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.
Oviedo is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 26,316 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 30,618. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.