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.
McFarland (formerly, Hunt and Lone Pine) is a city in Kern County, California, United States. McFarland is located 6.5 miles (10 km) south of Delano, at an elevation of 354 feet (108 m). The population was 9,618 at the 2000 census. The estimated population in July 2006 was 12,093.