of regulations.

Regulations adopted by the state director of civil defense must prohibit the following practices: (1) exaggerated or misleading claims of protection afforded by shelters; (2) the use of misleading pictures; (3) the use of deceptive pricing practices; (4) the use of guarantees in such a manner as to constitute a misrepresentation; (5) representations of endorsement by a governmental agency; and (6) any unfair or deceptive practice.
AK Stat § 45.50.602 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 5. Deceptive Advertising of Civil Defense Aids.|Sec. 45.50.602. Content of installment or credit purchase plans.

Installment or credit purchase plans for civil defense aids must include a clear statement of financial terms, including a statement of annual simple interest.
AK Stat § 45.50.603 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 5. Deceptive Advertising of Civil Defense Aids.|Sec. 45.50.603. Prosecution by attorney general.

The attorney general shall prosecute any legal action on behalf of the state director of civil defense.
AK Stat § 45.50.604 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 5. Deceptive Advertising of Civil Defense Aids.|Sec. 45.50.604. Criminal and civil penalties.

A person who violates a provision of AS 45.50.600 - 45.50.606 or a regulation adopted by the state director of civil defense under AS 45.50.600 - 45.50.606 is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or, in the alternative, is subject to a civil penalty not more than $5,000.
AK Stat § 45.50.606 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 50. Competitive Practices, Regulation of Competition, Consumer Protection|Article 5. Deceptive Advertising of Civil Defense Aids.|Sec. 45.50.606. Definition of “civil defense aid”.

In AS 45.50.600 - 45.50.606 “civil defense aid” means a product, service, structure, or improvement intended for use by civilians as a protection against a result of an attack by a foreign power on the United States and includes but is not limited to a protective shelter or improvement.
AK Stat § 45.50.800 (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. 45.50.800. Disclosures to be made by distributors and refiners before conclusion of agreement.

Before entry into a lease agreement, a refiner or distributor shall disclose to the dealer facts that would reasonably be considered material to the dealer's decision to enter into the lease. These facts must include, but not be limited to, (1) ownership of property of the retail outlet; (2) if the real property is not owned by a refiner or distributor, then the nature of the relationship between the real property owner and the refiner or distributor and the length of the underlying lease, if applicable; (3) the last known addresses of dealers operating the retail outlet for the last five years; (4) the gasoline gallonage history, if any, of the station for the last five years; (5) any sales goals or quotas the refiners or distributors intend to apply to the station; (6) the nearest gasoline outlet owned, controlled, or operated by the refiner or distributor and any plans the distributor or refiner has to open new retail outlets within the trade area of the retail outlet; and (7) any plans the refiner or distributor has for the future of the subject retail outlet.
AK Stat § 45.50.820 (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. 45.50.820. Obligation of distributor to repurchase upon termination, etc., of agreement.

If the refiner or distributor terminates, cancels, or fails to renew under AS 45.50.810(c)(1), (2), or (3) or for any good cause other than under AS 45.50.810(c)(4), the refiner or distributor shall compensate the dealer for the fair market value of the business, excluding goodwill. Refiners or distributors terminating, canceling, or failing to renew under AS 45.50.810(c)(4) shall compensate the dealer for the fair market value of the business, including good will. Valuation other than good will shall include the fair market value of the dealer's inventory supplies, equipment, and furnishings purchased from the refiner or distributor exclusive of personalized materials that do not have a value to the refiner or distributor and inventory supplies, equipment, and furnishings not reasonably required in the conduct of the business. Compensation shall be made within 60 days from the date of termination unless it is necessary that a lawsuit be filed under AS 45.50.830. The refiner or distributor may offset against accounts owed by the dealer under this section any amount owed by the dealer to the refiner or distributor.
AK Stat § 45.50.825 (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. 45.50.825. Right of first refusal of surviving spouse.

Unless provided otherwise by the lease, upon the death of the lessee the lease shall terminate and the surviving spouse shall have the right of first refusal of the new lease if the surviving spouse has been an active participant in the business and is qualified.