Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 8-19-6 (2026)
Interpretation.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
It is the intent of the legislature that in construing Section 8-19-5, due consideration and great weight shall be given where applicable to interpretations of the Federal Trade Commission and the federal courts relating to Section 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45(a)(1)), as from time to time amended.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-355, p. 510, §6.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2013–2020 · leading case: Reid v. Unilever United States, Inc., 964 F. Supp. 2d 893 (N.D. Ill. 2013).
Reid v. Unilever United States, Inc., 964 F. Supp. 2d 893 (N.D. Ill. 2013). “) Both Illinois and Alabama State law direct that in construing whether conduct constitutes a deceptive act or practice, courts shall take into how the Federal Trade Commission and federal courts have interpreted Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (the “FTC Act”),…”
DeVane v. L'Oreal USA, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2020). “July 3, 2019) (quoting Ala. Code § 8-19-6 (1981)). As such, the Hlinois district court in Suchanek reviewed the ADTPA claim by considering the elements necessary to bring a claim under the FTCA within the Seventh Circuit.”
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