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.
Blountstown is a city in Calhoun County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,444 at the 2000 census. According to the U. S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 2,433. It is the county seat of Calhoun County.