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[CITE: 15USC15g]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
      CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
 
Sec. 15g. Definitions

    For the purposes of sections 15c, 15d, 15e, and 15f of this title:
        (1) The term ``State attorney general'' means the chief legal 
    officer of a State, or any other person authorized by State law to 
    bring actions under section 15c of this title, and includes the 
    Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, except that such 
    term does not include any person employed or retained on--
            (A) a contingency fee based on a percentage of the monetary 
        relief awarded under this section; or
            (B) any other contingency fee basis, unless the amount of 
        the award of a reasonable attorney's fee to a prevailing 
        plaintiff is determined by the court under section 15c(d)(1) of 
        this title.

        (2) The term ``State'' means a State, the District of Columbia, 
    the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or 
    possession of the United States.
        (3) The term ``natural persons'' does not include 
    proprietorships or partnerships.

(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, Sec. 4G, as added Pub. L. 94-435, title III, 
Sec. 301, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1396.)


                             Effective Date

    Injuries sustained prior to Sept. 30, 1976, not covered by this 
section, see section 304 of Pub. L. 94-435, set out as a note under 
section 15c of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 15h, 34, 37a, 4301 of this 
title.
