under the FDUTPA. The FDUTPA prohibits “[u]nfair methods of competition, unconscionable acts or practices, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce.” Fla. Stat. Ann. § 501.204. Section 501.204(2) provides that in determining what constitutes an “unfair method of competition” under subsection 501.204(1), “due consideration and great weight shall be given to the interpretations of the Federal Trade Commission and the federal courts relating to § 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 45(a)(1).” The FTC Act, in turn, encompasses violations of the antitrust laws. See Federal Trade Commission Act, § 5(a)(1), 15 U.S.C.A. § 45(a)(1); FTC v. Indiana Federation of Dentists, 476 U.S. 447, 454-55, 106 S.Ct. 2009, 90 L.Ed.2d 445 (1986) (<HOLDING>). Thus, the acts proscribed by subsection
holding that though we do not have exclusive jurisdiction over unfair competition claims our own circuit law nonetheless determines when inequitable conduct also constitutes unfair competition holding that actual reliance is not required to establish injury under nc gen stat  5863151 2001 which governs the unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance holding that a cause of action exists under the connecticut unfair trade practices act for violations of the cuipa holding that the ftc may proceed under  13b for any violation of a statute administered by the ftc holding that antitrust violations are unfair methods of competition under the ftc act