R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-13.1-4

Exemptions

Known as the Unfair Trade Practice and Consumer Protection Act

The act spans §§ 6–6 (31 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In Re New Motor Vehicles Canadian Export Antitrust Litigation (2004)

Most recently applied in Rob Levine & Associates Ltd. v. Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America (February 2014)

P.L. 1968, ch. 12, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 206, § 1, effective July 7, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 329, § 1, effective July 9, 2021.

How often courts cite this section

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to actions or transactions permitted under laws administered by the department of business regulation or other regulatory body or officer acting under statutory authority of this state or the United States.

(b) For actions brought by the attorney general, the exemption in subsection (a) applies only if the person claiming the exemption shows that:

(1) The person’s business activities are subject to regulation by a state or federal agency; and

(2) The activity or conduct is in compliance with orders, including insurance bulletins, or rules of, or a statute administered by, a federal or state government agency.

Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.