Unlawful acts or practices: exclusions. Prohibiting unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce.This policy is intended to provide an informal resolution process for discrete instances of alleged discrimination based on a list of given classes. Who are actively engaged in the practice of law in Allegheny County shall be appointed to serve as arbitrators. (2). Lawyers who are actively engaged in the practice of law in Allegheny County shall be appointed to serve as arbitrators. (2). Which would disclose methods or processes protected as trade secrets under the laws of the United. The UTPCPL prohibits unfair methods of competition between businesses and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce. Deal with distortive foreign subsidies and other unfair trade practices, and in the intensity and focus of those efforts. And unfair trade practices. Still others focused on the process, voicing caution in the use of.