within the criminal code, the legislature has classified “violations” as offenses “which characteristically involve conduct inappropriate to an orderly society but which do not denote criminality in their commission,” AS 11.81.250(a)(6), and defined a “violation” as a “noncriminal offense [such that] conviction of a violation does not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction of a crime,” AS 11.81.900(b)(58). With respect to the size of the fine, it is our view that a maximum fine of $8,000 for a first offender, or $6,000 for a repeat offender, does not in itself connote criminality in the context of the highly regulated multi-million dollar fishing industry. See State v. O’Neill Investigations, Inc., 609 P.2d 520, 538 (Alaska 1980) (plurality opinion) (<HOLDING>). To be considered along with the fine is the
holding that a promissory statement of future intent which does not come to fruition is not an unfair or deceptive practice recognizing purpose of ccpa as protection of consumers from unfair illegal or deceptive acts holding that 5000 civil fine assessable for unfair or deceptive bill collection practice does not render proceedings criminal prosecutions as those found guilty will not suffer severe collateral consequences such as curtailment of future economic opportunities or substantial social opprobrium holding expired domestic violence restraining order not moot because of collateral legal consequences such as consideration in custody determination and nonlegal collateral consequences such as reputational harm holding that billings by the cruise line for port charges that were misrepresented as passthrough expenses but kept as additional profits is a deceptive practice under the florida deceptive and unfair trade practices act