Florida Statute 540.05 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 540
COMMERCIAL DISCRIMINATION

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540.05 Ouster of corporation found guilty.—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 corporation from all business of every kind and character in this state.

History.—s. 6, ch. 6945, 1915; RGS 2521; CGL 3943; ss. 11, 35, ch. 69-106.

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Tyne Ex Rel. Tyne v. Time Warner Ent. Co., 204 F. Supp. 2d 1338 (M.D. Fla. 2002).

Cited 4 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 30 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1885, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9912

..., based on the Picture's use of their own likenesses without consent. Because the same analysis applies to the claims pertaining to the use of the Plaintiffs' and decedents' likenesses, the Court will address all the claims together. Florida Statute Section 540.05 states in relevant part: (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 w...