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.
Huntsville is a city in mountainous Madison County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,931 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Madison County. During the American Civil War it was the site of what became known as the Huntsville Massacre. Huntsville is part of the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.