Florida · statute · Fla. Stat. ch. 540 · 11 active provisions
(1) Any person doing business in the state, and engaged in the production, manufacture, sale or distribution of any commodity in general use, that shall, for the purpose of destroying the business of a competitor in any locality, discriminate between different sections, communities, or cities of this state by selling s…
The state attorneys and the Department of Legal Affairs shall enforce the provisions of s. 540.01 by appropriate actions in courts of competent jurisdiction.
If complaint shall be made to the Department of State that any corporation authorized to do business in this state is guilty of unfair discrimination within the terms of this chapter, the Department of State shall refer the matter to the Department of Legal Affairs which may, if the facts justify it, institute proceedi…
If any corporation, foreign or domestic, authorized to do business in this state, is found guilty of unfair discrimination within the terms of this chapter, the Department of State shall immediately revoke the permit of such corporation to do business in this state.
If after revocation of its permit, such corporation, or any other corporation not having a permit and found guilty of having violated any of the provisions of this chapter, shall continue or attempt to do business in this state, the Department of Legal Affairs, by a proper suit in the name of the state, shall oust such…
Any person, firm, company, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of s. 540.01, and any officer, agent or receiver of any firm, company, association or corporation, or any member of the same, or any individual shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082…
(1) No person shall publish, print, display or otherwise publicly use for purposes of trade or for any commercial or advertising purpose the name, portrait, photograph, or other likeness of any natural person without the express written or oral consent to such use given by:(a) Such person; or(b) Any other person, firm…
(1) Any person who shall sell any photograph, drawing, or other visual representation of any area, building, or structure, the entry or admittance to which is subject to an admission charge or fee, or of any real or personal property located therein, or who shall use any such photograph, drawing, or other visual repres…
No relief may be obtained under s. 540.08 or s. 540.09, against any broadcaster, publisher or distributor broadcasting, publishing or distributing paid advertising matter by radio or television or in a newspaper, magazine, or similar periodical without knowledge or notice that any consent required by s. 540.08 or s. 54…
(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) “Owner” means the person who owns the original sounds embodied in the master phonograph record, master disk, master tape, master film, or other device used for reproducing sounds on phonograph records, disks, tapes, films, or other articles upon whi…
(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Audiovisual recording function” means the capability of a camera, an audio or video recorder, or any other device to record, transfer sounds or images, or transmit a motion picture or any part thereof by means of any technology now known or later developed.(b) “Mo…