Civil enforcement by the attorney general

Civil enforcement by the attorney general. (a) Whenever the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that any person, firm, corporation or other entity, foreign or domestic, has engaged in, is engaging in or is about to engage in any action or practice that is unlawful under this act, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state of Wyoming against that person, firm, corporation or entity to: (i) Obtain a declaratory judgment that the action or practice violates the provisions of this act; (ii) Enjoin any action or practice that violates the provisions of this act by issuing a temporary restraining order, an ex parte temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction, without bond; (iii) Recover a civil penalty not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for each violation of this act or of any injunction, judgment or consent agreement issued or entered into under this act; (iv) Obtain an order requiring divestiture of any assets: (A) Acquired in violation of W.S. 40-4-101 and after the court determines that divestiture is necessary to avoid the creation or continuation of a monopoly or to avoid any likely substantial lessening of competition that results from a transaction found to be in violation of W.S. 40-4-101; or (B) To restore competition to any line of Wyoming commerce that has been eliminated by a violation of W.S.