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.
Structure Alaska Statutes
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.
Sec. 45.50.564. Monopolies and attempted monopolies unlawful.
Sec. 45.50.566. Transactions and agreements not to use or deal in commodities or services unlawful.
Sec. 45.50.568. Mergers and acquisitions unlawful when competition lessened.
Sec. 45.50.570. Interlocking directorates and relationships.
Sec. 45.50.574. Contracts voidable.
Sec. 45.50.576. Suits by persons injured; treble damages; costs.
Sec. 45.50.577. Enforcement by attorney general.
Sec. 45.50.578. Criminal and civil penalties.
Sec. 45.50.579. Proof of aggregate damages.
Sec. 45.50.580. Injunction by attorney general.
Sec. 45.50.582. Jurisdiction of court.
Sec. 45.50.584. Consent judgment.
Sec. 45.50.586. Judgment in favor of the state as evidence in another action.
Sec. 45.50.588. Limitation of actions.
Sec. 45.50.590. Powers of the attorney general.
Sec. 45.50.592. Investigatory demand for documentary evidence.
Sec. 45.50.594. Investigatory demand for attendance of witness.