A practice is unfair when it offends established public policy or when the act or practice is. (a). Unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce, are declared unlawful. (b)."immoral, unethical, oppressive, unscrupulous, or substantially. Anticompetitive practices include activities like price fixing, group boycotts, and exclusionary exclusive dealing contracts or trade association rules. The relevant North Carolina statute is G.S. 75-1, the Unfair Trade Practice Act (UTPA). Situations in which competitors divide up a territory in order to minimize competition. Unfair and deceptive acts and practices in the insurance industry. Any restraint in violation of common law included. Act against Unfair Business Practices (Section 7(2) no. The California Unfair Competition Law, Bus.