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• • SEC. 100.20, WISCONSIN STATUTES 1981 100.20 METHODS OF COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES. (1 ) Methods of competition in business and trade practices in business shall be fair. Unfair methods of competition in busi- ness and unfair trade practices in business are hereby prohibited. (2) The department, after public hearing, may issue general orders forbidding methods of competition in business or trade practices in business which are determined by the department to be unfair. The department, after public hearing, may issue general orders prescribing methods of competition in business or trade practices in business which are determined by the department to be fair. (3) The department, after public hearing, may issue a special order against any person, enjoining such person from employing any method of competition in business or trade practice in business which is determined by the department to be unfair. The department, after public hearing, may issue a special order against any person, requiring such person to employ the method of competition in business or trade practice in business which is determined by the department to be fair. • (4) The department of justice may file a written complaint with the department alleging that the person named is employ- ing unfair methods of competition in business or unfair trade practices in business or both. Whenever such a complaint is filed it shall be the duty of the department to proceed, after proper notice and in accordance with its rules, to the hearing and adjudication of the matters alleged, and a representative of the department of justice designated by the attorney general may appear before the department in such proceedings. The depart- ment of justice shall be entitled to judicial review of the decisions and orders of the department under chapter 227. (5) Any person suffering pecuniary loss because of a viola- tion by any other person of any order issued under this section may sue for damages therefore in any court of competent jurisdic- tion and shall recover twice the amount of such pecuniary loss, together with costs, including a reasonable attorney's fee. (6) The department may commence an action in circuit court in the name of the state to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction the violation of any order issued under this section. The court may in its discretion, prior to entry of final judgment make such orders or judgments as may be necessary to restore to any person any pecuniary loss suffered because of the acts or practices involved in the action, provided proof thereof is submitted to the satisfaction of the court. The department may use its authority in ss. 93.14 and 93.15 to investigate violations of any order issued under this section. 100.26 PENALTIES. (3) Any person . . . who intentionally refuses, neglects or fails to obey any regulation or order made or issued under section . . . 100.20 shall, for each offense, be fined not less than $25 nor more than $5 ,000 or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one year or both. 100.26(6) The department of justice or any district attorney may commence an action in the name of the state to recover a civil forfeiture to the state of not less than $100 nor more than $10,000 for each violation of an injunction issued under s. 100.18, 100.182, or 100.20(6) or an order issued under s. 100.20. T5/1 /SP2 8/27/82