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.
Palm Coast a city in Flagler County, Florida. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 68,013; it is the most populous city or town in Flagler County. Palm Coast is a principal town of the Palm Coast, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, designated in 2007. The town of Palm Coast, and Flagler County in general, have been rapidly growing locations in population, having increased their populations from 32,732 and 49,832, respectively, from the 1990 census to the 2000 census.