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.
Milford is a village in Milford Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,369 at the 2000 census. The origin of the village's name comes from its location where the Old Hubbard Trail forded the Sugar Creek and where a grist mill stood at the forde in 1836.