CHAPTER 134
MISCELLANEOUS TRADE REGULATIONS
134.01 Injury to business; restraint of will.
134.02 Blacklisting and coercion of employees.
134.03 Preventing pursuit of work.
134.04 Sale of certain merchandise by employers to employees prohibited; penalty.
134.05 Bribery of agent, etc.
134.06 Bonus to chauffeurs for purchases, forbidden.
134.10 Invading right to choose insurance agent or insurer by persons engaged in financing.
134.11 Invading of right to choose insurance agent or insurer by persons engaged in selling property.
134.15 Issuing and using what is not money; contracts void.
134.16 Fraudulently receiving deposits.
134.17 Corporate name, recording, amendment, discontinuance, unlawful use.
134.18 Use of, evidence of obtaining credit.
134.19 Fraud on exemption laws.
134.20 Fraudulent issuance or use of warehouse receipts or bills of lading.
134.205 Warehouse keepers to keep register; liability for damages; penalty for fraud.
134.21 Penalty for unauthorized presentation of dramatic plays, etc.
134.23 Motion picture fair practices.
134.25 Misbranding of gold articles.
134.26 Misbranding of sterling silver articles.
134.27 Misbranding of coin silver articles.
134.28 Misbranding of base silver articles.
134.29 Testing of silver articles.
134.30 Misbranding of gold plated articles.
134.31 Misbranding of silver-plated articles.
134.32 Penalty for violations of ss.
134.25 to
134.31.
134.33 Platinum stamping.
134.34 Duplication of vessel hulls and parts.
134.345 Form retention and disposal.
134.35 Time of filing endorsed on telegrams delivered.
134.36 Telegraph; divulging message; preference in sending, etc.
134.37 Divulging message or forging receipt.
134.38 Companies to post copies of s.
134.37.
134.39 Fraudulent knowledge of dispatch; injury to wires; interference.
134.40 Injury to wires by removal of building, etc.
134.41 Poles and wires on private property without owner's consent.
134.43 Privacy and cable television.
134.45 Contracts restricting days for exhibiting motion picture films; penalty.
134.46 Exhibition of explicit sexual material at outdoor theater.
134.48 Contracts for the display of free newspapers.
134.50 Poultry dealing regulations.
134.52 Shipment of chickens.
134.53 Transportation and sale of cattle.
134.57 Detectives, settlement with employees.
134.58 Use of unauthorized persons as officers.
134.59 Felons, burglar alarm installation.
134.60 Cutting or transportation of evergreens.
134.63 Nitrous oxide; restrictions on sales; records of certain sales; labeling.
134.65 Cigarette and tobacco products retailer license.
134.66 Restrictions on sale or gift of cigarettes or tobacco products.
134.69 Peddling finger alphabet cards prohibited.
134.695 Antique dealers and recyclers.
134.71 Pawnbrokers and secondhand article and jewelry dealers.
134.72 Prohibition of certain unsolicited messages by facsimile machine.
134.73 Identification of prisoner making telephone solicitation.
134.74 Nondisclosure of information on receipts.
134.77 Beverage container regulation.
134.80 Home heating fuel dealers.
134.81 Water heater thermostat settings.
134.87 Repair, replacement and refund under new motorized wheelchair warranties.
134.90 Uniform trade secrets act.
134.93 Payment of commissions to independent sales representatives.
134.95 Violations against elderly or disabled persons.
134.96 Use of lodging establishments.
134.97 Disposal of records containing personal information.
134.99 Parties to a violation.
134.01
134.01
Injury to business; restraint of will. Any 2 or more persons who shall combine, associate, agree, mutually undertake or concert together for the purpose of willfully or maliciously injuring another in his or her reputation, trade, business or profession by any means whatever, or for the purpose of maliciously compelling another to do or perform any act against his or her will, or preventing or hindering another from doing or performing any lawful act shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year or by fine not exceeding $500.
134.01 History
History: 1993 a. 482.
134.01 Annotation
A complaint alleging a conspiracy for the purpose of injuring another by means of perjury and resulting damage states a claim upon which relief can be granted. Radue v. Dill,
74 Wis. 2d 239,
246 N.W.2d 507.
134.01 Annotation
A doctor's personal service corporation was merely the alter ego of the doctor. The doctor and the corporation did not constitute "two or more persons" under this section. Wausau Medical Center v. Asplund,
182 Wis. 2d 274,
514 N.W.2d 34 (Ct. App. 1994).
134.01 Annotation
An employee's claim against fellow employees for injury to reputation and profession was preempted by s. 102.03. Mudrovich v. Soto, 2000 WI App174,
238 Wis. 2d 162,
617 N.W.2d 242,
99-1410.
134.01 Annotation
Although phrased as a criminal statute, a party may bring a civil action under this section to recover damages caused by its violation. More than mere injury or the alleged conspirators' intent to profit by their actions, however, must be alleged. The sine qua non of a claim is malice, which, under this section, means doing a harm malevolently for the sake of the harm as an end in itself, and not merely as a means to some further end legitimately desired. Brew City Redevelopment Group, LLC v. The Ferchill Group, 2006 WI App 39,
289 Wis. 2d 750,
712 N.W.2d 40,
714 N.W.2d 582,
04-3238.
134.02
134.02
Blacklisting and coercion of employees. 134.02(1)(1) Any 2 or more persons, whether members of a partnership or company or stockholders in a corporation, who are employers of labor and who shall combine or agree to combine for any of the following purposes shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, which fine shall be paid into the state treasury for the benefit of the school fund:
