48-110. FAILURE TO OBEY CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND OR SUBPOENA. (1) If any person fails or refuses to obey any subpoena or civil investigative demand issued by the attorney general, the attorney general may, after notice, apply to the district court and, after a hearing, request an order ordering the person to comply with the subpoena or civil investigative demand issued by the attorney general.
(2) The court shall award the prevailing party reasonable expenses and attorney’s fees incurred in obtaining or resisting an order under this section if the court finds that the attorney general’s request for an order under this section or a person’s resistance to obeying any subpoena or investigative demand, was without a reasonable basis in fact or law.
(3) Disobedience of any order entered under the provisions of this section shall be treated as a violation of a court order, and subject the offending person to all penalties provided by law for violations of court orders, including the payment of civil penalties of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
History:
[48-110, added 2000, ch. 148, sec. 3, p. 382.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 48 - MONOPOLIES AND TRADE PRACTICES
Chapter 1 - IDAHO COMPETITION ACT
Section 48-102 - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS, PURPOSE, INTERPRETATION AND SCOPE OF CHAPTER.
Section 48-104 - UNREASONABLE RESTRAINT OF TRADE OR COMMERCE.
Section 48-106 - ACQUISITIONS THAT SUBSTANTIALLY LESSEN COMPETITION.
Section 48-107 - EXEMPT ACTIVITIES.
Section 48-108 - CIVIL ACTIONS AND SETTLEMENTS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Section 48-109 - CIVIL INVESTIGATIONS.
Section 48-110 - FAILURE TO OBEY CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND OR SUBPOENA.
Section 48-111 - VIOLATION OF COURT ORDERS AND CONSENT DECREES — PENALTIES.
Section 48-112 - ADDITIONAL RELIEF OF DISTRICT COURT AUTHORIZED.
Section 48-113 - PRIVATE CAUSES OF ACTION.
Section 48-114 - AWARDS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL — USE OF MONEYS.
Section 48-115 - STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
Section 48-116 - ACTION NOT BARRED BECAUSE IT AFFECTS INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE.