In Florida, commercial law governs business and trade activities, covering contracts, sales, secured transactions, corporate formation, and business practices. It sets the rules for how businesses operate, including obligations in commercial transactions, rights of creditors, and dispute resolution. For example, Florida’s commercial statutes regulate contracts for the sale of goods, leases, and financing agreements, ensuring predictable business dealings and legal remedies when parties fail to meet obligations. Closely linked to this, consumer protection laws in Florida are designed to shield individual consumers from unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices by businesses. The Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (FDUTPA) is the cornerstone law, prohibiting false advertising, misrepresentation, and other unfair practices, while other laws regulate debt collection, telemarketing, price gouging, home solicitation sales, and automobile transactions. Together, commercial and consumer protection laws aim to balance the rights of businesses to operate efficiently with the rights of consumers to be treated fairly, providing mechanisms for enforcement through regulatory complaints, statutory notices, and civil litigation.