Antitrust and Trade Regulation laws aim to promote free competition in the marketplace. Agreements or cooperative efforts by two or more entities that affects or restrains competitors is illegal under these laws. The Sherman Act makes illegal any contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce and makes monopolies and attempts, combinations, or conspiracies to monopolize illegal. The Clayton Act regulate price discrimination, tying and exclusive dealing contracts, stock acquisition and interlocking directorates.
Autaugaville is a town in Autauga County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 820. According to the 2008 U.S. Census estimates, the town had a population of 870. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area.