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.
Jasper is a city in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,167 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Pickens County. It is named after General Andrew Pickens, a Revolutionary War hero who fought the Cherokee in 1760 and 1782.