UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES

See also MONOPOLIES; PRICE FIXING; RESTRAINT OF TRADE; UNFAIR COMPETITION

Agricultural commodities

Agricultural cooperative associations, Minn. Statutes 2004 17.696

Handlers, Minn. Statutes 2004 17.696

Cable communication systems

Power company preferences, Minn. Statutes 2004 238.18

Cigarettes, unfair sales, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.30 to 325D.421

Dairy industry, see Trade practices under DAIRY PRODUCTS

Deceptive trade practices

Advertising, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.44, 325D.46

Application of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.46, 325D.47

Competition, proof of, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.44

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.10, 325D.43

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.46

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.43 to 325D.48

Goods and services, misrepresentation, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.44

Health care services, threatening to withhold, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.44

Interpretation of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.46, 325D.47

Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.45

Publishers, broadcasters, or printers, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.46

Regulation, Minn. Statutes 2004 325E.41

Remedies, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.45

Retail dealers, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.44

Trademarks, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.43, 325D.46

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2004 609.2336

Enforcement of law

Attorney general, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 8.31

Farm products, attorney general, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 17.944

Farm products, producers, Minn. Statutes 2004 17.696

Foreclosure consultants, Minn. Statutes 2004 325N.06

Foreclosure purchasers, Minn. Statutes 2004 325N.18

Grain, Agriculture Department, Minn. Statutes 2004 235.01

Health maintenance organizations, Minn. Statutes 2004 62A.021, 62D.12, 72A.20

Homeowners' insurance, Minn. Statutes 2004 65A.28, 72A.20

Insurance, see Unfair or deceptive trade practices under INSURANCE

Insurance agents, solicitors, and brokers

False statements in application, Minn. Statutes 2004 72A.20

Procuring premiums by fraud, Minn. Statutes 2004 72A.20

Small employer health benefit plans, sales violations, Minn. Statutes 2004 62L.12

Insurance policies, see Unfair trade practices under INSURANCE POLICIES

Insurance producers, licenses

Restriction, censure, suspension, revocation, or denial, Minn. Statutes 2004 60K.43, 62L.12

Joint self-insurance employee health plans, Minn. Statutes 2004 62H.04

Medicare supplement insurance, misleading representation or fraudulent comparison of policies, Minn. Statutes 2004 62A.31

Motor vehicle air pollution control systems, Minn. Statutes 2004 325E.0951

Nonprofit health service plan corporations

Bloodborne pathogen and HIV tests, Minn. Statutes 2004 72A.20

Financial reports, statements, or other documents, Minn. Statutes 2004 60A.129

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 62A.021, 62C.19

Nonprofit legal service plan corporations, financial reports, statements, or other documents, Minn. Statutes 2004 60A.129

Odometer tampering, see ODOMETERS

Power companies

Preference to cable television subscribers, Minn. Statutes 2004 238.18

Prescription drug distributors, price discrimination, Minn. Statutes 2004 151.061

Rechargeable battery manufacturers, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2004 115A.9157

Recorded material, sale or transfer, see SOUND RECORDINGS

Regulation, generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 325E.41

Residential mortgage originators and servicers

Action subject to penalty, Minn. Statutes 2004 58.12

Standards of conduct, Minn. Statutes 2004 58.13

Small employer health benefit plans, generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 62A.021

Solid waste collection, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2004 115A.94

Tax preparation services, Minn. Statutes 2004 270.30

Unfair price discrimination

Prescription drug distributors, Minn. Statutes 2004 151.061

Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.43 to 325D.48

Unlawful trade practices

Advertising, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.11, 325D.12

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.10

Employers, sales to employees, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.14, 325D.16

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.14, 325D.16

Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.15

Retail dealers, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.11, 325D.12

Unlawful Trade Practices Act, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.09 to 325D.16

Viatical settlements, Minn. Statutes 2004 60A.974

Violations and penalties

Cost fixing, violations, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.05, 325D.071

Discrimination, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.03, 325D.071

Misrepresentation

Nature of business, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.12, 325D.15

Prices, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.09, 325D.12, 325D.15

Quality, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.13, 325D.15

Retail goods as wholesale, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.09, 325D.11, 325D.15

Sales

Products not handled by employer, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.14, 325D.15

Retail goods as wholesale, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.09, 325D.11, 325D.15

Selling below cost, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.04, 325D.071

Unfair, deceptive or misleading trade practices, Minn. Statutes 2004 325D.44, 609.2336