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.
Twain Harte is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tuolumne County, California, United States. The population was 2,586 at the 2000 census. The name Twain Harte is derived from the last names of two famous authors who lived in California, Mark Twain and Bret Harte.