[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"BlogPosting","dateModified":"2024-05-07","datePublished":"2019-05-16","wordCount":213,"url":"https:\/\/www.lawtoncates.com\/blog\/wisconsins-anti-price-gouging-law-in-effect-duri\/","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.lawtoncates.com\/blog\/wisconsins-anti-price-gouging-law-in-effect-duri\/","description":"During emergencies such as the COVID-19 outbreak, it is not unusual for unscrupulous businesses, profiteers and scam artists to prey on consumers.\u00a0Governor Evers has declared a State of Emergency due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Wisconsin and that means Wisconsin\u2019s Anti Price Gouging Law is in effect. The law prohibits sellers from selling consumer goods or services at prices greater than 15% above the highest price at which the seller sold like goods or services in the area during the 60 days immediately preceding the emergency declaration. The law applies to both wholesale and retail sales.\u00a0 As the current emergency [\u2026]","name":"Wisconsin\u2019s Anti Price Gouging Law In Effect During COVID-19 Outbreak","headline":"Wisconsin\u2019s Anti Price Gouging Law In Effect During COVID-19 Outbreak","articleBody":"During emergencies such as the COVID-19 outbreak, it is not unusual for unscrupulous businesses, profiteers and scam artists to prey on consumers.\u00a0Governor Evers has declared a State of Emergency due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Wisconsin and that means Wisconsin\u2019s Anti Price Gouging Law is in effect.The law prohibits sellers from selling consumer goods or services at prices greater than 15% above the highest price at which the seller sold like goods or services in the area during the 60 days immediately preceding the emergency declaration.The law applies to both wholesale and retail sales.\u00a0 As the current emergency declaration affects the whole State of Wisconsin, price gouging is illegal statewide.The only exceptions to the law are cases in which the price does not exceed the seller\u2019s cost plus normal markup or the selling price is required by law.Wisconsin\u2019s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) enforces the Anti Price Gouging Law. If you believe a business is price gouging during the COVID-19 emergency, call DATCP at (800) 422-7128 to file a complaint.Terrence M. Polich is a partner at LawtonCates specializing in lemon law and warranty cases, professional negligence, personal injury, business litigation and consumer law.\u00a0Attorney Polich has been litigating Lemon Law cases for nearly 20 years.","about":"Consumer Protection","author":{"@type":"Person","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f34718d3c46ee2833d3ccf83f7221a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96,"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f34718d3c46ee2833d3ccf83f7221a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"url":"https:\/\/www.lawtoncates.com\/blog\/author\/lawtoncates\/","name":"LawtonCates","identifier":7,"@id":"https:\/\/www.lawtoncates.com\/blog\/author\/lawtoncates\/#Person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.lawtoncates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lawton-cates-attorneys.jpg","height":550,"width":694,"@id":"https:\/\/www.lawtoncates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lawton-cates-attorneys.jpg"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.lawtoncates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lawtoncates-logo.png","height":73,"width":438,"@id":"https:\/\/www.lawtoncates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lawtoncates-logo.png"},"name":"LawtonCates, S.C.","@id":"https:\/\/www.lawtoncates.com\/blog\/wisconsins-anti-price-gouging-law-in-effect-duri\/#Organization1"},"@id":"https:\/\/www.lawtoncates.com\/blog\/wisconsins-anti-price-gouging-law-in-effect-duri\/#BlogPosting"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.lawtoncates.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wisconsin’s Anti Price Gouging Law In Effect During COVID-19 Outbreak","item":"https:\/\/www.lawtoncates.com\/blog\/wisconsins-anti-price-gouging-law-in-effect-duri\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]