Unfair Practices Act

The Unfair Practices Act regulates unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive conduct in trade and commerce, setting out the general scope of its coverage and defining the terms that determine which businesses and transactions fall within it. It designates specified conduct as violations of the act, establishing the prohibitions that enforcement rests on. Alongside those prohibitions, it creates civil liability, allowing parties injured by a violation to pursue remedies through the courts rather than leaving enforcement solely to public officials.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.